Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes (includes 30 minutes viewing time)
You will learn about:
- the conventions of TV crime drama
- film language (camerawork, sound, editing, mise-en-scene)
- how to analyse the representation of people and places in TV crime drama
- the audience pleasures of the genre and how audiences respond to TV crime drama (the 'uses and gratifications' model of audience behaviour)
- TV channels, their target audiences, their scheduling and their ethos
Here are the 6 sample questions for the extract above (70 marks):
1. Describe how one convention found in this extract is typical of the crime drama genre. (4 marks)
2. Analyse
how camerawork and soundtrack are used in the extract to create effects
that fit the crime genre. Give examples from the extract.(18 marks)
3. Analyse how far there is stereotyping in the media representations of
social groups in the extract, considering the ideologies behind the
representations. Give examples from the extract.(18 marks)4. Explain how the content of the extract meets Ofcom’s requirements for an early evening time slot.(10 marks)
5. Explain how the content of the extract fits BBC One’s public service broadcasting ethos. (10 marks)
6. Explain how two of the ‘uses and gratifications’ offered by the extract are appropriate for a mass audience. (10 marks)
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