Representation of Gender

Our next focus area will be the representation of gender. This is an interesting and demanding area and, to fully engage with representations of gender, you need to be aware of gender stereotypes.

Gender stereotypes are simplistic generalizations about the gender attributes, differences, and roles of individuals and/or groups. 

Stereotypes can be positive or negative, but they rarely communicate accurate information about others. When people automatically apply gender assumptions to others regardless of evidence to the contrary, they are perpetuating gender stereotyping. Many people recognize the dangers of gender stereotyping, yet continue to make these types of generalisations. We see gender stereotypes regularly being reinforced in television drama.

Traditionally, the female stereotypic role is to marry and have children. She is also to put her family's welfare before her own; be loving, compassionate, caring, nurturing, and sympathetic; and find time to be sexy and feel beautiful. 

The male stereotypic role is to be the financial provider. He is also to be assertive, competitive, independent, courageous, and career‐focused; hold his emotions in check; and always initiate sex. 

These sorts of stereotypes can prove harmful; they can stifle individual expression and creativity, as well as hinder personal and professional growth. 

The weight of scientific evidence demonstrates that children learn gender stereotypes from adults. As with gender roles, socializing agents—parents, teachers, peers, religious leaders, and the media—pass along gender stereotypes from one generation to the next.

Self- Assessment- Age question

I found it alright picking out techniques but I found it really difficult to explain why it links back to representation of age and go into great detail on that. I also found editing really difficult I didn't have much clue on how to do it I didn't even write much about it as I ran out of time as was. I think my response was good but I could have gone into more detail and do more links back to the question. 

Representation of Age: Maths Teacher from Waterloo Road

• He's a try hard
• He's easily lead 
• Trying to be young even though he's not 
• He tries to fit in with the trend 
• He's sensitive and easily led
• His only talent and speciality is maths 
• People take him as a bit of a joke
• He's gullible to think that what his wearing is appropriate 
• He's a child in the way the caretaker has to tell him to take the clothes off

Representation of Age

The age groups:

• Children                      0-12
• Teenager                  13-19
• Young Adult              20-35
• Middle Age                35-59
• Elderly                        60+

 

KEY TERMS

Key Terms

The Shots

This is an Establishing Shot

This is a Mid Shot

This is a Close up Shot

This is a Long Shot

This is a Wide Shot

This is a 2 Shot

This is a Aerial Shot

This is a Point of View shot

This is a Over the Shoulder shot



Camera Angle









This is a High Angle







A Low Angle shot is as it is looking up at something.


A Canted Angle is an tilted angle. Maybe used in Point of View Shots.



Movement


Pan- A movement which scans a scene horizontally.

Tilt- A movement which scans a scene vertically.

Tracking-  Following action or a character.
 
Hand-held- Is a person holding the camera so the audience see what the character sees.

Crane- Piece of equipment to hold up the camera above action or a scene.

Zoom- Is zooming in on the action.

Steadicam- Keeps the camera from moving and creates a smooth movement.


Composition

Framing- Whats seen in the picture

Rule of thirds- Where the picture is broken down into thirds.

Focus Pulls- Change of focus

Depth of Field-  Is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph.


Editing

Shot reverse shot- Used in conversations where its the camera over one persons shoulder to another persons over the shoulder shot.

Eye line match- Where the audience sees what the character sees.

Graphic match- A cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which an object in the two shots graphically match. Like a fight scene.

Jump cut- An sudden transition from one scene to another.

Crosscutting- Is cutting from one scene to another in two different locations but at the same time. (Parallel Editing).

Cutaway- Where the action is cut to another scene less dramatic.

Slow Motion- Where action is slowed down.

Expansion of Time- Where action lasts longer than it would in reality. Eg a bomb counting down from 1 minute and the scene lasts 5 minutes and the bomb still hasn't gone off.


There is editing where it goes from 2013 back to 1884.


Sound

Non- Diegetic- Such as music.

