E Skeates Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4msJoeYVUYE moody, green/blue. intense emotion  dull and moody music sets the theme. -- R.E.S.I.S.T.S Recurring aspects of genre    - the dead return/rise -meeting of survivors - or rather the returned -dam levels sink and power goes out occasionally Elements of plot/narrative -the 'return' from the dead as Todorovian disruption  -binary oppositions - living vs dead, past vs present -orpheus narrative archetype - deals with loss- the families of returned -denouement- alternate scenarios  -not really any narrative closure - lots of questions -enigma codes throughout - lots of questions Stock Characters or archetypes -eerie child (exceptional powers) -arrogant gung-ho (extremely or overly zealous or enthusiastic. -disrupted family unit - the character who cant let go - new 'family' community created  Iconography - stereotypical or unique imagery -blank stares -decaying flesh -blood -mist/darkness Settings -the mall or community...

 if no rules, could be exposed to anything   ofcom- judges of monitoring tv liscencing etc  ofcom is required to assess the likelihood of material encouraging or inciting the commission of crime or of leading to disorder elements that may potentially cause crime or disorder -kidnapping - a crime - upsetting  - gun crime - damage to 'property' - legal brothel - questionable  - every possible audience question -  how does this product and its marketing appeal to its target audience - how can audiences interpret this product in different ways - how does the industry that makes this product address the needs of mass and specialised audiences through targeting  - in what ways can audiences use these media products, and how does this reflect their identity and cultural capital - what role do fans and other niche audiences play in the popularity of this product - how do audience -- - stuart hall - reception theory // henry jenkins- fandom preferred readi...

Television has changed considerably since the advent of digital technology in terms of production, distribution and consumption. it has become a global, rather than a national industry and has forced to adapt its structure, role and function. international co-production is growing and broadcasters such as HBO have achieved global success broadcasters are now "narrowcasters" with multiple channels targeting different/ niche audiences audiences consume television tests in a variety of ways as the industry has increased portability via new platforms and patters of consumption have changed alongside this (boxset, on demand, catch up, netflix amazon etc) interactive social media channels such as youtube have increased accessibility for the 'prosumer' audience, and social media and viral promotion have become a crucial part of marketing television texts - post modernism - breaking rules and conventions  Distribution and circulation and marketing Development​ The series was ...

 post modernism - wilfully breaking the rules and conventions of media text  new take on 'old' idea - clothes pre-distressed, etc Breaking rules & deconstructing  - charlie brooker's newswipe, stanley parable.  simulacra - simulating real life , idea of copying, simulation - androids, the matrix hyperreality - beyond reality  roland barthes - semiotics signs, signifiers and signified - anything that can have meaning. the thing that creates meaning, the meaning that is created paris syndrome - in this postmodern age of simulacra, audiences are constantly bombarded with images which no longer refer to anything 'real' it is increasingly difficult to ascertain what is real  the fake is more real than the thing it is replacing -the synths themselves may be seen as simulacra - copies of 'perfect' humans which do not really exist -the parallel world to which they belong is a hyperreality =  it is the present or near future represented from a mediated pers...

 madonna/whore complex - women he admires and respects // women he is attracted to and therefore disrespects - sigmund freud - virtuous, nurturing, saintly and sexually repressed // sensual, sexualised and desirable without purity  comodity fetishism  gender performativity - girls and boys, toilets  conforming to expected roles  Gender performativity is a term first used by the feminist philosopher Judith Butler in her 1990 book Gender Trouble. She argues that being born male or female does not determine behavior. Instead, people learn to behave in particular ways to fit into society. The idea of gender is an act, or performance. Judith Butler -  theories of gender performativity  identity is a performance, and it is constructed through a series of acts and expressions that we perform every day while there are biological differences dictated by sex, our gender is defined through this series of acts. these may include the ways we walk, talk, dress and s...