What to cover:

Propps character types and TV crime drama equivalents (rookie etc) clips

The flawed protagonist

Gender and binary opposites in TV Crime Drama

Tasks:

Extended writingEngaging starterDesign own character for TV Crime Drama

Using the template create a character for a TV Crime Drama

Swap your character with a partner and underneath answer the following questions:

1) Who is the ‘stock’ character type.2) How have they represented them?

Consider the following statements about characters in TV Crime drama

Crime drama still portrays a very masculine culture in the police force

TV Crime Drama presents us with unfair representations of gender

Crime drama shows women playing powerful and intelligent characters

Leading detectives in television crime drama are mostly white and male

Using your DVD covers, notes on character from the screening and sketches which do you agree with and why?

Characters and Representation

Homework:

Over the next few weeks you willNeed to research your own case study TV Crime Drama to discuss in the exam:

By next week you must hand in the first two slides of your case study

What is TV Crime Drama?

AO1 & AO3