Humans (narrative)

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What does the title indicate?
The text, questions what is it to be human?
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Close up -
Joe vs Anita (Human vs synth) binary oppositions
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How is the use of binary oppositions between Joe and Anita emphasised?
Through the construction of Joe as masculine (according to Trujillo)
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Anita is constructed as a synth through her...
piercing green eyes, blue apron and that she is stripped of any personality or character
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This scene raises the debate ...
about synths and whether having sex with them is right
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TV episodes are a sequence of
cause and effect
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Cut to close up -
Joe holding the adult option
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18+ mode highlights
the debate
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Verbal code -
"this makes you feel passion", question of what it is to be human, Anita is just a simulation
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How has the industry influenced the text?
It achieves the goal of creating "innovatice, experimental and distinctive" programmes by encouraging the audience to debate
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Humans is a ... text
Metanarrative
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Key scene also highlights the troubled ...
marriage between Joe and Luara
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Crosscuts -
Laura investigating synths and feelings
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Crosscutting presents a ... narrative
Omniscient
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How does the text influence the audience?
Positioning them to feel uncomfortable through omniscient narration as they know about Joe's affair and are uncomfortable as they actually saw it happen
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Medium shot -
Mrs Alexandra highlighs the complex relationship that humans have brought synths
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How have the audience influenced the text?
Through the realistic representation of a troubled marriage between Joe and Laura
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Close up/enigma -
Joe opening the adult mode
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Is the text high or low culture in the popular culture debate?
High culture as it deals with the high and complew issue of adultery and the themes of advancement in technology
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Close up -

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Joe vs Anita (Human vs synth) binary oppositions

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How is the use of binary oppositions between Joe and Anita emphasised?

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Anita is constructed as a synth through her...

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This scene raises the debate ...

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