A level Media Coursework Blog

  Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital 1) Re-read the Mail Online review of Capital. Why does it suggest that Capital features a left-wing ideology? Capital uses negative stereotyping of its white British characters (Roger and Arabella) and a diverse cast of characters to impose a left-wing ideology on its audience. 'Political correctness' was also brought up, implying that the show was not intended to tell a complex tale about London's housing crisis but rather to promote causes like multiculturalism. 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. It started with such a brilliant display, but by the finish we were left staring at the proverbial damp squib. -The last 20 minutes contained no plot. Whatever story there had ever been was over. We

 Reviews and features Read the following review and feature on Capital: Guardian review by Sam Wollaston London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about Capital 1) What positive points does the review pick out about Capital? What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? It’s more complicated – and more interesting – than just wonderful and terrible.  It’s not just a brilliant allegorical portrait of London. There are stories to tell, the postcards keep coming, then DVDs, someone really WANTS WHAT THEY HAVE. Probably everyone does. The cast is brilliant but John Lanchester’s novel of the same name offered a hilarious and incisive look at the boom-and-bust economics of 2007 and 2008 as the backdrop for its characters. It received significant praise from critics, and its themes remain disappointingly relevant almost a decade later. Personal identities and relationship between audience and chracters. It will ring true for a lot of Londoners. Yes, the

 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: This is a really strong assessment perfection for Q1 and 2! EBI: Q3clearly shows plenty of revision and knowledge of the CSP but it needs a little more organisation and question focus. You also need some discussion of the Hesmondhalgh for top marks so that may be one to revise.  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. Q1- 3/3 Q2-6/6 Q3- 6/9  Some industry figures suggested the film was released too closely to Yesterday – another British comedy featuring popular music that was far more successful at the box office. New technology is opening new ways to distribute films and Blinded By The Light now has an extended slot on Amazon Prime which will bring in some of the

  https://youtu.be/o8obCmS0SP4?feature=shared Romeo and Juliet  The scene begins with an emotional heart touching dialogue from the protagonist , the hero ( Propp) the main character Romeo speaking about himself before he puts the drug on the tip of his finger and swallows it while Mercutio his best friend wearing a costume and an outfit that subverts masculine dominant men stereotypes , with props and a white wig and make up (costume mise-en-scene)  with a shiny dress. As we also see the cutting on action clip as when the camera switched on a close up to  Romeo's face as he spoke his dialogue ( diegetic sound) . As we hear the non-diegetic background sound of music and instruments that begins to dissolve within the scene as ell.  as it cross cuts between locations of Romeo now in a church-like location walking down the aisle alone while his words and dialogue are still in the background as the clip goes back and forth ( montage cross cuts )to when he is speaking and as if

 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A serial is a television show which has a continuous plot that unfolds in sequential episode-by-episode. 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? Doctor Who, The Avengers (1961-1969) and Danger Man (1962-1968), The Sweeney (1975-1978) and Minder (1979 – 1994). Today all television drama is all shot on film and made like a film, with the same high quality productions values. 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your own example of an existing TV drama to fit each category. Police Procedural (crime): Brooklyn 99  Medical: Scrubs  Period (costume): Victoria  Science-fiction/fantasy: Spider-Man:  Family: Friends  Teen: Stranger Things 4) Why is setting so important for TV drama? This allows the drama to develop over a long period of time, weathering the comings and goings of the cast members by repl

 Your final Film Industry index should include the following: 1) British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2) Blinded By The Light case study research  3) Regulation - BBFC research and tasks