diametric opposition- similar to binary opposition 

good vs evil

automata

structuralism- Claude Levi-Strauss

One of fundamental ways that we make sense of any media products but for how we live our lives

Humanity and synths

Old and young

What is representation?

What roles do synths occupy?

Cleaning

Caring 

Labour

Sigmund Freud- Whore Complex

The Madonna is typically virtuous, nurturing , sanity and sexually expressive.

Whore= Sensual, sexualised and desirable without purity.

the montage scene has a large emphasis on the brothel scene. you can see that Niska who is portrayed as a prostitute has a lot of pent up anger towards her job and humans.

11th November 

Charlie Brooker

post modernism- Anti-theory/ reworking of idea that came before

increasingly difficult to ascertain what is real.

Simulacra- A piece of media that tries to get across the idea that things simulate real life.

Synths are an example of simulacra- hyperreality 

Jean Baudrillard- Key Theory Post Modernism

'It is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, not even parody. It is questioning of substitution the signs of real of the real'

Bricolage- cobbling together ideas

Intertextuality

Style over substance

Rejection of high culture

Screens, monitors within a story 

Elements of bricolage and borrowing from other texts

Relies on audience understanding of scifi to decodes.

narrative is paradoxical, lots of flashbacks.

lots of intertextuality and cultural code to create audience appeal.

metanarratives

man vs machine

INTRODUCTION TO TV INDUSTRY

TV in 20th century to 21st 

4:3

Streaming

Digital technology has changed the production

Broadcasters are now "Narrowcasters'




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