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Tv Drama

Skins Rise, part 2.

Skins the rise is a special long lengthen episode consisting of part 1 and 2. Skins in a teen drama which is aired on E4 and it's target auidence would be teens between the ages of 16-20. Teen dramas have elements of soap operas story lines, however the characters are mainly all teenagers and get up to teenage antics.

Review on this episode

The episode I watched so three characters, Cook, Emma and Charley. They are shown driving away from an event which occured in the first part of the rise and trying to get away from it. They end up in Emma family house in the middle of nowhere but are found and have to keep on running away from the event which took place.

Emma is represented as a strong mined girl who is not afriad to tell you her opinion. We see her talking back to her parents and her friends. I find that Emma comes across as very idependent for example, we find out that she has not been in contact with her family for two years and does not see eye to eye with her father. Emma does not get on with Charley and lets her know it. Emma is very cocky and confident and will not allow characters who are more feisty than her such as Cook, walk over her. 

Charley on the other hand comes across as very fragile and shy. She allows characters bigger than her such as Emma, walk over her. There is a scence in this eposide where her boyfriend, who had recently murder somewhere turns up at Emma parents house. We see Charley in this scence become very weak, however she tries to argue back showing him she is not afriad by words, but her body language shows different. She is shaking and is breathing very heavily. This shows us she is afraid of Louie, her boyfriend and allows him to talk to her in the way he does.

 

Representation

Definition of media representation.

The definition of Representation is The portrayal of someone or something in a particular way or being seen in a certain nature.

Definition of Representation

Media representation means the way the media such as magazines, the news and TV and more, make the audience see someone or something in a particular way. An example of this would be Britney Spears. While Britney Spears was going through a hard time, the media allowed the audience too believe she was 'Wild' and 'Uncontrolable'  The audience were manipulated by the media to believe this, While we know this was just a stage in her life where she was going through a bad time.

Example of media representation of Britney Spears.

The three resources I found helpfull and why.

I found 'How to create a blog with blogger' help full because it helped get me started and to set up my blog because blogs are new to me as I have never made one before. How to create a blog with blogger link

I also found the brief introduction to TV drama help full because it gave me an idea of what dramas to think about and what kind of dramas we may be working with. Brief introduction to TV drama

The last page i found the most help full was the 'Your AS media bridging unit' I found this the most help full because it gave me a clear outline of my course and clear instructions on how to complete my bridging work. Your media AS bridging unit link