TV Drama Blog

As part of the OCR AS Media Studies specification you are required to study the way in which representation functions with TV Drama. TV Drama and representation will be the first part of the exam which will consist of watching a TV Drama sequence and answering a question based on a given representational area.

You will not know what the TV Drama is and what representational area will be included prior to the exam.

This blog will be dedicated to the TV Drama section and will contain relevant resources for this unit as well as class activities completed by students.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

SOUND IN TV DRAMA: Sound and Meaning


TASK: Watch the above clip and answer the following questions:

What is happening Visually?
  • What are you seeing?
  • What kind of story is being told?
  • What would you think about or how would you feel about this if all you saw was the visual image with no sound?
How would you describe the sound?
  • How would you describe the music? speed rythm etc
  • Can you identify the different diegetic and non diegetic sounds?
  • In what way does the sound add to the narrative?
What is the overall effect?
  • Does the sound refelct what is being shown on screen?
  • When the music is combined with the visuals how does it make you feel? 
formula: What is happening visually + how would you describe the sound = what is the overall effect.

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