Abdiillah coursework

  1)   Introduction to TV Drama 2)  Capital: CSP case study and analysis 3)  Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 4)  Film industry assessment LR 5)  Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis 6)  Postmodernism and Deutschland 83 7)  TV: Industry contexts

  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? They showed a binary ‘good vs evil’ view. The East was “grey and stark,” with “strict limitations,” while the West had “department stores, restaurants and cars.” Spy dramas were “pro-West” and showed “a hero that represents alpha western individualism.” 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  It challenges the established views of the Cold War. It uses “pastiche, parody and irony” and has a young officer as its main protagonist. 3) P...

   Television industry contexts: Blog tasks To finish our work on television, we need to complete some tasks exploring industry contexts around foreign-language TV, the changing audience for television and how streaming impacts the way audiences consume TV. Indeed, when answering these questions, consider the issues from both an  audience  and  industry  perspective. Independent: British viewers can't get enough of foreign-language dramas Read this  Independent feature on foreign-language dramas . If the website is blocked or forcing you to register  you can access the text of the article here . It features an in-depth interview with Walter Iuzzolino who curates Channel 4's Walter Presents programming. Answer the questions below: 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? It used to be seen as niche and pretentious. Only a small group of people watched it. 2) What does Walter...