Teachers end bit

• Simon gets abused by students at the end, students are bullies and Simon is almost represented as a fellow student.
• The audience would expect the male figures to be superior to the females, however in Teachers it is the inverse. E.g. Headteacher, Jenny, Susan
• Men are portrayed as sexist, sex obsessed and all the same. The men in Teachers are also portrayed as immature and childish e.g. Kurt, Simon and PE teacher.
• Simon is slightly embarrassed that he is going out with a police officer because she has more authority than him.
• There is the stereotype that secretaries are always in other people's business and know everything.

Narrative Sequence and Editing

Susan and Jenny both have a chance of becoming Head of Year and Simon at first doesn't want Susan to get it because she'll become "a sad pawn of the establishment". However, once he sees that Jenny is up for the job as well, he quickly becomes in favour of Susan getting the job because he thinks it will be easier on him.

Crisis

- Susan is wants to take the Head of Year job, but Simon doesn't want her to.
- There is a threat of Jenny taking the job as well, which will prove bad for Simon highlighted by a weird sexual fantasy that he has of him being dragged around on a leash.





Editing

- Simon in a daydream with donut in his hand in a police lineup. Jam drips on shoe and cuts beack to reality
- Sound of shotgun earlier on when Jenny looked at him
- Three teachers looking through window at Jenny, look like little boys
- Cars driving on road, then bike comes round and Simon looks a bit out of place.
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Representation: Bodies

Men and women are represented in very radically contrasting ways.

Women seem to be the more sensitive sex in the clip, the most prominent being the nurse who expresses concern for the "cock up" in notes which lead to a patient having an unwanted sterilisation. However, there is a darker side presented at the very start when a woman, assuming that she knows the patient, swaps the names around and deliberately changes the notes.

Men are portrayed as arrogant and sexist, the main surgeon especially, showing to be rather lax at the idea of performing surgery. He immediately comments on the patient's vagina, calling it a "freaky fanny". He then expresses no concern towards the "cock up", insisting that they carry on regardless of whether the patient wants it or not.

Representation in the Media

All media is representative of reality. They are composed to provide an artifical version of real life and everything that goes on around us. Every form of media is a respresentation of someone's view on life, put into such a way that an audience can understand and comprehend it.

Teenagers are always represented in the media and as a result, they are actually percieved how they are represented (rowdy, loud and slightly menacing). However, they can also be shown as being quite compassionate and sensitive depending on the medium they are represented in.
Glossy magazines are a good example of promoting negative representation, filled with only the bad side of celebrities.

Statistics

Statistics to back up conclusions about Heart's audience

http://www.thisisglobal.com/radio-sales/global-brands/heart/rajar/

Heart in the afternoon

I listened to Heart in the afternoon to compare the playlist with the morning playlist

Destiny's Child - Tears on My Pillow
Ronan Keating - Loving Each Day
Blue - If You Come Back
Nelly Furtado - Like A Bird
Robbie Williams - Eternity

*Heart Bingo*
*Dentist in Headington*
*Mental health awareness*
*Garnier hair dye*
*Seal advert*
*Toyota advert*
*Humphrey's Oxford*

Alicia Keys - Falling
S Club 7 - Don't Stop Moving
Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

*Twix*
*Peugeot*
*Mental health awareness*
*Aviva*
*Buildbase*
*John Freida*
*Burkson and Beaton*
*Vauxhall*
George Benson - Never Give Up On a Good Thing
Edward Maya ft Vika - Stereo Love
Take That - Relight My Fire
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Heart in the morning

As part of my research, I listened to Heart FM - Friday 9am-10am, 17th September 2010.
Slogan, The soundtrack to your life. Heart are trying to become part of your everyday life.

Outkast - Hey Ya!
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Will Young - Leave Right Now
Room 5 - Make Love
*Vodafone*
*Advertising Maroon 5*
*Domestic Appliances*
*AFG Kitchens*
*Wedding showcase*
*Contracters*
*Saab Cumnor*
*Gig. Level 42*
Beyonce - Crazy Right Now
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One
Jamelia - Superstar
*Oxford Nursery*
*Computing*
*Witney Shopping*
Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love
All-4-One - I Swear
ABBA - What's The Name of the Game?

Introduction to Media coursework

My initial research involved investigating local radio stations and the types of local radio stations. There are ILR (independent local radio stations) and publicly funded BBC radio stations and are funded by TV licenses. ILR are dependent on advertising.

Conventions of TV Dramas

The characters are usually your average everyday people and there is usually a wide variety of different cultures and races and there is often a gay character at some point. Their accents are often regional and suit the location that the soap is based in.

Common storyline themes include weddings, murder, affairs, kidnapping, friends or family fall outs and just a general theme of deception. Characters will never be happy and when they are, it can be guaranteed that it won't be for long. Storylines will always be believable but never realistic giving the viewers the impression that it could happen.

The dialogue between characters will often set the scene and hint at future events... (more to come)

U Be Dead

U Be Dead was a two hour ITV drama based on a true story.

It's 2002 and Dr Jan Falkowski and Debra Pemberton are a couple living in Poole. Their wedding is not too far away and everything seems to be going very smoothly, until they start recieving abusive text messages from a mysterious stalker who claims to be in love with Dr Falkowski. As the story progresses, cracks in Jan and Debra's relationship begin to form and Jan ends up having an affair and leaves his fiancée shortly after a false wedding day organised by the police intended to lure and catch the stalker. The stalker, who turns out to be a former patient's girlfriend, Maria Marchese, accuses the doctor of drugging and raping her. The remainder of the story is focused on the trial and her eventual conviction. She is currently in jail and is eligible for bail in 2012