Waterloo Road - Age

Questions

The representation of age is shown throughout this clip and through mise en scene, camera, editing and sound.

With the first scene it shows the representation of a middle aged man and two young teenage boys. The man is representation stereo typically as he acts like he is wiser than the two teenagers and patronises them through how he speaks down to the two boys. He is also very sarcastic towards them to show he has authority over them and can talk and act almost as he was without no reaction. Whereas on the other hand, the two teenage boys are represented as foolish through breaking the camera and trying to hide the fact they broke the camera. They also show to lack intelligence as they try to get out of punishment by making excuses however you can easily see that the teacher knows they are lying which shows the two teenagers naivety and lack of intelligence. Also the fact the two teenage boys are lying shows that they will try anything to get out of trouble and get away with the foolish acts they do.

The second teacher who comes in who is younger represents how inexperienced she is and the lack of authority she has compared to the older teacher as she does not sanction the two boys and the two teenagers try harder to miss punishment with her than the much older more experienced teacher.

The students are represented in two ways during this clip. Firstly they are seen as foolish, cocky and not caring about anything which shows the lack of discipline show to them which could be the result of troubled from their parents which they can get away with anything.

The other way students and the teenagers are perceived as is ‘nerdy’ with the teenagers are clever, dress smartly and are presentable. They also are seen conservative and laid back and they don’t want to be the centre of attention and laid back but are clever and take school seriously.

TV drama genres

Today we were told to look up and explain the different genres of TV dramas. 

1. Teen Dramas
Some examples of a teen dramas are: Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl and 90210. Most of these teen dramas are on Netflix which shows that they are aiming for an all ages audience as Netflix is available on many different devices such as TV, iPad, iPhone, iPod and many more. Teen dramas don't usually involve many rude scenes which makes it available for younger children. 

2. Period/Costume Drama 
Some examples of period or costume drama are: Downtown Abbey, Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs. These types of programmes are all aimed towards a specific audience.

3. Police/Crime Drama
Some examples of police or crime dramas are: The Bill, Making a Murderer and Orange is the new black. These types of dramas are all quite different even though they are of the same genre. 
For example, The Bill is very different to Orange is the new black, however they are both from the same genre. 

4. Medical/Hospital Drama
Some examples of medical or hospital dramas are Casualty, Holby City and Grey's Anatomy. These TV dramas are all quite fast paced and always have something big happening. These types of dramas are aimed at a wide range of audiences, this is because some people may enjoy the reality side of the dramas and some people may then enjoy the medical sides of them. 

Representation Example: Pretty Little Liars

Sexuality- In this programme, there is some lesbian activity this shows to the audience that everything is acceptable in the world and nobody should be discriminated for any reason. 
Age- There is a wide variety of ages in this show, this could be to attract a wide variety of ages in the target audience. 
Gender- There is an equal amount of men and women in this programme and this could be to show that no gender is more dominant than the other. 
Disability- There is one blind girl in this programme and she is shown at the same as the other characters, if not stronger and this could again be to show that no one should be discriminated for any reason.

what a TV drama is?

 A TV drama is a series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable, through the use of; themes, settings ,issues and narrative.

Tv drama examples:
The walking dead
Prison break
Game of thrones
Orange is the new black
Breaking bad

What TV dramas do you watch and why?

I like to watch Grey's Anatomy, this is because I am interested in medical surgeries. This programme is very fast paced and there is always something going on, this is another reason at why I like it as there is never a boring episode.