Media Blog 2

1) Re-read the  Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that  Capital  features a left-wing ideology? The review mentions various of things which support this left wing ideology from references to Jeremy Corbyn to how the show represents and empowers the working class. Capital is seen to show different ethnic working class groups who are seen to be working hard in their lives to support themselves or their family. An example being Quentina, an immigrant from Africa who works illegally and extremely hard to support herself and earn a living. This empowerment and representation of the working class and immigration supports the left wing ideologies of immigration and how it immigration can how they positives and  goes against the stereotypes of immigrants leeching off the government through benefits. 2) Choose three quotes from the review that are particularly critical of  Capital  and paste them into you...

Episode 2 Summary In this episode each family are still continually receiving the same "We want what you have postcards" each night however now they have started to dead rats. Arabella finally comes home after leaving Roger on Christmas and finds out that Roger has hired a nanny to look after the children. The Kamal family find out that they are going to have their mother visit them soon due to the postcards being sent and the local community attend a meeting about the postcards which have been sent. Roger attends a luxury auction with the nanny Episode 3 Summary In this episode we see disasters starting to occur in all family's. Roger has been fired from his job due to his deputy losing 30 million pounds and being sent to jail. Shahid was sent to jail due to his IP address being traced back to his house due to him letting his guest stay. Roger and Arabella are forced to fire their nanny and the Kamal family attempt to find a lawyer to help Shahid's case. The case c...

1) What positive points do the reviews pick out about  Capital ? Capital creates an amazing portrayal of London life. The characters and setting are extremely relatable to the audience and creates a 'all-to-recognizable' atmosphere. The actors were superb and really reflected the lives of the middle/working class. The narrative leaves the audience each episode even more interested.  2) What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? Plot lines were under-developed and didn't write in all of the characters featured within the novel. There was no overarching storyline and didn't head in one complete direction that connected everyone together. 3) How does the TV drama change the time period and location for the story in comparison to the original novel? The novel was originally set during the 2008 financial crisis, but the adaptation was set in Balham during the present day. 4) In the Telegraph 'behind the scenes' article, what...

An introduction to TV Drama: Blog task 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A long-running show spanning many years with each episode having a narrative but reaching a narrative arc overall. 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? EastEnders, The Sweeney, Minder, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team They were filmed on film which was expensive, usually high quality and could be sold to foreign markets like America. Usually, they were filmed before a live audience but later evolved to be filmed like a traditional film with the same high-quality production values. Early Dramas like The A-Team solved a narrative during the episodic time frame. This allows audiences to follow the narrative and episodes in no specific order for it to still make sense. but US dramas like Hill Street Blues (1981 - 1987) followed many protagonists and the na...

Film Regulation and The BBFC: 1) Publishes short but detailed information about the content of every film. It is aimed particularly at parents and offers as summery as to why a film was rated at any given category. In 1884 Parliament passed the videos recording act - subject to certain exemptions offered for sale or hire commercially in the UK must be classified by an authority designated by the sectary of the state.  It was set up in 1912 by the film industry as an independent body. Statutory powers remain with local councils which ave the ability to overrule any of the BBFC's decisions. President and Vice President of the BBFC were so designated and charged with applying the new teat of 'suitability of viewing at home'. After this the broads title was changed to the British Board of Film Classification to show how classification plays a bigger part than censorship. 2)When each film is submitted, each work is checked by compliance officers who log details of what t...

A field in England T his article explores how difficult it can be for low budget films as most blockbuster films spend millions.It talks about how .It also explores the distribution of films and how there are different ways a film can be distributed,depending on what will have the most effective outcome. The distributor has to take many factors into account, for instance finance and the target audience. It touches on the fact distribution costs are dominated by Hollywood. Furthermore it states the the film was hard to film as it was shot in one external location.  Industrial evolution:Andy Strak influences A field in England's release strategy and how it shows the evolution and democratisation of film distribution. It talks about how it was released on TV, cinema VHS and DVD simultaneously. Screening/radical release  The commissioning executive Anna Higgs on screening an early cut of the film for the first time to her fellow executives at Film 4 and the grou...

Film Industry: British film industry factsheets Factsheet #132: British Film Use our brilliant Media Factsheet archive  on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets)  to find Media Factsheet #132 on British Film . Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework.  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A film is considered to be British if it includes a British cast, if the subject matter is about British culture, whether the producers are British, if it is funded from within Britain and many other criteria's.   2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? There are numerous differences between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film. For example, a Hollywood production context means th...