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Teaching TV Sitcom
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Description
This comprehensive and accessible guide provides an introduction to teaching this topic, with practical advice on classroom approaches and reference to key critical and theoretical writing. Using examples from TV sitcoms in Britain and the US, it explores sitcom conventions, types of sitcom and issues such as representation of gender. This book is part of a series particularly aimed at teachers new to media studies post-16. The series provides information and ideas for teachers involved with the teaching of AS and A level media studies 9OCR, AQA and WJEC), AS and A level film studies (WJEC), GNVQ/AVCE, Btech, Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers, and Lifelong Learning courses. Each title consists of a detailed teaching guide which provides essential information and guidance on how to cover each topic effectively, with reference to assessment objectives.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Assessment contexts
Why teach sitcom?
How to use this guide
Schemes of work
2. Background information
The development of sitcom
Forms and conventions of TV sitcoms
Sitcom producers and audiences
Changes in the role of sitcom
Types of sitcom
Analysis a sitcom
3. Case studies
a. Sitcom families
b. Sitcom and gender
c. Sitcom and realism
Glossary
Videography
References and selected bibliography
Acknowledgments
Product details
| Published | Jun 26 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 75 |
| ISBN | 9780851709758 |
| Imprint | British Film Institute |
| Illustrations | illustrated |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Teaching Film and Media Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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