How old are they?

Yr 12 OCR Media Studies

Representations of Age

Learning Objectives:
1. 2. To explore representations of age To understand how representations of age are created in TV Drama

BBC News: London Riots 2011

How are young people represented by the BBC (positively, negatively or neutrally)? Give a written response using examples from the extract and article to support your points. BBC News Extract

Key Terms
Representation: The way people, places, or events are presented to media audiences. Stereotype: A way of portraying a group of people through a few obvious characteristics.

Key Terms
Ideology: Ideology translates to the science or study of ideas. However, ideology tends to refer to the way in which people think about the world and their ideal concept of how to live in the world.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ideology.htm

Talking Heads: Lady of Letters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmSVsMXve0

How are different ages being represented?

Which age bracket are they in? Key Ideologies of the age bracket Key Stereotypes of the age bracket Negative and Positive representations

Constructing Representations
Choose one age bracket
Design a character within that age bracket for a TV Drama Consider how camera, editing, sound, miseen-scene would be used to reinforce the representation you are creating