Thursday, 19 May 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
THE SCIENTIFIC COMEDY FORMULA
It may seem unlikely, but scientists have researched sitcom in order to decide which is the funniest sitcom of all time! The research, for digital channel UKTV Gold, was conducted by Dr Helen Pilcher and writer Timandra Harkness. Dr Pilcher is a member of the scientific group The Comedy Research Project. The scientists invented a ‘sitcom formula’ and applied it to a number of well known sitcoms. Their formula for a winning sitcom multiplies
• the recognisable qualities of the main character (r)
• by their delusions of grandeur (d)
• adds that to the verbal wit of the script (v).
• This total is then multiplied by the amount of times someone falls over (f)
• added to the difference in social status between the highest and lowest ranking characters (s)
• and the whole lot is divided by the success of any scheme during the show (a).
When they applied their formula to a variety of the most popular sitcoms, Only Fools and Horses came out as the funniest British sitcom of all time, followed by The Office and
Father Ted.
Calculate the number of points a show scores: R x D + V x F + S ÷ A = the score
Their top 5
OFAH
THE OFFICE
FATHER TEDFAWLTY TOWERS (they gave it 557)
BLACK ADDER (374.5)
Theorists on Humour in Sitcom
Theorists: some media theorists have analysed sitcoms and have written research papers/ books about the messages and values present in sitcoms. Some of their points refer to how comedy works which is a key part in audience pleasures and tv comedy. Here are some of the points they make: |
Mick Bowes: "Sitcom sometimes presents us with a variety of 'families' which are deficient in some way and this lack of wholeness is sometimes used as a source for humour" "Clearly, images of men and women in TV sitcoms are meant to present viewers with types of characters that they can easily recognize and relate to. What they also do however is to retain traditional images of men in gender‑related roles. Sitcom rarely challenges any of these traditions through the characters and situations it uses." "due to the relatively short nature of sitcom episodes, character identities have to be established very early on" David McQueen: "a classic narrative structure exists for each episode of a sitcom' |
‘the most commonly stereotypical representations of femininity include 'domesticated, weak and passive' Glen Creeber: Outlines how traditional male values are associated with characteristics of rationality, efficiency, and ruthlessness Joanna Meehan: Suggests 'good' women are represented as submissive, sensitive and domesticated Suggests 'bad' women are represented as rebellious, independent and competitive |
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
Monday, 6 December 2010
LAST things to do to finish (Yay!)
When you have done your powerpoint on advertising, covering representation of gender and using print and moving image adverts that you have compared.....
You need to go on to making your own advert. This can be for ANY product BUT I suggest you choose something you can easily find images of on GOOGLE IMAGE search AND that you choose a product that is clearly either for men OR women (so perfume, deodorant, shaving products etc) as this will help you to annotate your own advert with comments related to the representation of GENDER.
You need to use PHOTOSHOP and if you haven't used it before, there are some tutorials in the RESOURCES drive in the the "Tutorials" folder. All the photos used in the tutorials are in the folder so you can follow them as you go aloong. These will take just about 1 1/2 lessons so bear that in mind when planning these last two weeks.
For 11A1, you have 4 lessons before we finish and 11B2, you will have 4 BUT bear in mind that you may lose your last lesson as it is on the last day of term....
LOTS TO DO GUYS!!! but you've made really good progress and I'm proud of all of you!
You need to go on to making your own advert. This can be for ANY product BUT I suggest you choose something you can easily find images of on GOOGLE IMAGE search AND that you choose a product that is clearly either for men OR women (so perfume, deodorant, shaving products etc) as this will help you to annotate your own advert with comments related to the representation of GENDER.
You need to use PHOTOSHOP and if you haven't used it before, there are some tutorials in the RESOURCES drive in the the "Tutorials" folder. All the photos used in the tutorials are in the folder so you can follow them as you go aloong. These will take just about 1 1/2 lessons so bear that in mind when planning these last two weeks.
For 11A1, you have 4 lessons before we finish and 11B2, you will have 4 BUT bear in mind that you may lose your last lesson as it is on the last day of term....
LOTS TO DO GUYS!!! but you've made really good progress and I'm proud of all of you!
Saturday, 27 November 2010
Going up a grade...check this out to add extra marks to your work
Use the key media terms and Goffman's theory in your slides - go through this presentation and then apply what you've learnt to your annotations!
SIMPLES!
SIMPLES!
Media Language - semiotics incl Goffman
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