Savannah's A-Level Media Blog - Course Work

The impact of new/digital media on TV: blog task The industry concept in A level media refers to companies that create and distribute media texts  standard practise of media production and regulatory/legal work frames in which the companies operate. David Hesmondhalgh argues that there has been a shift in cultural production in terms of creative industries since the 1980s Hesmondhalgh's points regarding change in cultural industries: There has been an increase in media corporations owning companies in different sectors of the industry Globalisation leads to media texts circulating more easily across borders and reduces the North American dominance Niche audiences are increasingly targeted. Technical convergence is the process of making media digital. An example of this is being able to read the newspaper online.  Technology companies are challenging traditional broudcasters in the TV industry by producing their own media. An example of this is streaming servic...

Deutschland 83 : case study blog tasks Introduction: Reviews and features The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it In the revies that were a mixture of negative and positive reviews. One negative point that was shared was the belief that the show was too "simple" compared to the actual history that was incorporated in it. The writer of this article stated that the Cold War gives people 'chills' whereas this show did not live up to it.  German people stated that Deutschland glamorises something that would usually be considered dark and ugly and turns it into something 'sexy and cool'. "To me, German series' often suffer from poor production value and screenplays are either obsessed with complexity or dull and boring. The latter dominates" - I strongly disagree with this statement. Deutschland 83 is a perfect example that counteracts this statement. The high pro...

Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital in the mail online review of Capital, the writer states that Capital features a plethora of left-wing ideologies. The writer suggests that this is because the writers want to appeal to people that are of ethnic minorities by portraying everything that is traditionally British as something that is negative. This belief, from the writer, is shown in the line 'Everything British came in for a dose of loathing'   Criticisms of Capital  'With a fizzle like a firework on a wet night, Capital (BBC1) dribbled to a soggy ending'.  This quote is quite critical of the plot to Capital however it made be argued that this criticism is valid. The first episode was strong in terms of plot but that may have changed later on in the series. 'One of the immigrant characters snarled, with real anger' This comment poorly reflects what actually happened in the scene. The writer must've purposely wri...

Capital : case study blog tasks Reviews and features Read the following interviews, reviews and features on  Capital : Guardian review by Sam Wollaston Telegraph review by Ben Lawrence London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about  Capital Behind the scenes filming  Capital  from the  Daily Telegraph After reading the reviews, these are the positives and negatives that have been mentioned about the state-of-the-nation TV series, Capital. In The Guardian, the writer, Sam Wollaston states that Capital is a "brilliant allegorical portrait of London." she states how she enjoys the multi strand narratives as there are many individual stories being told in just one episode. In the telegraph, the writer Ben Lawrence states that the "superb ensemble cast" had "strong performances" and that it was a great adaptation of the novel. However, he states he was disappointed by the " under-developed plot lines populated by un...