Tehran Flashcards
What is the name of the Israeli public channel and what does it do
Kan11 is a state owned free to air television operated by the IPBC
Where can you watch Tehran and who directed it
Apple TV and by Daniel Syrkin
Who plays the protagonist Tamar
Niv Sultan
Media Language- Real life contexts linked to Tehran?
Iran and Israel- Israel’s opposition to Irans nuclear program.
Media Language-Fictional Espionage?
Act of spying used in the genre of spy thriller to obtain information about the plans of Iran- Tamar and Zhila switching
Why did they use a female protagonist?
Offers a refreshing change, replacing the more traditional male spy character.
How is the students fear portrayed in the first scene on the plane
Panicked dialogue, body language and facial expressions
Visual Codes
Dress codes- male Iranian agents wear black suits, a Niqab is worn by women
Technical Codes
Hand held camera, tense body language, woman walking down the plane with ominous music playing creating enigmas for audiences
Audio codes
Mixture of languages: Persian and Hebrew, fast paced tense music (hacking scene) dramatic- enigmatic score, Iranian instruments and a catchy theme tune, creates a sense of identity for Tehrans brand
Representation- Faraz shopping for Jewellry?
Presents a contemporary lifestyle which is juxtaposed with shots of a public execution in the city of Iran representing a different Iranian lifestyle.
All characters and events are depicted are entirely fictitious, any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead is purely coincidental
At the start of the programme- This creates distance from the content and the reality- it is made heavily clear that Israel’s opposition to Irans nuclear programme is clearly presented.
How does Tehran represent a shift in the broadening of content
Through online streaming platforms, allowing more diverse characters to be shared on a global scale.
Industry- Production companies involved
Donna Shula Productions- wealthy and Paper Plane co produced
Which company struck a co- production deal with Apple TV
Cineflix
Casting? Example?
Careful casting helped the success of Tehran- Navid Negahban
Where did the production take place and why
Athens in Greece as they were unable to film in Tehran, Athens has a similar mixture of modernist developments built into older cities meaning they didn’t need studio sets
What has the show done for Israeli productions with Apple TV
Apple TV has helped launch Israeli productions on a global scale, vice president of Kan said that the company wants to establish its status as the home of Israeli creation
Audiences- Target audience?
Broad, spy genre is popular with audiences, female due to protagonist, diverse audiences, womens rights and political stances, informative for audiences
Technological advances
Audiences can access new and broader content. New genres, niche genres to mainstream audiences through its social and media context, narrative themes appealing to audiences
Theorists-Todorov
There is no build up or equilibrium to be disrupted instead the audience are instantly emerged in the action.
Steve Neale- Genre
Tehran strikes the perfect balance between containing enough of the traditional spy thriller genre conventions to have global appeal but also okay traditional tropes to establish itself as a contemporary example of a spy thriller drama series with its own unique spin on the typical genre conventions
Levi Strauss- binary oppositions
Iran vs Israel- enemy of Iranians as the audience is positioned on the side of the Israeli agent, Tamar
Bell Hooks- Feminism
Both challenged and conforms to in Tehran. The protagonist seems empowering and brave and subverts typical stereotypes of the norms in the genre of gender. However Zhila is mistreated by her husband and Tamar experiences sexual assault.
Van Zoonen- women
Subverts theory- media portray stereotypical images of women to effect and reinforce dominant societal values
Hesmondhalgh- profit and power
Apple TV have grown their business to meet the demand for online streaming and to match competition such as Netflix and Prime. Apple TV has started to produce original films and TV series such as Tehran. Would Tehran be successful without Apple TV?
Stuart Hall- reception theory
Age, gender and religious beliefs can affect the way the audience interprets the show and it’s themes.
Dominant intended meaning
The meaning for the audience is to interpret Iran as a dangerous and oppressive country. Clear binary oppositions of good and bad with the audience positioned to support Tamar.
