Humans (genre) 0.0 / 5 ? Media StudiesThe Television IndustryA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: tashaplummer98Created on: 31-05-17 22:32 What genre is Humans? Sci-fi/drama 1 of 17 What was the budget for the series? £12 Million 2 of 17 What are the dominant narrative themes? Sci-fi/synthetics 3 of 17 What constructs Anita as a synth? Medium shot: Joe holding up the 'adult mode' 4 of 17 How is Nelmes (1996) applied? Anita is a visual signifier as an example of the latest technology and artificial intelligence 5 of 17 How is Anita constructed? Close up - no facial expression/emotion. Stripped of personality 6 of 17 What morals are the audience taught through Gramsci? How women 'should' look 7 of 17 How is Anita constructed as the 'perfect' woman? Close up - straight hair,piercing green eyes, flawless complexion, slim, attractive to the western eye (Mulvey) 8 of 17 What was Mulvey's theory? 1975 - 'The Male Gaze' 9 of 17 What pleasures are the audience subject to? Voyeuristic, they get a glance into the future of technology 10 of 17 What does the shot cross cut to? Medium shot - Laura investigating if the synth (Howard) has feelings 11 of 17 How is the genre of drama represented? Aerial shot - Joe cheating on Laura with Anita 12 of 17 How are the audience involved in the drama? They are invited to debate if Anita has any conciousness and whether it was right for her to be used like that 13 of 17 How were the actors trained to be synths? Synth school 14 of 17 What theory does 'synth school' support? Baudrillard's hyper reality 15 of 17 The topic of synthetics and sci-fi helpes Channel 4 to achieve their goal of making ... "a broad range of high quality and diverse programming." 16 of 17 How do the audience gain intellectual pleasure (Altman)? Feeling a sense of pride when they work out what is happening when the text focusses on a topic that isn't usually explored 17 of 17
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