Peaky Blinders - Media Language Flashcards
What genre is Peaky Blinders?
It is a historical gangster hybrid-genre drama.
In what way is Peaky Blinders a gangster drama?
- focuses on the lives of a criminal family
- theme of gangsters vs law and order
- enigma codes + cliffhangers
In what way is Peaky Blinders a historical drama?
- uses production design to evoke 1919 Birmingham
- explores historical and social issues of that time
- costume
When did the first episode of Peaky Blinders broadcast, and where?
September 2013 on BBC Two.
Who created Peaky Blinders?
Steven Knight
What is Peaky Blinders about?
The Shelby family who run a notorious criminal gang in 1920’s Birmingham. The first seasons display the effects of WW1 on the working class.
Who was Peaky Blinders initially distributed by, and who by eventually?
The Weinstein Company, and in 2014 bought by Netflix.
Define Steve Neales Genre Theory..
The idea genres are dominated by repetition but aslso marked by difference, variation and change.
4 conventions of the gangster genre shown in the ‘Shelby Household’ scene…
- Violence
- Criminal activity
- Masculinity
- Family
Name an untypical convention of the historical genre within the ‘Shelby Household’ scene…
The non-diegetic punk music, as punk hadn’t been invented yet.
What does RESISTS stand for?
- R - recurring situations
- E - elements of narrative
- S - style
- I - iconography
- S - stock characters
- T - themes
- S - setting
In what ways does Tommy Shelby conform to his role as a typical gangster?
- Stoic
- Violent
- Male
- Leader
- Feared
In what ways does Tommy Shelby subvert his role as a gangster?
- Empathetic
- War hero
- Not easily provoked
- The middle brother, rather than the oldest
What is Narratology by Tvetan Todorov?
The idea all narratives share a basic structure of moving from one state of equillibrium to another. These are seperated by periods of imbalance and the way in which they are solved has ideological significance.
