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“Realism is a vital component of television drama”. To what extent does an analysis of your television close-study products support this view?  [25 marks] A sense of realism is important for most media texts, but when it comes to a television drama, realism with a healthy sense of fiction becomes an attractive combination. I believe that both CSP's, Capital and D83 (Deutschland 83) do this appropriately, each with their own way of doing so. D83 does realism in a different way compared to Capital; it sends a realistic/relatable main character to a historically known place, to do a larger than life, unrealistic task, using both fiction and real events in its favour to create a pleasurable experience; It helped to appeal to personal Identity, relationship, diversion and surveillance (Blumr and Katz uses and gratifications theory) by doing so, identity through creating a realistic protagonist with ordinary issues (apart from the whole saving the world issue), relationship is quite ...

1) What does the 'industry' concept in A Level Media Studies refer to? Industry stands for the different media-related businesses and companies that produce media texts   2) What does David Hesmondhalgh argue with regards to how the creative industries have changed since the 1980s? Hesmondhalgh argues that creative industries are slowly becoming more important, becoming the center of economic action; along with this, he also does believe that due to digitisation, the technology sector is slowly overlapping the traditional media sector. 3) Choose the three most significant points Hesmondhalgh makes regarding the changing cultural industries. Why are these the most significant in your view? Globalisation: Globalisation/digitisation combined has resulted in easy access for media texts on an international level e.g. foreign dramas on Netflix is a common thing, this was only possible due to the introduction of foreign tv through globalization Digitisation: Along with gl...

1)  Introduction to TV Drama 2)  Capital: Case study 3)  Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4)  Capital: Applying Marxism 5)  Deutschland 83: Case study 6)  Deutschland 83: Close-textual analysis notes 7)  Deutschland 83: Postmodernism 8)  Industries: The rise of foreign-language TV dramas

1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? The article suggests that people who watch subtitled tv tend to be pretentious, dull etc 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Two USP's: They were massively successful in their respective home countries They all earned substantial amounts of money. 3) The article makes an interesting claim for the popularity of subtitles in the multi-screen age. What does it suggest? The subtitles act as a way to keep the interest of the viewers, stopping them from getting distracted  4) What are the other audiences pleasures of foreign TV drama suggested by the article? Walter states that the main pleasure for audiences are surveillance, with fiction helping the viewers interested with foreign TV    Now look at the bonus article - on Sherlock and how viewers are steering their favourite shows. 5) What examples are ...

1) Read the section on Strinati's five ways to define postmodernity. What examples are provided of the breakdown of the distinction between culture and society (media-isation)? The two characters Borat and Bruno are more likely to be recognised than the actor playing the characters, this shows the postmodern theory of hyperreality, the idea that the reality shown by the media can be seen as more real than reality itself.  2) What is Fredric Jameson's idea of 'historical deafness'? How can the idea of 'historical deafness' be applied to  Deutschland 83 ? "as mediation increases so the culture  finds itself losing a sense of historical context. History is now  reduced to ‘talking heads’ documentaries and historical  knowledge is often based on media representations." This can be seen in D83 through the song "Sweet dream" 3) What examples and theories are provided for the idea of 'style over substance'? The two examp...

Type up your analysis from the lesson using the headings below. You may want to watch the key scenes again and develop your notes in further detail - the more specific and memorable your analysis, the better it will serve you when writing an essay on TV drama. Remember, you can  watch the episode for free on the All 4 website  and the main reading and research tasks for Deutschland 83 are on  this case study blog post here . Scene 1: Garden/BBQ scenes (East & West Germany) 4.58 – 8.20 and 34.00 – 37.20 West Germany: Technical codes Camerawork: A lot of circling- creates tension  helps emphasize the idea he is a spy No music playing only muttered dialogue  Makes it seem more business and cold Richer party compared to the east could be a message about capitalism  East Germany: Camerawork: A lot of circling- creates a welcoming feeling, possibly due to the environment and situation  Seems more welcoming  ...

TV: Deutschland 83 case study 1) What positive aspects of Deutschland 83 are highlighted in the reviews? The guardian: “ is a serious thriller driven by jeopardy of the all-out nuclear kind” This quote shows establishes the quality of the show The Telegraph: That everyday nature of evil was cleverly captured in Deutschland 83 This quote along with the guardian’s quote shows how clever D83 is. 2) What criticisms are made of the show? This is a period drama that sometimes lacks drama but makes up for it with a deep sense of period. This quote states that while D83 does capture the environment and the mood of Germany in 1983, D83 at points at times lacks it’s one purpose, Drama. 3) Why did the Telegraph suggest that Deutschland 83 did the 'period' aspect of 'period drama' so well? The Telegraph suggests that the creators of D83 managed to capture the period drama aspect so well because of the accurate clothing and music of that time period. 4) Fin...