Superhuman media language

Question 1

Textual analysis

Answer 1

•wide angle light up tunnel- hope
•non diagetic “might aswell quit”
•montage- relentless training
•close up- wheelchair hits curb, music stops
•diving
•medals- success/ pressure

Question 2

Binary Oppositions

Answer 2

•expectation vs fresh start
•dreaming vs reality
•strength as athlete vs everyday struggles
•trying vs quitting
•super vs human

Question 3

Conceptual Binary Opposition

Answer 3

paralympian vs something wrong with you

Question 4

Post Modernism

Answer 4

•found footage
•intertextuality
-planets coliding

Question 5

Steve Neale Genre theory

Answer 5

•repitition
-winnin
-medals
-dedication
-professionalism
-star power
•combined with
-“might aswell quit”
-disability
-struggle