Presentation Transcript

1. Recap from the Summer Look back through your books, notes and worksheets Divide a page into 4 and summarise your findings under these headings: Genre conventions (locations, storylines) Character types Examples of programmes Key words http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
2. TV Crime Drama Lesson 1
3. Unit 1: Investigating the MediaExternal Assessment 2012 TV Crime Drama Lesson 1 Key Concept Focus: Institution Key words: scheduling; audience share; narrowcasting; public service broadcasting
4. http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
5. About the exam Thursday 14th June 2012 (PM) 1½ hours 4 tasks, worth equal marks No tiers: everyone sits the same paper Pre-release material available on Monday 14th May 2012: takes the form of a brief detailing a contextualised scenario. It does NOT include the actual questions which remain unseen until the exam AO1: knowledge & understanding of the genre (e.g. conventions/ changes over time/ theories) AO3: research, planning & presentation AO4: construct & evaluate own products using creative skills
6. 4 Tasks Task 1 is likely to be about the genre: conventions, development, audience appeal, theories, character representations. Consider new technologies. Task 2 will probably ask about your idea for a new crime drama, perhaps asking you to pitch it persuasively Task 3 might ask you to justify and evaluate your own ideas, explaining how they suit the brief Task 4 is the production task: this could be a storyboard for a trailer, opening sequence or stand-off between law enforcer and criminal; it could be an article in a TV listings magazine, a website homepage, a poster, a cross-media campaign http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
7. What makes a good TV Crime Drama? Discuss, debate and brainstorm your opinions http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
8. PSB vs Commercial channels What are the differences?
9. Public Service Broadcasting Serving the public by covering minority interests etc to cater for every section of society – not being driven by audience share BBC have a remit to provide this Funded by license fee (£145.50 per year) http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
10. In summary British Broadcasting Corporation 1927: inform, educate, entertain No adverts or sponsors – impartial content? BBC1: Mainstream programmes with larger audience share BBC2: Niche audiences, more experimental http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
11. Independent Television 1955: not owned by one single company, but 12 separate franchises who provide regional services across the UK e.g. Anglia Television http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
12. Channel 4 1982: diverse, brave, innovative, controversial, unique. First time youth culture had specifically been targeted on television. Originally funded by ITV advertising revenue, so no need to seek large audiences (this is no longer the case) http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
13. The launch of Channel 4
14. Institution:Scheduling, competition and audience fragmentation In pairs look at a page from TV listings magazine Radio Times Highlight all the crime dramas you see (fictional dramas, not documentaries) What trends or patterns do you notice? What can you infer about the audience from the time and channel each programme is shown? Now look at the ‘Scheduling’ sheet: what techniques have been adopted and why? What are the shows competing with? How do channels aim to get and keep their audience? http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
15. Comparisons Join up with the pair that also looked at the same day of scheduling as you Discuss your findings – did you notice the same things? Prepare to present your findings to the class, using media terminology wherever possible http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media
16. Plenary Present your group findings about the scheduling techniques used for TV crime dramas on your given day http://sites.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/media