CSP 1) Forbrydelsen - key points to remember!

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  • CSP 1 -Forbrydelsen (The killing)
    • -Multiple plot lines relating to central crime and characters have relatable stereotypes (Cpenhangen filmed like it could be any other European city
    • Relatable to uk audiences through shared European values such as VAW, EIW, Immigration and corruption in pollitics.
      • This is why the BBC aired the show. The BBC's Charter commitment is to "enrich peoples liives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain".
    • Feminist debates would talk about the controversy of using VAW in popular entertainment which post feminists van zoonen and bell hooks would say are as a result of a male dominated patriarchal society.
      • Post feminist Judith Butler however would say detective Sarah Lund is a great example of gender fluidity in that she performs masculinity as and police detective and also performs femininity in her role as a mother subverting the traditional female gender stereotypes
    • Strong female protagonist in Sarah Lund and touches on themes of Police work, Feminism, Politics, Corruption, Immigration, family and danish culture
    • Became very popular in the uk where it was show with subs on BBC 4 (popular due to its gripping story and strong performance from cast)
    • - Critically acclaimed Dutch detective crime drama series about the hunt for a young womans killer.
    • Some fo the differences in genre include a strong female lead police detective, Danish setting and the political intrigue
    • - Stars Sarah Lund our main protagonist (played by Sofie Grabol)
    • - Scandi Noir/ Film noir is common place (Dramatic shadows, low key black and white lighting and harsh contrasts. It is intriguful and suspensful). which is full of semiotic meaning - Barthes enigma codes and signifiers.
    • The killing was a catalyst for the distribution of foreign language crime programing on uk televison
    • Its unexpected success influenced influenced BBC 4s sechuling but also that of other UK channels.
    • The killing is a prime example of a successful trans-national media product with a long duration as it was broadcast in the UK after its success in Denmark.
    • it has been seen all across Europe and remade by US TV and shown on netflix
    • Sold to global market of over 180 countries and won numerous international awards
    • Condtioned by dominat ideogoly. The value system and perceptions of reality in Danish society.
      • Its depiction of woman in the police, immigration, political and economic aspects of a modern day diverse multicultural EU city like Copenhagen
    • Cultivation Theory - Gerbner (EFFECT THEORY)
      • Televison cultivates peoples ideologies and beliefs.
      • More televison you watcch the greater the effect
      • Mainstreaming
      • resonance
      • positive mainstreaming
      • Mean world index
      • first order and second order
      • heavy and light viewers
      • realism
      • VAW is normal?
      • internet and social media
    • Repetition in Genre - Steve Neale
    • Hyperdermic needle theory - Bandura (EFFECT THEORY)
      • This effect theory states that the mass media could inluence or effect a very large group of people dirextly and unfiformly by "injecting" them with messages designed to tripper a response
      • suggests that an intended message is directly received and widely accepted
    • Cultural industries theories - Hesmondhaigh
      • big companies like DR increasingly extend their reach into all the different aspects of media to be more successful and make greater profits by selling TV shows like The killing across the world through globalisation on sites like iplayer and netflix.

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