The Missing

Question 1

Where is the missing published and advertised

Answer 1

Bbc - psb: inform, educate + entertain
-available on iplayer & amazing prime

Advertised on social media eg Facebook
- global context

Question 2

What’s the overall narrative

Answer 2

Non linear - flashbacks/towards, abduction, kidnap, rape

Question 3

What’s the representation of gender & ethnicity & age

Answer 3

Women shown to be vulnerable eg alice Webster (male violence)

Lack of representation with diversity (ethnicity) - reid troubled and aggressive (negative)

Young = troubled old = crazy

Question 4

Where is the missing placed

Answer 4

Germany - urban/mainstream
Iraq - rural, run down/dangerous

Question 5

What’s is the genre of this series

Answer 5

Nordic noir/ crime
- kidnap, rape + abduction
- melancholic music & dull lighting
- forest - winter setting
- complex characters

Question 6

What’s the media language shown

Answer 6

Cinematography of first - oppressive mise en scene
Bright Light in hospital

Question 7

What are some theories shown

Answer 7

Reception theory - media texts encoded + decoded
Mean world syndrome - world perceived to be worse than is (violence in the media)
Hypodermic needle theory (media message injected into audience)