Deutschland 83

Question 1

What companies produced D83?

Answer 1

Sundance TV (American) & RTL Media (German)

Question 2

Who (people) produced D83?

Answer 2

Anna Winger (American) and Jorge Winger (German)

Question 3

What was the budget for the episdoe?

Answer 3

$600,000

Question 4

What is the genre?

Answer 4

Spy/thriller

Question 5

Where and when is it set?

Answer 5

Cold War Germany, 1983

Question 6

What is the basic plot?

Answer 6

Martin at home, Martin forced to spy, Martin train, Martin gets plans, Martin at party, Martin make phone call (bad), Martin not at party and Martin forced to stay

Question 7

How can Barthes’ semiotics be applied?

Answer 7

Action code? The nodiegetic sound signals that there is a tense moment

Question 8

How can Butler be applied?

Answer 8

Martin follows gendered acts through shaving following training montage

Question 9

How can Hesmondhalugh be applied?

Answer 9

Minimise risk + maximise profit by using well known German actors for a German TV programme

allowing for two audiences: spy fans and history fans

Question 10

How can Strauss’ structuralism be applied:

Answer 10

East vs West

Question 11

Does it go with Todorov’s narratology?

Answer 11

Within the episode yes, but within the series no.

Question 12

How can Baudrillard be applied?

Answer 12

Intertextual references:
- 99 Red balloons is playing (song vaguely matches series plot)

Question 13

How can Hall be applied?

Answer 13

Dominant: Good TV show, like the twist on East vs West

Negotiated: Good TV show, don’t really like East vs West or historical inaccuracies

Oppositional: Don’t like the show or representation of CW Germany

Question 14

Audience reception

Answer 14

93% on Rotten Tomatoes however Germany audiences didn’t like it much

Question 15

How can Jenkins be applied?

Answer 15

Less applicable to D83 due to smaller audience however there are still fan appropriations such as fandoms and merchandise on sites such as redbubble