TV unit: final homework
Question 1
“Realism is a vital component of television drama”. To what extent does an analysis of your television close-study products support this view? [25 marks]
Question 2
To what extent do your television close-study products reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting? [25 marks]
Question 3
Steve Neale suggests media products need to show “repetition and difference” in their use of genre. To what extent do your television close-study products support this view? [25 marks]
For your final piece of work for TV, choose one of the above questions and write a full essay answering it. For the actual exam, you will have 35 minutes to write a 5-paragraph answer plus introduction and conclusion. Here, you can try testing yourself against the clock or instead use all of your notes and blog posts to write an exceptional response to work from in future assessments and exams. Write this answer on your blog - or if you prefer to work on paper, scan/photograph your work and upload this to your blog.
1) Write a 750 word answer to one of the exam questions above
2) Revise for your TV and Film assessment
Due: first lesson after Easter
“Realism is a vital component of television drama”. To what extent does an analysis of your television close-study products support this view? [25 marks]
Question 2
To what extent do your television close-study products reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting? [25 marks]
Question 3
Steve Neale suggests media products need to show “repetition and difference” in their use of genre. To what extent do your television close-study products support this view? [25 marks]
Deutschland 83
has used a lot of methods to show realism. One of the ways Deutschland 83 has
used a sense of realism is by the setting. In the East Germany it is poorer as
most of the industrial things are in the West Germany. This means the East
Germany people have more gritty and run-down buildings. This was clearly shown in
the beginning, in the scene of the party when it is the Mother’s birthday. The
director has shown a very good setting to show the conditions of the East
Germany side. As when the protagonist goes in the building the audience can
clearly see the building being very old and like it is ready to collapse in some
areas. This clearly shows the sense of realism as in that period of time of the
Cold war was still going on which is in the 1983. That is when the time period
of the TV drama is set.
Another way
that Deutschland 83 has shown a sense of realism is by showing the shortages of
many things and showing the less traditional side of the people living in the
East Germany. In the beginning during the birthday party scene it is clearly showing
the young teenagers smoking and drinking. But if that was to be seen in the
West Germany it would not be seen as very traditional and they could be seen as
a bad person. However in the East Germany it is seen as normal. When the Mother
opens up the cupboard when she is making her sister something you can clearly
see the shortage of food. This creates a sense of realism as in the 1983 the
East side of Germany did have a shortage of food supplies.
Capital’s
first episode was released on ‘24th November 2015’. Capital’s
director is Euros Lyn. Capital is about people’s life that has connection with
Pepy’s Road.
Capital case
study does show a sense of realism in their TV drama which is clearly shown by the
setting as well. London is known to be a very good place to work at and the
central of London is also known to have the best well known people working
there. Capital Case study shows a character named Roger. Roger is a very
workaholic person and just wants to keep going ahead in life. He works at a
bank. He also wears a suit and tie in most of the beginning an episode shows he
is very professional. Linking back to a sense of realism London is known to be
a very busy city. This is shown in one of the shot of having a bird’s eye view
of people walking around in a huge crowd because of everyone needing to go to
work.
Capital Case
study is known for their trains and the trains being packed. In one of the
shots Roger is seen to be stuck in-between a group of people because of how
packed it is. This linking back to the realism it creates a sense of personal
identity for people who live in London. This is because most people in London
have experienced this happening to them.
To conclude, I
think both the TV dramas have shown that realism is a vital component of
television drama to connect with the audience in a more effective.
For your final piece of work for TV, choose one of the above questions and write a full essay answering it. For the actual exam, you will have 35 minutes to write a 5-paragraph answer plus introduction and conclusion. Here, you can try testing yourself against the clock or instead use all of your notes and blog posts to write an exceptional response to work from in future assessments and exams. Write this answer on your blog - or if you prefer to work on paper, scan/photograph your work and upload this to your blog.
1) Write a 750 word answer to one of the exam questions above
2) Revise for your TV and Film assessment
Due: first lesson after Easter
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