Teaching Jessica Jones Wendy Elrick AMES Conference 2016

Superheroes on Television How many can you name? What do they have in common? How do they differ from films? One of the places I always start is with genre. It allows pupils to start to draw out conventions as well as their prior knowledge. Common answers? Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Other comic adaptations sometimes – The Walking Dead. Older programmes such as Wonder Woman and Batman from the 1960s…

The Trailer

Essential Information Created by Melissa Rosenberg Based on comic series by Brian Bendis and Michael Gaydos Season 1 released worldwide November 2015 Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker Produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Studios, Netflix and Tall Girls Productions Distributed by Netflix

The Comic Book

The Streaming Revolution

Is it television? What makes television television? How do we define the form? What are the issues here?

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Television

Institution

Audience

Opening Credits

Representation: Jessica

Representation: Kilgrave

Representation: Trish

Representation: Hogarth

Representation: Luke Cage

Representation: Setting

Language

Exam Question Media Content in Context Audience responses are influenced by the use of language codes and other aspects of media content. Analyse how this could apply to media content you have studied. In your response you must: a)analyse how language has been used to create meaning in the content; (10) b)analyse how categories and/or narrative and/or representations have been used in the content; (10) c)analyse how different audiences might respond to the media content you have referenced. (10)