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Postcolonial theory: blog tasks

  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Cowboys, horses, guns  2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  Came about in 2018 celebrating black cowboys  3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  Due to misrepresentation as primarily it was white cowboys  4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? Through the western accessories like cowboys hats, guns, horses  5) Read the section on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road. What does it suggest about race and the country music community? Even though it reached billboards it was taken down due to the genre racial biases and the challenges faced by black artists  6) What elements of the song and music video are suggested to be authentically country and western? The start of the video in the Wild West setting with horses, cowboy outfits and guns  7) What genres of music does the a...

Lil Nas X - Old Town Road: Blog tasks

  Background and cultural contexts Read  this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions:  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre?  If it’s country music or hip hop  2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? Lil nas x came from a poor background and it didn’t have billy ray Cyrus originally  3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? Celebrating black cowboy culture  4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? As hip hop was mainly black and country mainly white music  5) How does Charlie Harding sum up the whole thing in the final part of the podcast transcript? That’s it’s not a country culture song but a internet generation  Now  read this Salon feature on Lil Nas X and LGBTQ+ identity . Answer the following questions: 1)...

Tv: Final index

  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

Television industry contexts: Blog tasks

  Independent: British viewers can't get enough of foreign-language dramas 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? subtitles are a welcome enforcement for us to focus. "When you read subtitles, you have to be glued to the screen 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Fiction has an important role admits luzzolino  3) The article makes an interesting claim for the popularity of subtitles in the multi-screen age. What does it suggest? we're frequently distracted from our TV viewing by Twitter feeds and a pinging WhatsApp, subtitles are a welcome enforcement for us to focus 4) What are the other audiences pleasures of foreign TV drama suggested by the article? Another pleasure is surveillance learning about the country and also its past  Film School Rejects: The foreign TV dramas you're missing out on 1) What does the article tell us about Deutschland...

Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog tasks

Media Magazine -  A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? A stereotypical good vs evil binary opposition  2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  As it shows realistic events of the history of the Cold War to show a dramatic narrative and shape audiences perception of truth  3) Pick out some of the aspects of the opening of episode 1 and explain why they are significant. The setting immediately establishes east Germany and how its inferior to west Germany showing it through the supermarket scene and barbecue scene  4) How does the party scene at Martin's mum's house subvert stereotypes of East Germany in the Cold War? As it shows a house party with all friends but east Germany was presented as strict on surveillance and a lack of freedom  5) What aspects of the episode set in West Germany offer postmodern elements? The use of intertextuality as the ...

Deutschland 83: case study

  Introduction: Reviews and features 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in the reviews. criticism- its shot through a wry sense of humour, that's not typical of German films so didn't do well in Germany positive-  It’s a perfect moment in a near-perfect series. Deutschland 83’s first episode of eight was the  most-watched foreign-language drama in UK history 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? The odd situation is that after decades of being seen as boring and ugly, Germany has found a way of making people abroad think it is cool and sexy – yet Germans don’t like it. I think I see why. As the show resembles the German east side as boring and much worse than the capitalist west side  3) Find three 'below the line' comments from either of the Guardian articles. What did the audience think of  Deutschland 83 ? Do you agree with the comments? pity the Germans don’t like it, ...

Film industry learner response

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Grade C, mark 11/18, EBI: more detailed Q3 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. 2/3,5/6,4/9 Q1) mention BBFC Q2) talk about film festival, sundace festival Q3)film was released close to yesterday was a reason it was also a failure  3) For  Question 2  on the promotion of  Blinded By The Light , use the mark scheme to identify  at least one  strategy used to promote the film that you  didn't  mention in your answer and  why  it was used. The key lesson from this question was to make  specific  reference to the CSP in your answer and ensure each explanation was  different . Soc...