Set Work for Tuesday 20th - Gender

Hi All here is your set work:

Your Team Leaders are Debbie Toby Sophie - it is their job to ensure you complete the work required and to assist you in any questions

Here are the Team tasks for the first lesson...

1. Create a Stereotypes Mood Board of 20 images of different characters from TV dramas that represent the 6 social groups we are studying ie: Age Effy from Skins represents Youth, Dot from Eastenders represents the elderly etc...

Post this to your Team Leaders blog

2. Mad Men Avatar. Present your Mad Men Avatars - take screen captures of each and put the images into Garageband (if not then construct quickly 1 for each person) and record a commentary that defines REPRESENTATION using the following words

http://www.amctv.com/madmenyourself/

• Exaggerate/Distort
• Reflect an element of Truth
• To stand in for
• Constructed
• Masculinity
• Femininity
• Costume
• Appearance
• Hairstyle

Export the Video and upload to youtube > embed to your Team Leaders blog

3. Brain Gym. Each Team comes up with actions to mime each of the Terminology words for your allocated Technical area - record yourselves performing these using Photobooth on the macs & upload to youtube>then embed on Team Leaders Blog

Team Debbie - MES

Team Sophie - CAM & SOUND

Team Toby - EDIT

Go around the class and get them to copy your Brain Gym actions - practice you will need to remember them for next task today (& quiz next week!)

Break

4. What is Gender? Watch the following clips & come up with a list of 20 associations with masculinity & femininity - use the sugar paper & pens provided,  photo and put on Team leaders' blog

Think about:

• Roles
• Behaviours
• Attitudes

5. How do you Gender Camera Shots. Categorise the Camera shots as masculine or feminine.

Check your learning with the other group - this will prepare you for...

7. Group Presentation - Analysis of Gender in TV Drama sequences

Collect stills (print screens) as evidence and examine how the sequence uses/builds Gender.

Import your stills into Garageband and record a video commentary answering the questions

1. What gendered stereotypes roles do the characters represent?
2. What stereotypical attitudes or behaviours do they re-enforce/challenge?
3. Who has the power/status - who is dominant (why)?
4. How is gender constructed through CAM?
5. How is gender constructed through MES?
6. How is gender constructed through SOUND?

Export your presentation as a Video > upload to Youtube > embed to your blog

Team Debbie

Team Toby (lots of swearing!)

Team Sophie (up to 3:30)