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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...

Marxism & hegemony

  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? It suggests capital is a left wing ideology due to its social issues and class struggle  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? 1.The last 20 minutes contained no plot. Whatever story there had ever been was over. We just watched all the characters saying goodbye to each other, I agree with this criticism as it ends with a slow pace and I wanted more action or resolution 2. Capital was as stuffed full with fashionable causes as Jeremy Corbyn’s function diary, I mostly agree as crobyns diary is just filled with social issues but it depends on how you portray them in the series 3. Everything British came in for a dose of loathing,I agree as in capital everything British...