Teen Drama - sugar rush

Teen Drama : 

Teen Drama Tv Drama

Aims and Objectives : 

Aims and Objectives To inform students on the different styles of Teen Drama Analyse gender representation and stereotypes within teen drama Sugar Rush (2005) Discuss how dominant ideologies have been challegend

Teen Drama : 

Teen Drama Concerned with striking and entertaining balance between social issues that are concerned with age group. Issues such as; Eating disorders, bullying, sex, rape, infidelity, money, college, work, family, puberty.

Hollyoaks : 

Hollyoaks Less ‘shocking’ than skins. Represents ‘real’ life issues Light hearted issues contrast real life problems Audience appeal is between 15-30 Holloyaks (2006)

Hollyoaks : 

Hollyoaks Produced by Lime Pictures the soap series started in 1995. Devised by Phil Redmand (brookside, grange hill) Only soap to use incidental music.

Sugar Rush : 

Sugar Rush Teen drama based on novel by Julie Burchill BAFTA Nominated comedy drama series. Televised August 2005 on E4 DVD release 2006 Set in Brighton Plot: 2 best friends who’s friendship can be classed as dysfunctional. Kim is a lesbian Sugar, a self confessed sex addict. Trials and tribulations of their lives in College.

Sugar Rush: Characters : 

Sugar Rush: Characters Kimberly Daniels: 15 year old sexually obsessed with her best friend Maria Sweet (Sugar). Has a dysfunctional family as caught her mother committing adultery. Relies on Sugar for support. Maria Sweet: 16 year old self confessed ‘sex addict’ who is Kim’s best friend. Represents the ‘untouchable’ on Kims behalf. Is unreliable and also has a dysfunctional family.

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Stella Daniels: Kim’s mum who is somewhat similar to sugar. Unreliable, has affairs and doesn't act like a mother Nathan Daniels: Dad who is reliable and ‘boring’ according to Stella. Keeps the family together. Saint (series 2): Lesbian who Kim falls in love with. Doesn't get along with Sugar and is more mature than both Kim and Maria. Owns a sex shop.

Sugar Rush 2005 : 

Sugar Rush 2005 Watch an episode of Sugar Rush and make notes on the following; Stereotypes Representation of Gender Ideologies Camera Shots Sound

Stereotypes (5 minutes) : 

Stereotypes (5 minutes) What stereotypes can you make from the first episode? How are the characters portrayed – negatively or positively What ideologies can be made from the first few scenes? Express gender representation. Does this drama challenge dominant ideologies?

Sugar Rush (2005) : 

Sugar Rush (2005) How does the sound influence actions within a scene? Is the sound diagetic or non diagetic? What influence does the sound have on its audience? Would the pace of the drama change if the sound was different?