tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51902830047051624902023-07-18T05:50:49.453+01:00Representation of Yorkshire...and regional identity generally. A few resources to help with the OCR AS Media exam.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190283004705162490.post-67674425017273196442016-12-17T16:29:00.001+00:002016-12-17T16:29:14.976+00:00Babbel app for Yorkshire accent training<p dir="ltr"><u>https</u>://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/british-accents-yorkshire?bsc=britishaccentsyorkshire-eng&btp=fb&utm_campaign=britishaccentsyorkshire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=organicpost</p>
DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190283004705162490.post-38107555912403178652015-04-29T22:30:00.002+01:002015-04-29T22:32:19.286+01:00Bleak Yorkshire humour: I Didn't Know You CaredIf you've never encountered this, it really is quite startling, a stark representation of the dark, bleak sense of humour that writers from these parts often utilise. You can also see the stereotypical signifiers of poverty (working class or 'common'-ness), frugal (or tight-fisted/stingy)ruralness, archaic and old-fashioned (indeed, Victorian and puritanical!), lack of intelligence/backwardsness ...<br />
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It doesn't in the case of this sitcom, based on best-selling novels and a radio show, but the Yorkshire stereotype can get downright gothic, as is the case with <i>Wuthering Heights</i>. <br />
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You can view more of this show <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+didnt+know+you+cared"><b>through this search</b></a>.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190283004705162490.post-67975442842783049022015-02-24T10:30:00.001+00:002015-02-24T10:30:47.984+00:00Playlist of past/practice clipsYou can use these to set yourself practice exercises - feel free to hand in any subsequent essays for marking and feedback:<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She has explained the global economic crisis to an audience of millions, but <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/bbc" title="More from guardian.co.uk on BBC">BBC</a>
Breakfast's business presenter Stephanie McGovern has said that
colleagues treated her as "too common for telly" because of her Teesside
accent.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McGovern complained that she regularly received abuse
from viewers about her accent and that one BBC manager told her: "I
didn't realise people like you were clever."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Writing <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-15/too-common-for-telly-bbc-presenter-lashes-out-at-corporation" title="">in the Radio Times</a>,
McGovern said: "Despite being a business journalist at the BBC for 10
years, working behind the scenes on our high-profile news programmes, I
was viewed by some in the organisation to be 'too common for telly'."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McGovern
has presented financial news on BBC1's morning show for nearly a year
and previously was a lead producer on BBC1's main news bulletins and BBC
Radio 4's Today programme.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But it appears that not all viewers have been endeared by the Middlesbrough-born journalist despite her business acumen.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The
first question I get will be, 'What are Bill and Susanna like in real
life?' – I'm happy to report they're lovely – and then it's, 'Where's
your accent from?', which I like to chat about. But, unfortunately,
there are quite a few people out there who are nasty about the way I
talk," she wrote.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"You would think that after nearly two years in
the job, people would be used to my Teesside tones. To be fair most are,
but there are still some viewers who can't accept that someone with my
accent can have a brain. It means that I regularly get abuse about it.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I've
had tweets questioning whether I really did go to university because
surely I would have lost my accent if I did; a letter suggesting, very
politely, that I get correction therapy; and an email saying I should
get back to my council estate and leave the serious work to the clever
folk."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McGovern first appeared on BBC screens aged 19 as a guest
after winning a Young Engineer for Britain award for a design that
helped save Black & Decker more than £1m. Shortly after her
appearance she was appointed the main producer of Today on Radio 4,
running coverage of major stories including the trial of former Daily
Telegraph proprietor Conrad Black in Chicago.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She added that some viewers had complained that "people with regional accents can't use the English language correctly".</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"It's
inevitable that not everyone will like me, and that some will find me
annoying. That's fine. All presenters deal with that. What's scary is
the ignorance about what having a regional accent means, or indeed
doesn't mean. It certainly doesn't equal ignorance," she said.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
BBC spokeswoman said: "Steph does a fantastic job on BBC Breakfast. If
her accent was an issue for some in the past during her career then it
certainly isn't now."</span></span></span></blockquote>
DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190283004705162490.post-87716169594655407882013-05-07T07:57:00.002+01:002015-02-24T10:34:15.317+00:00North v South; its grim oop north<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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In any exam extract you're always initially looking for a <span style="color: purple;"><b>binary</b></span> [<span style="color: purple;">Levi-Strauss</span>] around which dramatic tension can be built.<br />
Its worth also stressing that you're not just looking for <span style="color: purple;"><b><i>stereo</i>types </b></span>but also looking out for <span style="color: purple;"><b><i>counter</i>types </b></span>too.<br />
The best exam answers will be able to highlight elements of <i>both </i>in (most examples of) representations - providing you with opportunities to apply some theories/theorists on representation.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>The north-south binary</b></span> is the basic one to look out for, but there are many very distinct regional identities that don't necessarily reflect this: Geordie/Mackem, Scouse, Brummie/Black Country, Bristolian/Cornwall [SW] + Norfolk/E. Anglia [SE] (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2012/jun/01/alan-partridge-norfolk-sky"><b>aha!</b></a>), Essex, Manc/Lancs, Yorkshire, Cockney, plus London and the SE. There are also national identities of the 4 UK nations.<br />
