Friday 28 November 2008

London Underground Tv Drama Challenge!

On wednesday we had a very unusual but constructive task set. We had to name as many tv drama's as possible, then try to link them together on the london underground tube map in conjunction with each catagory we decided to choose.

I'm not too sure of the catagory's we decided on but i know we had, youth drama, romance, soap, medical/emergancy service's and a like 5 more.

For this we all had to work together in order to be able to even nearly complete this task. So, what we decided on was to have 4 people researching the names of tv drama for the catagory's, whilst the others started to find out which catagory's could work in order to be able to connect to eachother. The idea was, that if you had a station on the tube map that was a cross-over station in which you could change onto a different line, the two programs on that station that joined, had to link in some way. Ie. eastenders could link to the bill, as they are both a soap, and they both involve crime in their own ways.

So, on the board we came up with the catagory's to which we would group the drama's. Then we researched the groups for all the tv drama's we could possibly find, as some of the lines on the underground have as many as 60 stops, which means we had to have 60 tv drama's for whatever catagory that was. This was easier for some rather than others. We have now been researching and plotting the stations for a couple of lessons now and we have got a good basic structure for the lines in which it would be able to work.

When and if we finish this task!> i will post a copy of the final product on here (:

Monday 24 November 2008

TV Drama Programs (h/w)

First of all the catagory, Medical Drama is a tv drama in which events centre upon a hospital, ambulance staff, or any medical environment.
Now i know today in class, we sort of established that 'Scrubs' did not belong under the catagory medical drama, but it says it on the internet, so i'll add it to my list of medical drama tv programs.

(UK)
Holby City
Casualty
Holby Blue
Scrubs
Childrens Ward
Doctors
Doc Martin
Green Wing
Bodies
No Angels

(USA)
Quincey
ER
City of Angels
Doctor Doctor
Medical Center
Chicago Hope

(AUS/NZE)
G.P
Shortland Street
The Young Doctors
The Surgeon
Medivac
All Saints
A Country Practice

These are some of the biggest medical drama shows around the world. i don't know how to put a clip on here, so can't. Will find out, then upload one onto here :) Peace x