8.2 The Bridge

Question 1

Genre / mode?

Answer 1

Printed newspaper based review (magazine)

Question 2

Audience?

Answer 2

Readers of FT Weekend; weekend supplements; fans of Scandinavian Noir / Hoyle; fans of crime drama

Question 3

Purpose?

Answer 3

Inform / critical appraisal / persuade viewers to watch

Question 4

Language for voice?

Answer 4

Complimentary, enthusiastic, hyperbolic, opinionated, excited, intellectual, knowledgeable

Question 5

Generic conventions of TV reviews?

Answer 5

Opinions of writer; knowledge of show; sells to audience; information about timings / where to find the show; named actors

Question 6

Martin Hoyle is…

Answer 6

A well known television critic

Question 7

‘Saturday is complete again: Scandinavian Noir is back.’

Answer 7

Immediate informational voice, excitement; hyperbolic + subjective viewpoint; knowledge of genre, TV credible; implies he personally missed it

Question 8

‘Civilised machinations of Danish politics […] Dark world of terrorism, mass killing and poisonous grudges’

Answer 8

Clinical, juxtaposes stereotypes of Nordic society; information about setting; polysyndetic list; metaphor, hints at content; lexical set of danger

Question 9

‘Saga’s antiseptic, angular, pre-eminently logical psyche’

Answer 9

Establishes character, interest of fans; polysyllabic lexis, intellectual vocab; asyndetic list; introduction to a new audience

Question 10

‘Frowsy, easy-going Martin (Kim Bodnia) and the unsmiling, briskly robotic Aspergerish Sage (Sofia Helin).’

Answer 10

Scruffy + neglected, advanced vocab; contrasts characters; metaphor; named actors, GC, appeal to reader, knowledgeable