1. City College Media Studies TV Drama
Half Term Project.
Your project for half term is to analyse representation in any TV Drama and to create a presentation
that highlights this representation.
Chose a TV drama- one you like- and look for indicators of representation. Your exam question will
be based around the representation of:
Youth
Gender
Disability
Race/ethnicity
Religion
Class/wealth
Crime
Age
Sexuality
1. Find a clip (around 4 minutes long) that has a strong showing of your given area of
representation. (you will lucky-dip the area in which you are creating a presentation on)
2. Ask yourself a question about the clip- your question could be ‘How has youth been
represented in this Eastenders clip?’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti-wLOMp7Vk
3. Create a survey of questions about your clip that lean towards answering your presentation
question. E.g. how would you describe Jay’s character in the Eastenders clip? (Multiple choice
answer/ on a scale of 1-10 is this a fair representation of youth? What social background do
you think Jay and his friends come from? (Essay Box answer).
4. Find social stereotypes and characters from other TV shows and films that relate to the
characters you are looking at.
5. Answer your question in presentation format using screenshots of your clip, proof of
representation from your survey, images of social stereotypes and your own descriptions
and annotations.
You may use any presentation format you wish. Presentations will take place in small groups after
half term.