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Friday, 11 January 2019

TV drama notes

LFTD- long form TV drama

network TV- US network broadcasters must satisfy their advertisements and must satisfy stake holders.
Launched in the 1970's HBO was the first US national subscription cable TV.
others one then followed such as- FX, showtime and AMC.
Trouble with Uk dramas- have failed as the US have so much more budget through adverts and sponsors so they can take more risks and use better and bigger equipment and props.
VOD- Viewing on demand
PVR- Personal video recorder-series link/ record.
SVOP- streaming viewing on demand.
Shared universe.
High quality
multiple episodes
context can be dark and innovative
best writers and actors
time shifting- recording- shifting(pause-rewind etc...)
easily accessible
keeps people invested
lots of creativity
characters change in surprisings yet natural ways.
lots of companies involved.
cable and streaming
cater to all tastes
allows shows to play with characters
more daring characters
moire daring with race humour genre
DVR- video recording
easier to be creative

state of nation- government/ army
cultural zeitgeist- spirit of moment

google slide for genre narrative themes characters production values memes state of nation platform
https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/

Ground breaking themes and genres innovating
more faults in characters more likable
terrestrial, cable,streaming

1x 30 mark-language,audience etc.....60 mins
1x 10 mark- industries.... 15 mins
various location
stock character
multiple narratives
1 hr episodes
dramatic cliff hangers
high production values

stranger things 6 mil first season, 8 mil second season

SA tv drama, number of episodes that help tell a narrative
technological change on the TV industry
how audiences consume and interpret
media lang to create meaning
valves, attitude and beliefs conveyed
economic context behind the large budgets given to US LFTD



Thursday, 23 November 2017

8 Ways to spot bias in newspapers

8 Ways to spot bias in newspapers

Bias pictures and graphics- camera angles and captions.   Can make someone look powerful if the camera angle is below them and make them look small if it is above them.

Text, word choice and tone off the body of the text.   If its informal they might not be taking the story seriously.

Choice of journalist and sources- who is writing it and their beliefs and who have they got their information from.  they may be against what they are writing about so would be  bias point of view.

Positioning of certain articles.  If the article is further back of the paper then the paper company may be biased on the article and try and cover it up if they support it and something has gone wrong.

Bias through omission or selection- whether an article is even published or not.   If something they support has gone wrong then they may not even publish the story.

Bias through headline.   Slating the article so people think that some thing is bad.

Bias use of names and titles- "terrorist" or "freedom fighter", "ex-con" or "someone who served a sentence a long time ago". The name changes depending what they want the audience to think of the article.

Bias through stats and crowd control counts.   The could use stats to boost their points and make them sound right.

Monday, 9 October 2017

Stephen Neale

Stephen Neale

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Stephen Neale is a British analytical philosopher and a media theorist and he has written about meaning, interpretation, communication, information on general philosophy. He has the theory of repetition with genre as if someone In a film someone for example in a horror film they repeat spooky noises and dark scenes. they can do this for every different genre.







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