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Deutschland 83: case study blog task

Read the following reviews and features on  Deutschland 83 : The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in reviews. Positive:  'It's a perfect moment in a near perfect series' Critcism: 'actual events...deliberately misconstructed 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? The series focuses on Martin as an undercover spy but doesn't make the viewers empathise with a stasi agent on a human level.It back tracks into the stereotype that stasi officers are cruel and corrupt. 3) Find three 'below the line' comments from either of the Guardian articles. What did the audience think of  Deutschland 83 ? Do you agree with the comments?   Always happy to have my knowledge topped up!' Deutschland 83 is a serious thriller driven by jeopardy  of the all out nuclear kind. Th

Film Industry learner response

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Detailed,focused answers in each question EBI: Consider social-realism more in q3 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: _/3; _/6; _/9. If you didn't achieve full marks in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 3/3\6/6\6\9 Social-realist films like Chicken document important aspects of British life that rarely feature in bigger-budget films aimed at commercial success. 3) For Question 2 on the promotion of  Chicken , use the mark scheme to identify at least one strategy used to promote  Chicken  to an audience that you didn't mention in your answer and why it was used. The key lesson from this question was to make specific reference to the CSP in your answer. Small arthouse cinema release followed by digital distribution 4) Now look

Marxism and hegemony

) Re-read the  Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that  Capital  features a left-wing  ideology? The review suggests that Capital has left wing ideologies because it mocks the Muslim  man who burnt the union jack flag suggesting that he doesn't care about British  values as well as mentioning Jeremy Corbyn who is the leader of the labour party and is known for his left wing views. 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? Everything British came in for a dose of loathing. Maybe that’s one more thing to be added to the list of politically incorrect crimes, things that we can never say and shouldn’t even think.   Capital was as stuffed full with fashionable causes as Jeremy Corbyn’s function diary. I disagree with first criticism as i think Capital presents London in a positive way overall as hardworking,diverse and successful. 3) Wh at scenes