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Scene 1: Garden/BBQ scenes (East & West Germany) 4.58 – 8.20 and 34.00 – 37.20 Make notes under the following headings: Technical codes – particularly mise-en-scene Americanised culture- BBQ Circling of camera gives sense of closing in on Martin (typical of spy genre) Colourful Representation of East & West Germany / Family / Gender East is much more dull/grey More traditional music, however young people was inside enjoying pop music showing the disconnection of youth in East West much more vibrant in colour Celebratory of other cultures- reference to "black" music Scene 2: Martin/Moritz first sees the West German supermarket  14.30 – 20.25 Make notes under the following headings: Technical codes – particularly mise-en-scene Mass production of consumer goods More options POV shot makes audience identify with Martin Audio codes – particularly music Pop music from America Upbeat tempo Scene 3:...

Our second television close-study product is critically acclaimed German cold war spy drama  Deutschland 83 . Just like our work on  Capital , we need to know everything about  Deutschland 83  - from textual analysis of key scenes to how it was funded, distributed and promoted. The notes from the lesson are here: Historical context: The Cold War The Cold War was a political dispute between the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union – Russia and 14 other states) and the Western Bloc (USA and NATO allies including the UK). It took place from 1947 to 1989. There was never large-scale fighting between the two sides but on at least two occasions the world came close to a fully-nuclear World War 3. The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War, constructed after the Berlin crisis of 1961. It divided Communist-controlled East Berlin and NATO-supporting West Berlin. East Germans were not allowed to cross the border for a better life in the West – ma...

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? Because it mocks the "misrepresentation" of the immigrant characters, them being represented overly positive. 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     A Muslim man whose only crime was to burn the odd Union Jack     T he Polish builder had a heart of gold and his Hungarian girlfriend was as honest as Mother Teresa. The person who wrote the reviews has a clear right wing mindset as most of the criticisms are of the positive representations of immigrants. I disagree to an extent as i believe that it is important to have a positive...

Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet #66: Applying Marxism. Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets - you'll need to save the factsheet to USB or email it to yourself in order to complete this at home. Read the factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What does Marxism suggest regarding power in society? Karl Marx states that there is only a small amount of power within society which can be controlled by a single person or a group. These groups are the working class and the ruling class. Under capitalism, the ruling class hold the power, using this power to exploit the working class. Marxism suggests that the ruling class create systems with the power they hold in order to keep the working class beneath them and under their control. 2) Why is  The Apprentice  a good example of the media reinforcing capitalist values and ideologies? The apprentice is a good example beca...

1) Watch episodes two and three of  Capital  and write a 50-word summary of each. You can either do this in class after school using the Media department's DVD or buy the whole series on Amazon download for £3.99 (SD). Episode two Arabella comes back home from her trip to find that Roger has hired a nanny. There's a community update in the community centre which is lead by DC Mills. The campaign is still going on - this time the residents are receiving dead animals in the post. Petunias health worsens and her daughter and grandson come to stay - we find out her grandson is an artist and Petunia passes away. Just before her death, her daughter hires Bogdal to renovate the house but he finds a suitcase full of money. Roger and the Nanny go to a fundraiser together. Mohinka visits her lawyer. The mother of the Kumal boys arrives in London. Their flat gets raided and Shahid gets arrested.  Episode three Shahid is held in a cell and is interrogated. Roger loses his job after...