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(genre) define genre?

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  • the type of media text, for example, television crim drama.
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(genre) define conventions?

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  • the genre of the text is recognisable to an audience by having a set shared of characteristics/conventions. including: characters, iconography, narrative, technical & audio codes & representations.
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(genre) define subgenre?

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  • within the overall genre of television crime drama there will be groups of programmes that share similar conventions, for example forensic crim drama.
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(genre) define hybrid genre

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  • some programmes share the conventions of more than one genre. EG Johnathan Creek is a crime drama with elements of paranormal
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(genre) Neale’s genre theory ? (3)

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  • repetition & change, variation, difference.
  • genres change & develop & vary - borrow & overlap with one and other
    -specific economic, institutional, & industrial contexts.
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(genre) why do genres change? (5)

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  • changes in target audience
  • industry & drive for profit
  • changes in what society will accept
  • changes in technology
  • changes in dominant ideology & representations
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(genre) gangster genre conventions

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  • organised crime and the violence in perspective of criminal.
  • activities of criminal gangs
  • rise & fall narrative: a lavish lifestyle - falling victim to the authorities or other gangsters
  • charismatic figure - anti-hero (audience encouraged to identify with him )
  • past trauma: law breaking & violence.
  • law enforcement figures antagonists (police or government) dominant ideologies changed.
  • undercover agents
  • hangouts or meeting points, gangster’s office.
  • costumes & props: wealth with purchasing sharp suits.
  • themes: crime, loyalty, family, power.
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(genre) peaky blinders - genre? subgenre? hybrid genre?

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  • crime drama
  • gangster
  • gangster, westerns, & period drama.
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(genre) gangster genre change?

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  • changes in society
  • 1930s as a result of prohibition in the USA and the popularity of Al Calpone
  • gangsters being glorified, so punished at the end - dominant ideology: crime doesn’t pay.
  • messages complex, fate of gangsters were unpredictable.
  • violence more graphic.
  • representation of women, traditionally: mother or the moll, now: powerful.
  • although set in the past, produced in contemporary context, effects of war and PTSD.
  • changes of British period drama: industrial setting and the Birmingham w/c.
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(narrative) Todorov’s narratology theory? (4)

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  • all narratives share basic structure, involves movement from 1 equilibrium to another.
  • 2 states separated by period of imbalance/disequilibrium.
  • narratives can be resolved can have a particular ideological significance.
  • equilibrium - disruption - recognition - resolution - equilibrium.
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(narrative) example of narratology in peaky blinders?

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  • Danny having PTSD - he hits someone - Italian man wants to kill - Tommy fakes killing Danny - Danny moves away.
  • Weapons stolen - creates chaos - Tommy realises significance of weapons - attempt to recover weapons - weapons back.
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(narrative) Levi-Strauss’ structuralism theory

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  • texts can be understood through an examination of their underlying structure.
  • meaning is dependant upon & produced through binary opposites.
  • resolved can create particular ideological significance.
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(narrative) binary oppositions in peaky blinders?

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  • loyalty (Tommy) vs Betrayal (Grace)
  • Incompetence (Tommy) vs competent (Polly/Arthur)
  • war (PTSD) vs peace (present)
  • urban vs rural
  • law (Campbell) vs crime (Tommy)
  • violence (Tommy) vs pacifist.
  • communism (Freddie) vs capitalism (Tommy)
  • law (Tommy) vs criminal (Arthur) - Campbell beating Arthur, dislikes w/c
  • W/C (PB) vs R/C (Winston).
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(narrative) restricted or unrestricted narrative?

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  • narrative told from the perspective of a character.
  • Tommy / criminal POV, W/C - crime favoured as there’s no legitimate way W/C can other R/C.
  • unrestricted knowledge - can see what the law is doing, know Freddie & Ada’s relationship Tommy lying about guns.
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(narrative) narratives in crime drama ?

