Key Words

Mise-en-scene: 'Putting in the scene.' Basically everything you see in the frame.

Dialogue: Speaking (What the characters say).

Digetic Sound: Sound that's in the world of TV drama. (what they can hear).

Incidental music: Music that's added on.

Non-digetic sound: Could be sound effects, voice overs, theme tunes etc.

Narrative/structure: Story line

Theme: Ideals/morals explored

Cinematography: Camera work

Skins Trailer

Teenagers in the 'Skins' trailer are represented as Destructive, Violent, Vandals that have no respect for authority (attacking Police). The girls are portrayed as promiscuous and both genders are represented as being Drunk/Drug Addicts. These representations are constructed with very loud, pacey music and no voices (you can only see what their doing which makes you focus on their actions) as the trailer progresses the characters get more and more out of control becoming more destructive as time goes on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuzUrNdpk9w

Youth Representation in Television Drama

• Partying
• Attitude Problems
• Lary
• Hoodies
• Drinking - vomiting
• Pregnancy
• Sex
• Emo
• Happy-Slapping
• Drugs
• Violence - Stabbings,Fighting...

Represented in Television Drama

• Gender (masculinity/feminimity)
• Race (White/Asian/Black...)
• Religion
• Age
• Sexuality
• Appearence (e.g. blonde/tall/skinny)
• Class/Wealth
• Disability
• Regionality (in uk e.g. North,South,Wales,Scotland)

Television Drama

A television drama is a soap opera/ series /one-off.

Key Words

• Mise-en-Scene - 'everything in the frame'
  - props,costume,make-up,performance,setting,lighting.
• Narrative/Structure - Story
• Setting
• Character
• Theme -Message that runs throughout
• Sound - Digetic: In the world of show. e.g. Dialogue, Background noise
  - Non-Digetic: Not in the world of show (characters can't hear)
  e.g. Voice overs, sound effects/music
• Cinematography - Camera Work

Defining the Genre

Within the genre 'Television Drama' there are various Sub-Genres which each have their own unique Codes and Conventions (what makes it what it is).