TrushiMedia:Coursework

  Media Magazine -  A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past Media Magazine 73 has a feature exploring Deutschland 83 as a postmodern media product. Read ‘Deutschland 83 - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past’ in MM73  (p18). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? The Cold war often fit a stereotypical binary ‘good vs evil’ where there was seen to be a lot of tension and hostility between the Soviet bloc countries and the West. 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis?  Postmodern analysis is implemented within the spy genre where is was a staple of 70s television. There is also the representation of communist East is presented grey , no billboards, culture or entertainment whereas the capitalist West, in contrast, is a world of department stores, restaurants and cars, pop-c

  Introduction: Reviews and features Read the following reviews and features on  Deutschland 83 : The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in the reviews.83 In the review it wrote that even with with the least ambiguous title ever, the production team was able to create 'an irresistible export: a funky exercise in pop nostalgia underpinned by actual event'. However, there was some criticism towards the shots in Deutschland  83 where typical German shows don't do well with the comedy side of thing  2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? The Guardian suggests that the show wasn't like by Germans because of the character of  Martin Rauch, a young East German border guard going undercover in the west. It was said that the shows last episode  shed half its starting audience due to  making the

1) Re-read the  Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that  Capital  features a left-wing ideology? The review of capital suggests that it has a left-wing ideology through the range of characters, using immigrants and ideas of equality. 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? 'The hardest worker on the street was an illegal immigrant, determined to pay her way and not touch a penny of benefits. She was deported, though she did find time to teach English to some of her fellow saints at the detention centre.' -This just empathises how immigrants are seen as the most hardworking and determined to get payed even if they work illegally in order to pay for her overcrowded family. 'The last 20 minutes contained no plot. Whatever story there had ever been was over.' -Not much was revealed towards the ending where many mystery's were rushed le

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: good, detailed response including revenue etc. EBI: more detail about the industry: production/distribution etc. 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. 3/3 6/6 5/9 include industry and production. 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. Social media: Instagram and Twitter publicity. 4) Now look at  Question 3  - focusing on Hesmondhalgh's point that making