TV series Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who was the executive producer of Capitol?
Derek Wax
Apply Toderov’s theory to Roger in Capitol
Equilibrium - average work, doing well despite economic crisis of late 2000’s
Disruption - does not earn the bonus he expects “what use is thirty grand to anybody?” shows out of touch
Apply Toderov’s theory to Petunia in Capitol
Equilibrium - at shop, talking to neighbours
Disruption - Cancer diagnosis
Apply Toderov’s theory to Quentina in Capitol
Equilibrium - work as a traffic warden, controlling landlord
Disruption - falls for Mashinko, taken into custody
How are enigma codes used in Capitol?
- convention of crime drama
- hooded photographer
- why are the letters being posted?
- Smitty identity hidden until sees Petunia
What action codes are used in Capitol
- Mary has gift bag and wine (wants to spend time with Petunia)
Who created D83?
Anna and Joerg Winger (husband and wife)
Who funded and coproduced D83?
RTL hired UFA Fiction to produce D83
where was D83 broadcast?
- channel 4 in uk (most watched not-english drama)
- sundance tv in us
why did the budget for D83 need to be so high?
- historical costumes
- hired experts (history, military and NATO)
- CGI to remove inaccuracies
Who distributed D83?
Freemantle Media (international)
Kino Lorber (US)
How is the risk of a foreign language film outweighed?
- franchising (D86 & D89)
- star power (Sylvester Groth - plays Schweppensette - inglorious bastards)
how was D83 marketed? (5 points)
- Photo sliders (new vs old)
- Spotify 80s playlist
- 80s infographic
- cast interviews
- teaser trailers
Apply bell hooks theory of feminism to Capital
- Quentina vs Arabella
Quentina relies on exploitative male landlord, Arabella is of a higher social standing than Roger and is unoppressed
Give a plot sumary of D83 episode 1
- martin working on boarder for the East
- Ingrid’s b-day introduces family (Leonora) and girlfriend (Anette)
- following day, Martin is drugged and brought to west (finger broken)
- Martin trained as a spy (gets Ingrid on list)
- put in military base with false identity to photograph documents
- Martin told he must continue to spy to get mother on list and ‘Grater Good’
What is the target audience of Capital?
Adults (serious content) however range of ages and ethnicities represented create a wide audience (profitable). mainsteram as dramas are popular
How does Walter presents change the demographic of D83?
presented as high culture due to academic mise-en-scene with books and intelectual dress code
How are East and West germany shown to treat women?
East:
- Women are expected to work (independent) and have not been exposed to idealised representations through advertising
West:
Women are shown as victims (domestic abuse) and are objectified by various characters
why is the time setting of Capital so relevant to the characters?
- begining of economic crash (money focused Youts household)
- after 7/7 bombing (tension between Sahid and Usman’s Muslim fundamentalist politics and Ahmed’s integrated pragmatism)
Who distributes Capital?
- Kudos uk based and can distribute globaly
- shown on Pivot in America (TV channel)
