media contexts Flashcards
historical context:
what does the sweeney demonstrate?
how genres develop over time
historical context:
what does the programme introduced?
a more gritty, realistic representation of the police force informed by cultural influences including press stories and American crime drama imports
historical context:
what did the gritty, realistic representation challenged?
the more reassuring image of the police evident in other examples of the genre such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars
historical context:
what does the programme also looked different to?
previous crime dramas
historical context:
why was it shot on 16mm?
to achieve a washed out, grainy feel to the images, creating a more gritty realism
historical context:
why does the sweeney reflected the time in which it was made in the 1970s?
as in the 1970s the actual Flying Squad were in the news after reports of bribery, corruption and consorting with gangland criminals
historical context:
what act was not passed when the programme was not produced in the 1984?
Police and Criminal Evidence Act
historical context:
why did the police and criminal act provided a code of practice?
for the exercise of police powers.
historical context:
before the act was passed, why couldn’t the police secure a conviction?
there were few restrictions on the methods that could be used by the police
historical context:
in linked to the limited use by the police, how did regan exhort information from billy?
through violence and suggesting that they can frame him
social + cultural contexts:
what does the sweeney tell us about the society of the time?
in terms of social hierarchy, power, gender roles and how authority was regarded
social + cultural contexts:
what were the men considered as in the programme? (3)
macho, sexist and in positions of power
social + cultural contexts:
what were the men lives in the programmer like that appealed to a male audience
seen to be exciting,
social + cultural contexts:
what did the men in the programme often did?
broke the rules and engaged in violence
social + cultural contexts:
what are regan and carter depicted as?
good at heart
social + cultural contexts:
what does regan and cater’s dubious ways of getting information potentially reflect?
the culture of the Metropolitan Police of the time
social + cultural contexts:
who was the new commissioner for the Met in 1972?
Sir Robert Mark
social + cultural contexts:
what was the new commissioner for the Net appointed to investigate?
corruption in the London force
social + cultural contexts:
what did the new commissioner of the Met described the CID as?
the most routinely corrupt organisation in London
social + cultural contexts:
how many officers were prosecuted during the commissioner’s investigation?
50
social + cultural contexts:
how many officers took early retirement during the commissioner’s investigation?
478
social + cultural contexts:
what did the programme reflected between men and women in in society?
inequality
social + cultural contexts:
what were the majority of police officers seen?
men
social + cultural contexts:
what were the women’s role frequently in the programme (2)
victim
sexual temptress
social + cultural contexts:
how did the programme changed it ways?
way in which crime dramas would be made in the future and audience expectations.
social + cultural contexts:
what is said to have the programme change it ways?
was said to be influential in the creation of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
social + cultural contexts:
what has became culturally iconic with quotes?
from the series passing into popular usage
social + cultural contexts:
what 2 songs were illustrated its place in popular culture?
Wow! By Kate Bush
Cool for Cats by Squeeze
social + cultural contexts:
why does the programme referred to Kray twins, actual East End gangsters?
to establish credibility and make cultural links
social + cultural contexts:
what does Carter say about Kemble?
‘He’s hard. He’s one of the few that The Twins left alone’
