AS Media Studies British television drama The 6 point plan for Representation
1. What is the form of genre? Soap, series, one-off? (this affects narrative structure)
2. What is the sub-genre? Police, medical, community, youth, crime, etc
3. What is the theme/tone? Comedic, tragic, domestic, romantic, dangerous, political, conflict and tension?
4. What issues are being represented? Age, gender, class, race, sexuality, disability
5. Socio-historic ideologies - Are they stereotypical, conservative, progressive or alternative representations? Do the characters reinforce/perpetuate or do they challenge/undermine traditional stereotypes?
6.
Audience positioning - Who are we encouraged to support and why? Hero/protagonist v villain/antagonist
6 points to
Drama studied
representation 1. Form Sub-genre Theme Issues Ideologies Audience positioning 2. Form Sub-genre Theme Issues Ideologies Audience positioning