3.1 Moving Image Fiction Key Feature 3: Representation

Objective: to identify stereotypes of youth in fictional TV drama

Session 1: 
Pass: to describe and outline how youth is represented with examples of MES
Merit: to explain stereotypes of youth and suggest reasons for conforming or challenging

Session 2: Distinction: analyse how stereotypes are constructed through both MES and camerawork

Starter:  http://youtu.be/fLRNXJa_buU teen types & effect
what behaviour/character types do you associate with youth?

Group 1: kidulthood http://youtu.be/_6MkLH0A4nQ
Group 2: 21 jump street clip 2 http://youtu.be/2baG40Jpn2M clips http://youtu.be/Ak3Q9Vp9AtM
Group 3: misfits
Group 4: skins
Group 5: Spike Island http://youtu.be/EsxO1aDTqH8 
Group 6: Gossip girl http://youtu.be/4SthYcvzT2M
Group 7: young dumb living off mum http://youtu.be/NFkIlKI4cHc

Group 8: the faculty http://youtu.be/2Whj8rVlkUQ

Group 9: Juno http://youtu.be/B2CEGhwMjkQ

Present back to the class on what you have found - pictionary 

Activity: create a short class 2 minute documentary: Collect vox pops on your phones - what do students say about teen stereotypes and the effect or messages it gives them

Categories of teen stereotypes:

https://www.slideshare.net/naamah/representation-of-teens-in-tv-drama?from_m_app=ios

• Sarcastic self aware
• Juvenile delinquent/rebel
• Popular attractive
• Reclusive troubled outsider
• Geek/young adult

New info/Exemplar: https://www.slideshare.net/taliasmith/representation-of-age-in-media-kins?from_m_app=ios

Discuss stereotyping in fiction TV drama and film - worksheet: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B15FWaY5r7MNQmxRMk5zMnBGc3c
Create an Emaze presentation on the representation of teen stereotypes in the examples

Examples:

Skins
Misfits

Narrative: synopsis of the TV Drama, characters, what happens?

Genre, Format & Platform: TV teen drama 

Purpose: 

Audience (research this here: you may be surprised)

Representation of teenagers: (characters and stereotypes of teens)

Examples: (screen shots, annotated with description/explanation) 

New info: Charlie Brooker producing Youth TV and finding an audience: http://youtu.be/Z7iQ4u3OX3Q

Use of key feature of representation in TV Drama: (A explain why these stereotypes are used to fit conventions of Genre B. discuss effect they have on the audience, eg: influence, role models, exaggeration, freedom, nostalgia)

Plenary: quiz on teen stereotypes http://www.allthetests.com/quiz23/quiz/1193523976/What-High-School-Stereotype-Are-You 

Session 2:

Starter: practical Activity: Edit the clips from Shutterstock - describe the camerawork and your editing decisions

Plenary consider the use of camera, editing and sound decisions.

• Camerawork 1: Shot types and framing
• Camerawork 2: composition
• Camerawork 3: movement
• Camerawork 5: Lighting Set-ups
• Camerawork 5: Depth of field and shallow focus

Analysis of technical codes: example https://www.slideshare.net/CeinwynStaffie/my-case-study-on-teen-wolf?from_m_app=ios

Mise en scene

Camerawork

Editing & Sound

Identify the character types

Screen grab and annotate their Costume, Colours, Locations, Lighting as well as their behaviour