A Level Media 1 M Bush

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 2 Arabella comes back to a house occupied by a nanny who is taking care of her two sons whilst her husband dwells on his 'small' cash out. Quentina is determined to plead her case to the judge and defends herself against accusations of her working and living in London illegally. The Kamals get visited by their mother. Armed police storm in the Kamals home and arrest the three sons.   Episode 3 In this episode we see disasters starting to occur in all familys. Roger has been fired from his job due to his deputy losing 30 million pounds and being sent to jail. Shahid was sent to jail due to his IP address being traced back to his house due to him letting his guest stay. Roger and Arabella are forced to fire their nanny and the Kamal family a...

Review and Features 1) What positive points do the reviews pick out about  Capital ? Capital creates an amazing portrayal of London life. The characters and setting are extremely relatable to the audience and creates a 'all-to-recognizable' atmosphere. The actors were superb and really reflected the lives of the middle/working class. The narrative leaves the audience each episode even more interested.  2) What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? Plot lines were under-developed and didn't write in all of the characters featured within the novel. There was no overarching storyline and didn't head in one complete direction that connected everyone together. 3) How does the TV drama change the time period and location for the story in comparison to the original novel? The novel was originally set during the 2008 financial crisis, but the adaptation was set in Balham during the present day. 4) In the Telegraph 'behind the scene...

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Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet #164 on Television Serial Drama. Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework. 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 TV drama has multiple episodes and seasons. 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? - Doctor Who  - The Avengers 1961-1969 - Danger Man 1962-1968  - The Sweeney 1975-178 - Starksy and Hutch 1975-1979 - Hill Street Blues 1981-1987 - Dallas 1978-1991 and 2012-2014 - Viewing in black and white to colour  - TV dramas are shot on film and made like a film with the same high quality production values - changing t...

Read the  Media Magazine  feature on  A Field In England  in Issue 47 and create a blogpost called 'A Field In England case study'. You'll find the article in  our Media Magazine archive  - click on MM47 and go to page 19. 1) Write a 100 word summary of the Media Magazine article. On Friday July 5th 2013, a low-budget, black and white, art-house film by emerging auteur, Ben Wheatley, A Field in England, tried to break the Hollywood model of distribution by becoming the first film in the  UK to launch simultaneously across all platforms e.g. Cinema, TV, VOD, DVD & Blu-ray. The main aim was to gain large amounts of media coverage to maximise their revenues and profits but was that the best. Ben Wheatley believed that this approach would lead to greater success for the film as it challenged the normal conventions linked to British culture. 2) Read the following pages on the official website for  A Field In England  and w...

Media Magazine: the appeal of arthouse cinema Complete the following tasks to improve your understanding of arthouse film and the possible  audience pleasures  that the genre offers: Read  Beyond Hollywood: Reading Arthouse Cinema . This is in MM45 on page 24 - go to  our Media Magazine archive  to find the article.  1) Summarise the article in 50 words. This article talks about how Hollywood is different to Arthouse Cinema, a clear example known is the mass appeal, compared to the niche audience of Arthouse cinema. It also mention how arthouse films focus more on the production being a work of art, rather than something that achieves workdwide success. 2) What are some of the suggested audience pleasures for arthouse film? One of the suggested pleasures could be that arthouse cinema is art, meaning that the audience almost kow that they are watching something that has had tme and effort put into it for the viewing and listening pleaure of the audie...