Theory Theory Theory !

Firstly, in the introductory lesson with Ms Brown, we had to summarise a favourite film of ours and mine was Scott Pilgrim vs the World.
This film is based on a graphic novel series by Brian Lee O'Malley and it is a geeky comedy with comic book elements. It is like a romantic comedy as the main character, Scott, played by Micheal Cera, has to defeat seven evil exes to win his girl of his dream's heart, Ramona, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

We then list the Key Concepts, which are:
*Language - especially visual, including dialogue;
*Institutions - people involved in advertising, sound, etc.
*Audience - the target audience of a certain media;
*Representation - stereotypes, meanings, etc.

We can remember these Key Concepts by remembering 'LIAR' !

We also did a stereotype exercise, where we were given a character and put it in a spider diagram. My character was 'baby' and I've listed out typical characteristics like:
-needy
-cute
-troublesome
-bald
-easily influenced
etc.

Finally, we finished this lesson by watching and analysing the first episode of The Body Farm.
The Body Farm is a British forensic crime drama about a group of forensic scientists solving crime. It is said to be a spin off from another TV series Waking The Dead.

My homework was to write down my initial thoughts of The Body Farm and to watch another British drama - I chose to watch an episode of Holby City.