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Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog tasks

  Media Magazine -  A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past Media Magazine 73 has a feature exploring Deutschland 83 as a postmodern media product. Read ‘Deutschland 83 - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past’ in MM73  (p18). You'll find our Media Magazine archive here - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? Classic media representation of the cold war represents the east and west as binary opposites; The East is usually shown to be very gloomy and oppressed whereas the West has freedom and everything is great. West as good and East as evil.  2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  Deutschland 83 is a good example for postmodernism analysis because it contains a lot of the key factors of postmodern media such s pastiche, irony and intertextuality.  3) Pick out some of the aspec...
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Deutschland 83

  Introduction: Reviews and features Read the following reviews and features on  Deutschland 83 : The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in the reviews. it was the most watched foreign language drama in uk  German people didn’t like it and it was very stereotypical  2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? It suggests that the reason germans didn’t enjoy it and the reason the show failed in Germany with only 1.7million views is due to the stereotyping of germans.  3) Find three 'below the line' comments from either of the Guardian articles. What did the audience think of  Deutschland 83 ? Do you agree with the comments? Not quite “the flop of the year”, as Bild called it, but underwhelming nonetheless.  I disagree, i believe the show was highly entertaining and engagi...
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Film industry assessment LR

1  ) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Focus on Film and use correct information (cost of production) 2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: _/3; _/6; _/9. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 1: Film is regulated to protect young people from content that may be considered harmful such as violence, sex/nudity, bad language and matters of taste/decency. 2: Instagram - free/inexpensive  link to springsteen- attracts his fan base  3: earned 15m but despite word of mouth and good promotion it only earned 18m at box office so it lost money  due to advertisement costs.  3) For  Question 2  on the promotion of  Blinded By The Light , use the mark scheme to identify  at least one  stra...
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Marxism and Hegemony

  1) Re-read the   Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that   Capital   features a left-wing ideology? It suggests that capital has features of left wing ideology as it promotes immigration and makes all the immigrant characters very positive while the English characters are presented as being ungrateful and stuck up.  2) Choose  three  quotes from the review that are particularly critical of  Capital  and paste them into your blogpost. Do you agree with the criticisms? Why? With a fizzle like a firework on a wet night, Capital (BBC1) dribbled to a soggy ending you’ll get rid of your family after Christmas faster than this feeble drama departed. Capital was as stuffed full with fashionable causes as Jeremy Corbyn’s function diary. I agree with the criticisms as i too enjoyed the first episode and was very intrigued but the ending was very anti climactic and boring.  3) What scenes or characters from  Capital ...
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TV: Capital case study

 Reviews and Features 1) What positive points does the review pick out about  Capital ?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? The review mentions how the producers were able to fit so many representations into one street and how they show everything that’s wonderful but also everything that’s most terrible. However, it also criticises capital for being too stereotypical/simple when it comes to it’s characters as the characters traits are being over exaggerated (e.g the bankers wife, Arabela). 2) What references can you find in the reviews and feature to the idea Capital is a 'state-of-the-nation' drama? How does it capture modern-day London? In the review, it mentions that London “has cancer” which shows how capital, and the street focused on in the show, are a smaller model used to represent the whole of the nation and the troubles it is going through. This same idea is also referenced in the feature which says ‘ Capital offers a micro...
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Film Industry Final Index

 Introduction to TV drama The BBFC Blinded by the light case study The British film industry
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Introduction to TV drama

  1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. Television drama is a genre of television where there is story that is followed in each episode which usually has some sort of disequilibrium ( Todorov ) which is resolved and reaches a new equilibrium . This can be in each episode or across the whole season.They also usually try to get an emotional response from the audience. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? Danger  Man (1962-1968) Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979) The A-Team (1983-1987)😰 Hill Street Blues (1981-1987) Breaking Bad (2008-2013) The genre started off with TV dramas being made as a play on a stage however progressed to include external footage and better settings over time. They also used to not have any link between episodes as there was no on demand streaming and it would be difficult for people to consume every episode as if they missed one on TV...
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