This week I would like you to apply your developing expertise to your own viewing!

Choose a 3-5 minute extract from a TV Drama (any genre but preferably British and broadcast since 2005) which you think constructs interesting representations of ethnicity.

Best to choose an episode which you have recorded or is on i player/C4OD/ITVPlayer or is on Youtube or which you have on dvd. You will need to view your extract at least five times!

Title : Discuss how (fill in title of programme) uses

camera shots, sound, mise en scene, editing

to construct representations of ethnicity.

You will need to write

1. an introductory overview paragraph which explains the macro analysis of the clip (= genre, main narrative shape, characterisation, pace, atmosphere)

2. 4 further paragraphs which discuss the contribution of each technical code to the representation of ethnicity, with micro analysis of at least 5 relevant examples for each technical code.