THE GOOD WIFE, LIE TO ME & FRANKIE AND GRACE: TV DRAMA

We analyse the representation of gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, regionality and age in three television drama texts. We identify terminology (camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, sound) and how film language constructs representations, using our 3-point exam strategy.

How does the mise-en-scene create the representation of gender and ethnicity?

 

How do tracking shots construct power? How do motivated edits reveal intelligence and assertiveness? How is gender constructed through dialogue and costume?

Cal Lightman is constructed as boorish and provocative, rather an anti-hero at times. How and why?