INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING

TV DRAMA

Miss O’Dell
LESSON OBJECTIVES
 Toidentify areas for revision using last
lesson’s ‘technical aspects carousel quiz’
results.

 To
discuss your homework and explore your
chosen TV Dramas.

 Toapply ‘the media triangle’ with uses and

gratifications to a TV Drama.
 STUDENTS’ RESULTS (12G)
Demi Caldeira Jamie Chandler Manisha Matharu Shiima Sharif
26 53 37 44
Camera: 2/15 (10 mins) Camera: 13/15 Camera: 10/15 Camera: 11/15
1. 2 1. 2 1. 0 1. 3
2. 0 2. 6 2. 4 2. 5
3. 0 3. 2 3. 2 3. 1
4. 0 4. 3 4. 4 4. 2

Sound: 13/19 Sound: 20/24 Sound: 7/19 (10 mins) Sound: 16/24
1. 6 1. 7 1. 2 1. 5
2. 5 2. 7 2. 4 2. 7
3. 2 3. 4 3. 1 3. 3
4. 0 4. 2 4. 0 4. 1

Editing: 4/13 Editing: 7/13 (10 mins) Editing: 8/13 Editing: 7/13
1. 1 1. 2 1. 1 1. 2
2. 2 2. 2 2. 2 2. 2
3. 1 3. 3 3. 4 3. 3
4. 0 4. 0 4. 1 4. 0

Mise-en-scene: 7/13 Mise-en-scene: 13/15 Mise-en-scene: 12/15 Mise-en-scene: 10/15 (10

mins)
1. 1 1. 3 1. 3
1. 4
2. 6 2. 6 2. 6
2. 4
3. 0 3. 4 3. 3
3. 2
SUGGESTED AREAS FOR REVISION
 Editing techniques

 Terminology

 How lighting creates atmosphere

 Examples of foley sounds

LAST LESSON’S HOMEWORK
HOMEWORK: House M.D
 Who made the show?

 What channel was it on?

 What time?

 What sub genre?

 Who is the target audience?

 What was the narrative?

 What was being represented?

House M.D Season 4
MEDIA TRIANGLE
TEXT PRODUCTION
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
MEANINGS

AUDIENCE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

http://www-psh.nearnorthschools.ca/HISTORY1/CHABOTC/Unit%201%20Key%20Concepts/EMS%203O%20Media%20Triangle.doc
MEDIA TRIANGLE
TEXT PRODUCTION
1. How does the TV drama tell a 1. Where does this text come from?
story/narrative? Is there more Who created it? Who owns it?
than one story/narrative? 2. How is this text distributed?
2. Does it follow a formula? 3. What is the running time?
3. What are the characters like? 4. How is the TV drama funded? Are
Are they realistic? Are they MEANINGS trademarks used to protect certain
stereotypes? products?
4. What codes and conventions 5. How was the text made? What
are used? production techniques were used?
5. How do the characters relate to
each other in terms of power,
age, gender, race and class?
What are their ideologies?

AUDIENCE
1. What do you like about this TV drama?
2. Who is the intended target audience?
3. How and why does this TV drama appeal to its audience?
4. Where can the audience view this TV drama?
5. What are the reasons that the audience would consume this TV drama?

http://www-psh.nearnorthschools.ca/HISTORY1/CHABOTC/Unit%201%20Key%20Concepts/EMS%203O%20Media%20Triangle.doc
AUDIENCE THEORY
Uses and Gratifications

 The basic theme of uses and gratifications is the idea that people
actively use the media to get specific satisfaction and fulfil certain
needs.

 Different people can use the same communication message for very
different purposes. The same media content may gratify different needs
for different individuals. There is not only one way that people use
media. (Bulmer and Katz 1974)

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Communication_Theory/Uses_and_Gratifications
 MCQUAIL 1983
COMMON REASONS FOR MEDIA USE
Information Personal Identity
finding
out about relevant events and conditions in finding reinforcement for personal values
immediate surroundings, society and the world finding models of behaviour
seeking advice on practical matters or opinion and gaining insight into one's self
decision choices
satisfying curiosity and general interest
learning; self-education
gaining a sense of security through knowledge

Integration and Social Interaction Entertainment

gaining insight into circumstances of others; social escaping, or being diverted, from problems
empathy relaxing
identifying with others and gaining a sense of belonging getting intrinsic cultural or aesthetic enjoyment
finding a basis for conversation and social interaction filling time
having a substitute for real-life companionship emotional release
helping to carry out social roles sexual arousal
enabling one to connect with family, friends and society

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Communication_Theory/Uses_and_Gratifications
House M.D SEASON 4
BY NEXT LESSON…
 Complete your application of the
media triangle to your TV Drama by
next lesson.