TV Drama Revision
Monday 29th April 2024
Homeland:
Brody - terrorist, possible attack, Carrie fighting to prevent attack and reveal Brody as terrorist.
Jess and Mike affair - Mike is Brody's best friend, melodramatic
Carrie's mental health - she has bipolar, takes medication everyday, affects her work
Dana and Chris kids - rebellious narrative, stereotype
Jess and Brody - relationship breakdown - keeping secrets, uncomfortable
Enigma codes?
why did Brody kill Tom Walker?
Why is he lying about it?
Why was he focused on the Whitehouse?
Why is he lying about meeting Abu-Nasir?
Why did he lie to Jess?
What is the attack?
Will Carrie find him out? Will Carrie get sent to prison?
Thriller/espionage/Drama - hybrid of genres
Todorov - Narrative?
Equilibrium - CIA, power of the East as US don's suspect attack, Carrie is unstable
Disruption - Brody's release, Carries suspicions make her superior
Recognition - confides in Saul - men higher than women
Attempt to resolve - spies illegally - she is unstable, crazy, unreliable
New equilibrium - no as it is a TV series
Opening Baghdad scene:
Barthes -
Levi Strauss-
Gilroy-
The Killing:
Thriller - genre created through:
lighting: dark - dangerous, woman running
camerawork - close up on her face - fear
sound - fast breathing and running - scared, creepy non diegetic music - suspense
Todorov:
Equilibrium:
Disruption: missing girl - realise its Theis' daughter
Recognition: discovery of the body
Attempt to resolve:
New equilibrium:
initially shown Denmark's views on gender equality compared to the US
Sarah respected vs Carrie humiliated
Tuesday 30th April 2024 Exam practise 2
How far do LFTVD incorporate the dominant conventions, viewpoints and ideologies the countries in which they are produced?
Plan:
Question 3: 30 marks 55 mins 6 paragraphs
- context
- theory
- LIAR
- judgement
Intro - context of production and consumption - 2 paras
use context throughout everything.
3 - judgement
Answer:
Tuesday 7th May 2024 LO: To revise key representations of the set texts
Carrie -
Brody -
Social context (social attitudes, society issues)
HL:
- gender inequality - van zoonen , Hall - absence of females
- class division in terms of west vs east - levi strauss
- age - younger - not trusted, uncontrollable - Dana
- heteronormative ideology
TK:
- gender equality - van zoonen
- racial inequality - Hall - absence of ethnicities
- class division - Sweden
- age - rebellious- partying, deceiving parents
- heteronormative ideology
Cultural context (shared values and beliefs) (behaviours)
HL:
- culture of Baghdad - death penalty
TK:
Historical events:
- 9/11 - fear of espionage
- Sweden and Denmark rivalry
- financial crisis
- DR1 low budget - the killing - on location, everyday actors
- Showtime big budget - Homeland - 2 locations, big star actors
Political context:
HL:
TK:
codes and conventions long form TV dramas reflect the different roles attitudes and beliefs of the audience that consume them. How far do you agree with the statement
production of HL and TK
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