Essay Plan and Linked Production Proposal

Essay Plan for Critical Investigation

How do contemporary American Teen Dramas construct ideologies of youth and why might this be so?

• Introduction

• Common ideologies in present contemporary American Teen Dramas - Mention my case studies – Mention most of the key words from the A-Z posted on the blog. THREE PARAGRAPHS

• Talk about the target audience of teen dramas on a whole and then specifically to my case studies. ONE PARAGRAPH (Audience Theory)

• What ideologies might the target audience look for in terms of class, ethnicity or sexuality – Mention relevant audience theory, ethnography, gender and ethnicity theory, Uses and Gratification Theory, Hypodermic Needle Theory. ONE PARAGRAPH

• Why the ideologies presented in these contemporary American teen drama are constructed like that – To appeal to target audience essentially - Address the information from the articles that I found. TWO PARAGRAPHS (Queer Theory Richard Dyer )

• Conclusion- Conclude how ideologies are constructed with specific example and why this might so in terms of what the target audience look for.

Proposal for Linked Production

I’d like to produce an opening to a new American teen drama set in a High school. Within my opening ideologies such as sex before marriage, anti- racism, homophobia etc, with scenes that can allow audience to ‘escape’.