Exam Tips.

Ideas and tips; things to include in essay writing for TV drama.

• Don't need to write out the question.
• No need to add an introduction to start off the essay- go straight into it.
• Get stuck straight in, using the micro language straight from the start.
• Cover all of the micro features.
• State that micro features such as mise-en-scene, sound, camera work cobine to contruct characters. Nothing in TV drama is left to chance. Set designs, costumes, hair, make-up all combine to tell the audience something about the character. It is your job to state what that something is.
• Dont forget MIGRAIN. The key concepts are all still relevant.
• You must state that the Micro features combine to give a representation of gender, class, age... etc
• You must then argue whether the representations in the extract are fair and accurate or sterotypical, offensive, unfair.
• Use more advanced terminology and vocabulary.
• Use general paragraphs to sum up the entire peice, relating to other types of TV drama in a subtle way (i.e channel four trend?), generally discuss TV drama and how the programme has overall been edited.
• Conventional/ Unconventional? Relate to representation.

Include all of these points in order to achieve an A Grade.