Class and Status

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Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of class & status using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scene

50 marks

EAA: Explanation, analysis, argument-20 marks

EG: Use of example-20 marks

T: Terminology-10 marks

Representation of Class and Status

Find two examples (a mixture of images and clips) from UK and US TV dramas for each of the following:

• Upper Class (rich/posh)
• Middle Class (neither rich nor poor/in the middle)
• Working Class (poor/common)

Add a brief justification for each choice.

Possible programmes:

Mad Men
Capital (BBC)

Peaky Blinders

Breaking Bad

Misfits

Downton Abbey

The Village

Ripper Street

Whitechapel

Spooks

Doctor Who

Atlantis

Merlin

Sherlock

Last Tango in Halifax

Game of Thrones

Silk

Upstairs Downstairs (2012 series)

The Mill

The Go-Between (2015 version)

Mr Selfridge

The Paradise (BBC)

The Wire

Class and status: what class are you?

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