Diegetic- Sounds such as talking or the wind.

Sound Effects- Eg a alien spaceship landing and noises are put on in the background.



Mise en Scene

Location- Where the scene is set

Costume- What is worn

Props- What is there around them eg the car

Lighting- If its dark or light

Make up- If the character is wearing some or not.

How The Exam Works

The exam is 2 hours long
It has 2 sections      A and B
The exam is around about may 15th 

It is 100 marks  (50/50)
The mark bands are:     A- 80             B-70               C-60             D-50                 E-40

Section A
Section A is one hour
The focus is tv drama 
There is 1 compulsory question (50marks)
 The question: Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of age using the following:

• camera shots, angels movements and composition
• editing 
• sound
• mise-en-scene

The 7 areas that maybe covered:

• Gender
•  Age
•  Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/ disability
• Regional identity 

Drama Clip: The White Queen

The White Queen is based Philippa Gregory's historical novel series The Cousins' War, (The White Queen, The Red Queen and The Kingmaker's Daughter).

Set in the time of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the conflict for the throne of England. It starts in 1464—the nation has been at war for nine years fighting over who is the rightful King of England, as two sides of the same family, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, are in violent conflict over the throne. The story focuses on three women in their quest for power, as they manipulate behind the scenes of history—Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville.

Number of episodes: 10

This is a period drama.

Drama Clip: Holby City

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
This is a type of medical drama.

No. of series:	16
No. of episodes:	691 (as of 3 December 2013)

Drama Clip- Doctor Who

Its about a Time Lord called The Doctor which first aried in 1963. Where he travles in time in his TARDIS, to different planets and era's and coming across a range of monsters.

This is a science fiction.

Episodes: There have been around 784

Drama Clip- Coronation Street

Coronation Street is the story of working people and the city street in which they live.

Since 9th December 1960, up to and including the second episode transmitted on 3rd January 2014, there have been 8293 episodes of Coronation Street.

This is a soap serial.

Genre in Television Programming

The word Genre comes from the French word- Kind of class

If you haven't been somewhere you can can what its like from what you've seen through the media- Eg Luxury Hotel.

You stereotype certain people such as a Secretary you'd think a woman, shirt, blazer and a skirt. 

There are many types of genre such as:

• Children's
• Comedy 
• Drama and soap
• Entertainment 
• Factual 
• Films
• Learning 
• Lifestyle and leisure 
• Music
• News and current affairs 
• Religions and ethics 
• Sport 

Sub Genre: There they are broken down in to e.g.

Lifestyle and leisure- Cooking, DIY, Homes under the hammer 

Drama- Period drama, Crime drama

Factual- Reality shows

Hybid: Then there is a cross over of Genre such as

Horrible History's- Children's, Comedy, Learning 
Tom and Jerry- Children's, Comedy

Drama examples:

Medical- Holby City, Casualty 

Crime/ legal- NCIS, Silent Witness, X Files, Broadchurch  

Period/ Costume- White Queen, Downton Abbey, The Tudors, Dracula

Science Fiction- Doctor Who 

Soap- Eastenders, Coronation Street

Comedy Drama- Mad Dogs

Teen- Misfits, Waterloo Road, Inbetweeners, Grange Hill       

My TV Preferences

I quite enjoy Historical drama's such as the White Queen and the series Tudors also Downton Abbey I love, I enjoy History especially Tudor and Victorian times. Or even History thats quite recent. 

I enjoy watching reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity and Big Brother and Educating Yorkshire and sometimes TOWIE.

I also enjoy comedy however depends on what it is not a big fan of Mrs Browns Boys. 

I can't stand soaps as there just the same old dramas and are very boring. I hate any programs to do with Politics and I can't stand of sort of Politics. 

I quite like keeping up to date with music so I usually watch music channels. 

However recently I don't watch a lot of TV only really turn it on if theres defiantly something I want to watch or if my family is watching it when i'm in the room so I watch what ever is on.