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The northern stereotype is both negative (bleak industrial grim landscape; backwards; poor) <i><b>and</b></i> positive (friendly), with aspects such as rural arguable either way.<br />
Likewise, the southern stereotype may include positive attributes of wealth, refinement, beautiful landscape etc, but also haughtiness, aloofness, avarice (greed and obsession with money), lack of community bonds (individualism). Notably, the Cockney stereotype has more in common with the Northern stereotype, with social class arguably the key. <br />
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Social class is rarely far from the surface when considering regional identity, with the 'poor' element of the stereotype often to the fore, and this in turn linked in with crassness or lack of refinement, as this ironic 1992 ad for a beer associated with Manchester demonstrates:<br />
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Less ironically, more in a brazen way to maximise commercial appeal, UK film companies such as Working Title will often to resort to crude regional stereotypes (see Notting Hill's Spike, or the Scottish character in Wild Child - or the whole of Hot Fuzz!).<br />
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Like all of our media (setting aside issues of globalisation), TV is dominated by London-based companies, arguably fuelling the use of regional stereotypes. ITV used to be made up of separate, independent <i><b>regional</b></i> companies, but these (UTV aside) are now all owned by a London-based conglomerate (who recently closed production facilities in Leeds, a sign of production moving away from the North?).<br />
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Here are a few examples we can consider; 1+2 are of a type you might get in the exam, 3 onwards simply to get you thinking about the concept:<br />
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In which our protagonist finds himself amidst backwards non-London types.<br />
Note how he reacts favourably to one <i>lady </i>with a <i>refined </i>accent and bearing, highly suggestive of upper-middle class social status, and talks down to the idiot locals. He is, of course, <i>efficient </i>and, crucially, <i><b>modern</b></i> - this <i>backwards </i>place still has a rural identity.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2: North and South</span></span></b></span><br />
In which we get a slice of representation with a Bronte feel (though arguably slightly 'Dickensian' as well?). The opening female character vocalises much of the prevailing stereotype of the North. We also get a scene with overtones of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebW5-G2HTs">Eisenstein's archetype of cross-cutting</a>, Battleship Potemkin, though here the ideological message is one of individualism (the southern belle is framed as an individual in contrast to the menacing masses of the northerners who surround her).<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3: I Didn't Know You Cared</span></span></b></span><br />
This comes from a past era (1973), but showcases the dour, bleak stereotype that some in Yorkshire look on as a positive part of their cultural identity. The humour is as dark as the coalmines that once dotted the area. We also see a tension between a puritanical streak (from ladies seeking to present themselves as of an elevated social class) and crudeness (from men not concerned with pretending to be other than plain, working-class).<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4: Auf Widersehen Pet</span></span></b></span><br />
In which we get an assemblage of regional identities, though all linked by social (working) class. The Brummie is the clown of the piece, though the giant Geordie Oz isn't so far behind. Southerner Wayne may be a Cockney, but he carries the glamour crown. The Scouser is a criminal.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5: Auf Widersehen Pet</span></span></b></span><br />
Same gang, this time though the binary with a snobbish southerner leads the drama, not to mention Oz's revelry with a posh lady.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Any suggestions of useful clips?</b></span></span></span><br />
Pass on as a comment below.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190283004705162490.post-84167985186567663812010-06-07T13:55:00.000+01:002015-02-24T10:32:53.638+00:00No more Summer Wine<div id="main-article-info">
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The vintage years of Last of the Summer Wine</span></b><br />
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<a name='more'></a>There are valleys in Georgia and the Hindu Kush where people live to an immense age. In the hills of England's north country the same blessing falls on TV serials. Heartbeat, Herriot and most sturdily of all, Last of the Summer Wine. Never did a vintage take so long for the final drops to drain.<br />
Now they will, with the final six Lasts to be broadcast this summer, 37 years after Roy Clarke sold a single pilot to the BBC – which disliked the name so much that the working title was changed to The Library Mob. The library in Holmfirth was where the saga's scheming ancients got together, under the eye of its lecherous manager, Mr Wainwright – a tease, I'm certain, of my saintly Methodist father, then the local Liberal candidate. Clarke's capture of Summer Wine country's Labour stronghold wasn't to the liking of the late Bill Owen, Compo for 27 years and a lifelong socialist. Yet his comic writing has been so enduring that a statue of Bill is planned for Holmfirth (albeit constantly knocked back by Summer Wine-style mishaps).<br />
A second Wainwright, the sly junk-shop owner Aunty, continues her dodgy deals in Clarke's 31st and final series of scripts. Digs like these have given edge to the programme's dollops of flat-capped, cobbled nostalgia, but more recent northerners have increasingly been tempted to switch channels.<br />
Veering at times towards Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen, the Summer winos were then riotously outflanked by The League of Gentlemen's Royston Vasey. But mock them how you will (and in 2003 the series was the programme Radio Times readers most wanted cancelled), Summer Wine's makers have done economic wonders for the South Pennines; as much through the ravishing scenery as the cast.<br />
As with Heartbeat and All Creatures Great and Small, the cameras tell the truth, but more surprisingly. The other two are set in national parks. Summer Wineland is just a few miles from Huddersfield and Oldham. But Holmfirth has become a second Haworth and scores of other film-crews – shooting projects ranging from My Summer of Love to forthcoming Wine tributes by Countryfile and Songs of Praise – have discovered one of Britain's loveliest sets. Come and, as the road signs said in Royston Vasey, which made joyous use of Marsden near Holmfirth, you'll never leave.</blockquote>
SOURCE: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2010/jun/07/last-summer-wine">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2010/jun/07/last-summer-wine</a> <br />
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