As you watch each show, make nots on the room in which most of the action takes place. What features about it make you feel comfortable, and does the interior decoration seem to fit a) the kinds of characters and b) the kind of action you expect them to perform?
2-Compare the room most often presented in a comedy series with similar room presented in a dramatic series. What differences do you see? Compare the furnishings in rooms of homes of the very wealthy with scenes in homes of poor or less affluent families. Do those furnishings seem effective in clearly depicting the characters’ socio-economic status?
3- Discuss the ways characters in the different programs use language to interact. How do characters talk about relationships? How are issues of race and gender addressed? What do the characters do to make you like/dislike them? if one (or more) of your favourites is a †reality show, †how realistic is it?
4- You may use a movie instead, using a similar analysis. #
