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  Create a new blog post called ' Film Industry assessment learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). EBI: Specific funding/ producer info. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: _/3; _/6; _/9. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 3/3 6/6 5/9-  Excellent and judicious application of knowledge and understanding of the British film industry. ● Excellent, detailed and accurate use of theoretical framework. ● Judgements are detailed and critically engage with the nuanced aspects of the debate regarding the cultural industries being a ‘risky business’. ● Consistently appropriate and effective use of subject specific terminology throughout. 3) For  Question 2  on the pr...

  Read the following review and feature on   Capital : Guardian review by Sam Wollaston London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about  Capital 1) What positive points does the review pick out about  Capital ?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? the cast is good based on a novel based around real life events people will relate to set in present day 2) What references can you find in the reviews and feature to the idea Capital is a 'state-of-the-nation' drama? How does it capture modern-day London? The Drama follows multiple people who live on the same street and shows the similarities and differences of their lives and their perspective of the 2008 financial crisis. Trailer analysis Watch the trailer for  Capital : 1) How does the drama use camerawork to capture London life? The fast paced  cuts   represent the urgency in a normal day in London, thus representing british culture subtly. The montag...

  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions to show your comprehensive knowledge of the television drama genre: 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A series that tells a story and has a begining, middle and end (equillibrium theory, Todorov.) 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? The Avengers Danger Man The sweeney Minder Starsky and Hutch The genre used to have story lines that resolve within the episode which was great because the producers got to choose the length of each episode but it was at the cost of character development. Now it has switched from an episodic narrative to a narrative arc. 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your  own example  of an existing TV drama to fit each category. Police procedural (crime): Luther Medical: The good doctor Period (costume): The durrells Sci-fi/F...