Ehsan's Media blog2 - Bush

According to the brief requirements  Theory  Conventions I will be making a political crime drama that will have elements of a psychological thriller called Entropy. The show will follow a terminated London investigator being called back into service by the head of the metropolitan police in order to pick up the case his partner/wife was killed taking 6 months prior. His mental situation (depression, anxiety and PTSD) will present a different view of what it means to be main, strong male by showing weakness (subverting common stereotypes of male leads in film/TV) ; The importance of this varying view of what it means to be a strong man is due to today’s environment of gender confusion and discovery; understanding that the concept of masculinity has evolved. Along with that, the premise of the show is to also make mental health less of a taboo within households . A clear inspiration for Entropy is the film the Dark Knight by christopher nolan, but rather than focusing ...

Title : Entropy  Tagline : Disorders Embrace  Genre (and sub-genre/hybrid genre if applicable): Crime/political/psychological   Setting (note brief – at least two locations): Jubilee Park Channa Chemist  Rectory Park Allenby Road Number of episodes : 10, 2 seasons  Channel and time/day of broadcast (note brief – prime-time, pre-watershed, family audience): pre watershed PG 12/12A Around 7-8 Pm Logline – one sentence that sums up the whole TV drama series and hooks people in (25 words or fewer ): Following the life of a retired police investigator trying to stop the total crash of London and the UK Other successful TV dramas that are similar to yours : The following: The show will follow a narrative and lead that is quite similar to kevin bacon in The Following Stranger things: The colour grading will be quite similar to this show Narrative arc – what happens in the overall series and in what ord...

TV drama trailer 1: Narrative and genre How is narrative and genre communicated quickly and clearly to the audience? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8 Show title: Chernobyl. The narrative and genre for Chernobyl is a historical period drama, the narrative of the drama (shown from the drama) is the aftermath of the chernobyl disaster that occurred on the 26th of April 1986. The premise of the show seems to be how the inhabitants of chernobyl and the (then) soviet Union dealt with the disaster; The trailer advertises that the show depicts events that have never been shown before on television. And with most TV shows that have soviet russia as a main force in the show, it appears that soviet russia is shown to be the main antagonist, trying to conceal the true nature of the effect of the chernobyl disaster from the public both nationally and internationally. Other than that there aren't many plot points that have been revealed; which may be a good thing due to...

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Some excellent application of media terminology and sophisticated analysis throughout and a synoptic approach too for the last question  EBI A few more specific examples required from the CSP. B+ 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). Not too sure on what to write here since the exam paper is different from the mark scheme 3) The first question demanded a response using postmodern terminology. Write a definition here of the three main terms: Bricolage: Bricolage is the comparison of two different items/texts (commonly from different time periods) to create something new Pastiche: Mimicry (not parody) of a text  Intertextuality: Refe...

1)  Radio: Introduction to Radio 2)  Radio: Life Hacks 3)  Radio: War of the Worlds

1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? It's an adaption from a H.G wells novel from 1898 of the same name.  2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcasted on the 30th of October 1938, the myth being that thousands of New Yorkers fled their home, resulting in the one of the first examples of mass hysteria  3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? NY times reported it as "Radio listeners in panic, taking war drama as fact" 4) How did author Brad Schwartz describe the the broadcast and its reaction? Schwartz described the broadcast as not purely exaggerated, and instead stated that it gave an insight into how audiences engage with media. The whole event was also the very first example of viral media taking effect 5) Why did Orson Welles use hybrid genres and pastiche and what effect might it have had on the audience? He took pastiche from the...

1) What do the titles The Surgery and Life Hacks suggest? The two titles hint towards healing and helping, the surgery being far more literal and Life hacks being more understandable with younger generations 2) How are the programmes constructed to appeal to a youth audience? The surgery less so, but Life hacks is there to help teens and young adults with social, academic and personal issues e.g. teaches you the basics of taxes, gives relationship advice and help for mental health while maintaining a conversation format rather than resembling a classroom  3) What does the choice of presenters (Cel Spellman and Katie Thistleton) and Dr Modgil suggest about the BBC’s approach to diversity and representation? The presenters all have one thing in common, each of them are diverse when it comes to either location and or race e.g. Dr Modgil and Thistleton are half indian and from manchester (respectively). This is an obvious attempt to seem more relatable to the curre...