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Question 2
To what extent do your television close-study products reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting? [25 marks]
I believe to a high extext that my close-study products (CSP) being Capital and Deutschland 83 reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting. As it is shown on BBC 1 (Public-service broadcaster), its aim is to ''inform, educate and entertain'' which is evident in both CSP.
Capital is set In London which talks about the life of the workers and residents on Pepsy road. It aired in 2015 with yearly licence fees.
One aspect of the responsibilities is to ''inform''. In capital, it tries to inform a left-wing propaganda being Marxism. This is where workers are controlled by one leader and that leader gets paid unfairly whereby the workers are more hard-working but are exploited by the rich. This is evident in Capital whereby Rodger who is a millionaire who has more power whereby Quintana is very hard-working but due to her power, she is easily exploited by the rich. But it also informs a right-wing ideology as both the rich and the poor are hard-working. This is shown where Rodger is shown in a busy train station in the morning through the ''over the shoulder shot''. It is important to show two opposing ideologies in order to inform so that the audience is not exposed to a particular view which is completely opposite to Stuart Halls reception Theory as there is no set ideologies portrayed by Capital for the audience to follow.
There is also an aspect of ''educate'' in Capital. This is where the audience is educated about (for example) immigration. Capital shows how the government treat immigration in London and how BBC are siding the immigrants as they are treated unfairly. As this is portrayed sympathetically, it follows Sturat Halls Reception Theory whereby the audience is shown one view the immigrants should be treated differently (not like how it is in Capital). This backs up Gramsci theory of Hegemony. This is where the audience subverts the orginial ideology that has been gaining criticisms in order to become accustomed to a set view or issue.
Finally, the ''entertain'' aspect is shown through the comedic scenes throughout the play. For example the scene in the corner shop where the Kamal family state modern British jokes in order to entertain the audience and also carry the aspect of educating and informing the issues.
On the other hand, Channel 4 is partially publicly owned who aims to deliver good quality, innovate and alternate the content. Channel 4 makes its money through advertising.
Deutschland 83, a series set in west and east Germany in 1983, is a Foreign language TV drama. It is part of Walter presents whereby a man named Walter L had picked foreign drama which is either successful or critically acclaimed. Deutschland 83 is aimed at a niche audience being young and well-educated as it requires engagement from the audience.
In conclusion, both public broadcasters, Deutschland 83 and Capital reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasring but more from BBC as we gain a personal identity and partial audiences live in London or exposed to increased house prices which teaches the responsibilities of the public-service broadcasters and is exposed to a wider range of audience
To what extent do your television close-study products reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting? [25 marks]
I believe to a high extext that my close-study products (CSP) being Capital and Deutschland 83 reflect the responsibilities and remit of public-service broadcasting. As it is shown on BBC 1 (Public-service broadcaster), its aim is to ''inform, educate and entertain'' which is evident in both CSP.
Capital is set In London which talks about the life of the workers and residents on Pepsy road. It aired in 2015 with yearly licence fees.
One aspect of the responsibilities is to ''inform''. In capital, it tries to inform a left-wing propaganda being Marxism. This is where workers are controlled by one leader and that leader gets paid unfairly whereby the workers are more hard-working but are exploited by the rich. This is evident in Capital whereby Rodger who is a millionaire who has more power whereby Quintana is very hard-working but due to her power, she is easily exploited by the rich. But it also informs a right-wing ideology as both the rich and the poor are hard-working. This is shown where Rodger is shown in a busy train station in the morning through the ''over the shoulder shot''. It is important to show two opposing ideologies in order to inform so that the audience is not exposed to a particular view which is completely opposite to Stuart Halls reception Theory as there is no set ideologies portrayed by Capital for the audience to follow.
There is also an aspect of ''educate'' in Capital. This is where the audience is educated about (for example) immigration. Capital shows how the government treat immigration in London and how BBC are siding the immigrants as they are treated unfairly. As this is portrayed sympathetically, it follows Sturat Halls Reception Theory whereby the audience is shown one view the immigrants should be treated differently (not like how it is in Capital). This backs up Gramsci theory of Hegemony. This is where the audience subverts the orginial ideology that has been gaining criticisms in order to become accustomed to a set view or issue.
Finally, the ''entertain'' aspect is shown through the comedic scenes throughout the play. For example the scene in the corner shop where the Kamal family state modern British jokes in order to entertain the audience and also carry the aspect of educating and informing the issues.
On the other hand, Channel 4 is partially publicly owned who aims to deliver good quality, innovate and alternate the content. Channel 4 makes its money through advertising.
Deutschland 83, a series set in west and east Germany in 1983, is a Foreign language TV drama. It is part of Walter presents whereby a man named Walter L had picked foreign drama which is either successful or critically acclaimed. Deutschland 83 is aimed at a niche audience being young and well-educated as it requires engagement from the audience.
Deutshland 83 also portrays Stuart Hall’s reception theory as it needs understanding of the show to properly debate its intentions, something that can be hard for some people in regards to foreign language TV drama. However, Deutschland 83 at its most basic is a postmodern text, which can all tackle ideas such as bricolage, hyperreality and historical deafness, as seen through the cinematography and editing style, and audio codes, as well as its new perspectives on matters in East and West Germany, during the cold war, and the differences between the reality and how it’s represented on TV, which as a whole relate to Channel 4’s remit to challenge the status quo, as these niche ideas and aspects of the show are extremely postmodern ideas, in what appears to still be a modern society.
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