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Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks

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  Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks 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? The review suggests Capital promotes a left-wing ideology because it argues that the show focuses heavily on “fashionable causes” such as immigration, anti-consumerism, criticism of anti-terror laws, and sympathy for minority characters, while portraying British or wealthy characters negativel y. The reviewer presents Capital as prioritising political messaging over storytelling by suggesting ideological bias . 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? Capital "dribbled to a soggy ending" "The last 20 minutes contained no plot." "The police were clueless, but they still got to the bottom of it." The first quote criticises the ending,...
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Capital: Case study blog tasks

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Capital : Case study blog tasks Work through the following tasks to build a detailed case study for  Capital . This will give you plenty of background information to use in an exam question. Remember, for this CSP the question could be on any of the key concepts: language, industries, audiences or representations. Reviews and features Read the following review and feature on  Capital : Guardian review by Sam Wollaston London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about  Capital 1) What positive points does the review pick out about  Capital ?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? It’s not just a brilliant allegorical portrait of London. There are stories to tell, the postcards keep coming, then DVDs, someone really WANTS WHAT THEY HAVE. It shows that London itself, has cancer – a tumour of greed, and mistrust, hatred and pointlessness. The location is also positively recognised as easily/ "instantly recognisable...
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Introduction to TV Drama

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Introduction to TV Drama: Blog tasks Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or  on Google Drive here  (you'll need your Greenford Google login) to find Media Factsheet  #164  on  Television Serial Drama .  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions to show your comprehensive knowledge of the television drama genre: 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A serial television  drama is one that involves a narrative that usually runs across the whole series and through each episode, with a continuous plot. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? ABC’s The Avengers (1961-1969), Danger  Man (1962-1968),  The Sweeney (1975-1978)Minder (1979 – 1994) and Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979). 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come...
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