Tehran Industry, audience and Theorists Flashcards
Genre
Spy drama thriller
Israeli Public Channel
Kan11
Where can you watch Tehran
Apple TV
Who directed Tehran
Daniel Syrkin
Who plays the main character Tamar?
Niv Sultan
Which two companies helped to produce Tehran?
Donna Shula and Paper Plane productions
Which company first picked up Tehran? Distribution?
Cineflix for international distribution
Production value
High production values
Where did he production take place and why?
The production took place in Athens, Greece because it had similar buildings meaning they did not have to create studio sets.
How did the involvement with Apple TV help Kan 11
Helped launch Israeli productions on a global scale.
Target audience?
Broad, popularity of spy thriller genre, female protagonist, political themes, educational and informative, contemporary
Stuart Hall reception theory
Age, gender and religious beliefs can affect the way audience interprets the show and it’s themes.
Dominant/ intended meaning
To position Iran as a dangerous and oppressive country. A clear binary opposite of good and evil with the audience positioned to support Tamar.
Demographic and Psychographic?
Profile of the audience can impact how they consume the intended meanings and ideologies of the show.
Todorov equilibrium
No state of equilibrium, instantly emerged in disruption
Steve Neale genre
Tehran has a balance of traditional spy thriller tropes but with a unique spin on typical genre conventions
Levi Strauss binary oppositions
Political conflict, automatic opposition of the Iranians
Hooks
The protagonist could be seen to present women empowerment, however treatment of Zhila and her husband presents sexual assault
Van Zoonen
Argues that the media portray stereotypical images of women to reflect and reinforce dominant societal values.
Hesmondhalgh
Apple have grown there business to meet the demand for online streaming and to match competitions such as Netflix and Prime, original films and shows such as Tehran
