The Missing Flashcards
Where is the missing published and advertised
Bbc - psb: inform, educate + entertain
-available on iplayer & amazing prime
Advertised on social media eg Facebook
- global context
What’s the overall narrative
Non linear - flashbacks/towards, abduction, kidnap, rape
What’s the representation of gender & ethnicity & age
Women shown to be vulnerable eg alice Webster (male violence)
Lack of representation with diversity (ethnicity) - reid troubled and aggressive (negative)
Young = troubled old = crazy
Where is the missing placed
Germany - urban/mainstream
Iraq - rural, run down/dangerous
What’s is the genre of this series
Nordic noir/ crime
- kidnap, rape + abduction
- melancholic music & dull lighting
- forest - winter setting
- complex characters
What’s the media language shown
Cinematography of first - oppressive mise en scene
Bright Light in hospital
What are some theories shown
Reception theory - media texts encoded + decoded
Mean world syndrome - world perceived to be worse than is (violence in the media)
Hypodermic needle theory (media message injected into audience)