TV Assessment: Learner's response

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• WWW: Wow... some of your points in Q3 are just exceptional and worthy of A*. Outstanding application of knowledge and theory with detailed reference to the CSP. A Joy to read!
• EBI: Q1 is a reasonably slow start by your standards ... have a look at the mark scheme to see additional ideas/points
• EBI: In Q3, you are top level but for full marks you could have explored the capitalist ideology & left wing propaganda idea further.

Identify one potential point you missed in each question

• Q1: Intertextual references between Kill Bill [+ other Tarantino films] and the characters
• Q2: Chicken gained critical acclaim and had a national premiere on Film 4. 
• Q3: The historical significance of Deutschland '83

Three definitions:

• Bricolage: the juxtaposing of old and new texts, images, ideas and narratives to create new meanings
• Pastiche: imitation of a style of another text, artist or time period but without ridicule
• Intertextuality: a reference to another media text, style or convention

Write down two points you didn't include in Question 2, regarding Chicken [2015] promotion and distribution

• The fact that Joe Stephenson created his own distribution company, and used this to distribute Chicken. I also failed to mention the fact it had it's National Premiere on Film4 a channel with a niche audience. 

Essay Plan for 25 mark question

•  Introduction: the representations in Deutschland 83 and Capital are different despite the same production time - Capital is a state of the nation drama, has to be realistic to the time but D83 is based off the 80s therefore the their representations should be apt for that era and not 2015 however it's place as a postmodern text does closely reflect beliefs of the production time.
• Paragraph 1: Representations on women: Capital and Deutschland 83 both have 'old fashioned' depictions of women: Characters of Arabella, Quentina [subversion] and Martin's girlfriend and mum in D83
• Paragraph 2: Politics - D83 = Pro- capitalist subtext, glamorisation of the west and although subversive to the time period it's set in conforms to today's hegemonic political ideologies. Same with Capital through the 'work hard for your money' idea and celebrating your wealth.
• Conclusion: Summarise Points = I believe to some extent ... however these representations [politics and gender] suggest ...