Ben Chebabo GCSE 2017 Blog

1. How do the representations of sexualities reflect the historical, contemporary, social and cultural contexts? The representations of sexualities reflects the historical, contemporary, social and cultural contexts because in the 1960s, homosexuality was a crime. An example of this is "a UK opinion poll finds that 93% of respondents see homosexuality as a form of illness requiring medical treatments." This affected TV programmes such as The Avengers because the two main characters (Peel and Steed) were heterosexual and flirted with each other a lot. This represents them positively because being heterosexual and powerful at the time was seen as correct. This view of homosexuality differs to society in 2010s as gay marriage was legalised in 2014. For example "in 2014, the act officially passed in Britain." This is reflected in Cuffs as the main character Jake is a weak, homosexual, feminine male who is countertyping the stereotype of police officers being hetero...

The Avengers: ·       The Avengers is a closed narrative because we don’t know who the killer is, and the two spies (Steed and Peel) use clues to find out who the killer is. The Narrative: ·       A man comes out of the ocean in a bin bag. ·       The two spies, Steed and Peel have a friendly sword fight and flirt with each other. ·       They hear that 6 spies have gone missing in a small town called Little Basely and go to check it out. ·       The whole town acts strange.        Peel gets a job as a school teacher, but the school is closed in the middle of term.     She investigates further and finds that the town is smuggling weapons.     There is a big fight between the spies and the town people. ·     The both spies manage to win and then finally go home. ·   ...

Narrative Structure Narrative- The story/plot of a film/TV show/ radio show Conventions- Beginning, middle and end Characters- some good or some bad Types of TV dramas: ·       Single drama ·       Soap (continuing) ·       Serial (more than one series) ·       Anthology series (self-contained episodes, each based on different characters) ·       Long-form series drama: The Avengers ·       Long-form series drama with some narrative experimentation Continuity Editing: An editing style that aims to present the text in a chronological manner to emphasize the real-time movement of the narrative and to create a sense of realism for the viewer by giving the impression of continuous filming. Continuity editing creates a narrative that suggests a real experience of moving through time, even though screen tim...