Film & TV assessment learner response

1) WWW: Plenty of potential here! Excellent answer and good knowledge of TV texts. 
    EBI:  Revise postmodernism in more depth, and have tighter analysis. Learn the role of regulating body.

2) Q1: The poster is a good example of bricolage: the juxtaposition of old and new texts, images, ideas, and narratives to create new meanings.
Q2: Chicken film festival circuit.
Q3: Capital- 'State of the nation' drama. Repetition and difference of storylines for the purpose of audience interaction.
D83- The focus on the cold war is a reference to actual historical and political events. Postmodern ideas as repetitive and different, link to Steve Neale.

3) Bricolage: juxtapositions between old and new texts.
Pastiche: imitating other texts.
Intertextuality: referencing to another text.

4) Points could have added in Q2 are:

• Role of regulating bodies, what they actually do. Each criteria etc.

5) Question 3 essay plan:

Introduction-

• Representations reflect the social and cultural context in which they were produced to a large extent.

Capital-

•  Diverse range of characters to portray current life in London. This can be seen through race,class,ethnicity, family structure etc. Based in 2015- the population of London at this time was 8.5 million. The issue of immigrants ties in with this, the example of this is Quentina.
• This is also narrative realism- repetition of fictional storyline needed to engage with audiences.
• The drama is situated around a real-life street (Pepys Road), which can be more relatable to the audiences. The 'state-of-the-nation' sub-genre suggests that the contexts are reflected.
• References to real recent events, such as the financial crisis.- this lead to the increase in house prices, in 2007 the house prices decreased rapidly and it was predicted that they would take a long time to increase again, however in 2015, the average house price in London was £531,000.
• The fear of radicalism/terrorism.- the Kamal family. Muslims are presented as a threat to modern London because of the increase in attacks. Younger people are more vulnerable (social media etc.) so they can easily be radicalised by extremist content.
• Left wing ideologies- the non-British, in particular, illegal immigrant, Quentina, can be seen as a character whom which we sympathise with as she is represented in a positive way.Whereas, the British upper/middle class people are represented negatively. 
• Link to repetition and difference of Steve Neale.

Deutschland 83-  

• The divide in East Germany and West Germany. East Germany is downgraded compared to West Germany, this is represented through mise-en-scene. The conflicting values and ideologies, West- capitalism and East-socialism.
• This also links to the idea of binary opposition.
• Technology- the technology used in the montage scene is popular of it's time, an example of this is the Walkman. This indicates how the social and cultural context was reflected. The audiences feel nostalgia.
• Postmodernism- the exaggerated mise-en-scene and popular culture. Pastiche (montage scene). Supermarket scene- colours etc.
• Link to repetition of Steve Neale!!

Conclusion-

• In conclusion
• Repetition and difference is needed to an extent, engage with audience for a fictional storyline, but also with real life experiences. Link to postmodernism.