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  • investigative - led.
  • driven by suspense or enigmas.
  • clear binary opposites w/ the central binary opposition of the police vs criminal. being conventional, gangster: reversed & emphasize criminals.
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(narrative) Enigma codes?

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  • questions or mysteries to make audience continue watching.
  • create suspense by withholding or delaying answers.
  • crime dramas, killers identity until end.
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(narrative) enigma codes of peaky blinders?

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  • how will they hide the guns?
  • what are the Grace’s connections w/ the police?
  • Why did he let Danny live?
  • will Tommy find out about Freddie and Adas relationship?
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(postmodernism) postmodern culture, features?

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  • Reflexivity: drawing attention to the processes construction.
  • Intertextuality & Eclecticism: 1 text making reference to another.
  • Bricolage: constructions from a diverse range of things.
  • Parody/Pastiche: conventions to create humour vs reminding.
  • hyperreality
  • irony/knowingness: self awareness.
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(postmodernism) postmodern conventions?

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  • hybridity & eclectism: mixes of genres (gangster & crime)
  • Intertextuality: referencing western: horses & the godfather & the untouchables
  • music isn’t from 1919, set in 1919.
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(postmodernism) music in peaky blinders?

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  • electric & anachronistic: belonging to a period other than that being portayed
  • modern rock & punk bands: the whitestripes, foals, radiohead, joy division, & nick cave & the bad seeds
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(postmodernism) what effect does anachronistic music have on the audience?

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  • feel taken away from the period, music reminds were detached
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(postmodernism) Baudrillard theory?

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  • boundaries between the “real world” & the world of the media have collapsed & it’s no longer possible to distinguish between reality & simulation
  • age of simularcra were immersed in a world of images which no longer refer to anything real
  • media images have come to seem more real than the reality they supposdly represent
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(postmodernism) hyperreality?

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  • the way in which simulations comes to seem more “real” than reality itself
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(postmodernism) simulacram?

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  • a copy without an original or a copy that has taken the place of the original
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(postmodernism) evaluating Baudrillard?

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  • while media shapes our understanding of the real world, it’s essential to remember we posses the ability to discern between reality & simulation
  • despite persuasive influence of media, human experiences & critical thinking allow us to naviagte the complexities of the hyperreal world
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(audience) primary target audience?

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  • male
  • fans of crime drama
  • and gangster, western, & period dramas
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(audience) how does peaky blinders target audiences?

- representations of gender ?

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  • appeal to women: strong women EG aunt polly shouting at tommy
  • appeal to men: violent/ criminals EG doing what they want & also subverting EG PTSD/emotions
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(audience) how does peaky blinders target audiences?

stars ?

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  • Cillian Murphy: Christopher Nolan, 28 days, Batman, Iception: mainstream, complex
  • Helen Mcroy: Harry Potter
  • Sam Neil: Jurassic Park
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(audience) how does peaky blinders target audiences?

character - thomas shelby?

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  • appealing to men, problematic ideas, fandom : glourification of gangs
  • “control your emotions like Thomas Shelby”
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(audience) how does peaky blinders target audiences?

narrative - long form tv

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  • complex narrative structure with lack of closure: audience interested & continue to watch
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(audience) stuart hall - reception theory

dominated?

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  • viewers who agree with the valourisation of W/C lives & history: see themselves
  • wants people to admire characters, dont want to repeat their actions
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(audience) stuart hall - reception theory

negotiated?

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  • some enjoy the deciptions of industrial areas as vibrant & exciting may find stylised violence upsetting
  • like traditional period drama, might not like postmodern style/music : innacurate representation of history & unconventional crime & W/C
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(audience) stuart all - reception theory

oppositional?

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  • style of the show ff putting & superfical, historical accuracy wrong, reject music
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(audience) audience pleasures?

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  • people idolise peaky blinders: attention to detail, outstanding performance, compelling storytelling, transport viewers into different times
  • seek escape: Tommy doing crime: nostolgia, traditional clothing
  • streaming services

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