tv drama idea

Language unit students autistic Ashley and Charlie who has ADD, try to fit in with very different consequences.

Ashley and Charlie leave the language unit behind and try to fit in the other kids at school, will they be able to make the jump?

Ashley is in the Language Unit, where people with learning difficulties and similar disabilities are taught. He has ashpergers which enables him to have great intellect when it comes to maths and physics, so when he tries to fit in with 'the cool kids' they ask him to do their homework, and due to Ashley's disability, he does not realise he is being exploited. Charlie is Ashley's friend who is also in the Language unit and has ADD, so when Ashley leaves Charlie alone in the language unit playground, Charlie looks for new friends, and is jealous of Ashley. Charlie tries to make friends with the local 'druggies' and to try and fit in, he takes some pills to fit in which clashes with his ADD medication, and has a convulsion. The druggies leave him alone.

Disability

Mark Scheme

Explanation/analysis/argument (20 marks) AO1

Use of examples (20 marks) AO2
Level 1- Mise en scene
Level 2- Camera
Level 3- Sound
Level 4- Edit

Use of terminology (10 marks) AO1

Disability: 4 Stereotypes

The HERO: Bravery Stereotype
The VILLAIN: freak Stereotype
TRAGIC FIGURE: Victim Stereotype
UGLY: Non-Physically Attractive/Non-Sexual

Revision of Stereotypes

Ethnicity
- humorous
- sexualised
- unity
- pitied
- exotic
- dangerous
- conflict

Disability: 4 Stereotypes

The HERO: Bravery Stereotype
The VILLAIN: freak Stereotype
TRAGIC FIGURE: Victim Stereotype
UGLY: Non-Physically Attractive/Non-Sexual

Gender
- alpha male
- subordinate: housewife/mother
- dominant
- dumb blonde - male gaze

Social Class
- Working Class
- Underclass
- Upper class
- Middle class

how are they getting drama out of this stereotype?

Part of the Party H/W 30th April

http://prezi.com/9nr1tq7lhr7l/music-industry/

Dangermouse


Mashup Album: The grey video: Jay-Z and The Beatles


Danger Mouse released The Grey Album in limited quantities to a few internet outlets. Due to the amount of attention the mashup received, EMI, copyright holder of The Beatles, ordered Danger Mouse and retailers carrying the album to cease distribution. 


Remixed: 'Sampling'


100,000 downloads in one day. 


Grey Tuesday:  Downhill Battle, an activist group seeking to restructure the music industry, got people to download the track for free in response to EMI


EMI dispute, but Paul McCartney and Jay-Z fine with it.

Task 2

Independent Label: Ache Records

Distribution: Ache Records sell their music on there very own website: www.acherecords.com, you have the choice of downloading or purchasing a CD. Here is a screenshot of their website store.

I decided to do a long tail based on their MySpace page and here is the results: 

Ache Records are marketed on their own website: www.acherecords.com, MySpace and Wikipedia. Ache is an independent record label based out of Vancouver, Canada, which was founded by a Canadian musician called Andrew Nixon in 1999. The first release on Ache Records was Hot Hot Heat's 1999 debut, Hot Hot Heat, a four-song EP. Andy Dixon's first band, d.b.s., released their final album on Ache in 2001, a five song EP entitled Forget Everything You Know. One thousand copies were issued.

Music on Ache: The Winks, Winning, Rauhan Orkestri, Greg Davis, Of, Jason Forrest, Aelters, Jab Mica Och El, Sun Ok Papi K.O., DJ Elephant Power, TU M', Romanhead, Uské Niko, Wobbly, Konono No1, Flossin, Death From Above 1979, Piers Whyte, 2up, Secret Mommy, Matmos, Die Monitr Batss, Four Tet, Hella, Kid 606, Kid Commando, Sightings, Hrvatski, Femme Fatale.

Sexuality Essay

From the first moment, it is apparent that the two women do not fit the homosexual stereotype and yet, from the eye contact in which the lady being dressed is continuously on her dresser, plus the diegetic sound of her breathing heavily denotes that her heart rate is high signifying an attraction. Therefore when the dresser reciprocates by seductively stroking her dressee’s shoulders and exclaiming “You look beautiful”, the audience starts to believe that they are more than just associates or friends, that they are attracted to one another. However, due to their Victorian era, appearance and upper class location, they are challenging the homosexual stereotype. The accompaniment of a mid-shot reinforces their already questionable relationship by demonstrating the proxemics between the two, as they are standing within inches of each other. Furthermore, the mid-shot being followed by a close up emphasises the dressee’s breathing, so in effect, the audience’s idea is reinforced.  The transition into the next scene is a slow smooth fade, representing the dresser’s forbidden love for her friend, it is motivated by the dresser who is also the narrator, signifying her attraction for the other. The narrator’s voice over is soft but how she talks to the other lady is very passionately. The camera zooms slowly to show the composition of the two women in the same bed, where the depth of field or focus is on the main character’s hand slowly moving over her friend’s body, in order not to touch it but to gain the closeness she so desires, hence why the camera moving so slowly makes the scene so much more intense and passionate. The scene’s atmosphere is heightened by the lighting in the room being very dark with only a few lights signifying a romantic atmosphere, but in this case the secrecy of her love is prominent. The next scene shows the lady painting her friend, and as she looks the camera pan with her eyeline, until her eyes fall on her friend’s breasts, this is shown in a shot reverse shot, from her eyes to her friend, the object of her eye, this could be likened to Laura Mulvey’s male gaze, as the way she is looking at her friend is in a way a man would look at a woman. The dripping of red paint denotes that her attraction must stop; this is accompanied by the man saying “She must think we are in love”. The non-diegetic music is very quiet and slow while she paints, but when a man enters the scene it gets faster and louder, to denote a threat or dominance he has over her. The man also exerts his power over her by he is leaning over her, this is followed by a mid-shot of where the man grabs her, enforcing on her that he is in charge, he has a hold over her. The camera pans with the man’s actions as he caresses the lady’s hand, and the look of disgust on her face as he does so, he has all the control and power and dominates this woman over her sexuality. The very last scene is introduced by her friend undressing; this is slowed down to emphasise her eyes scanning every detail on her friend’s body. The clip as a whole is challenging the lesbian stereotype due to being set in Victorian times, where homosexuality was uncommon and frowned upon. Homosexuality in this clip is shown as a negative stereotype as it was forbidden and therefore the heterosexual man, even though he is the villain, is a positive sexual stereotype in the era.