The Missing

Question 1

Industries

Answer 1

BBC - a public service broadcaster- to inform, educate and entertain
Available on player and amazon prime.
Advertising on social media- hashtags on facebook.
Global context - new pictures. Two brothers pictures

Question 2

Narrative

Answer 2

Non linear flash blacks and forwards. Abduction, kidnap and rape.
Binary oppositions- dark v light, good v evil.
Equilibrium.

Question 3

Representation

Answer 3

Gender- women shown to be vulnerable, eg Alice. Men represented to be violent eg the dad and brother. Ethnic minorities- violent and troubled. Lack of representation- only one character.

Question 4

Places

Answer 4

Germany- urban/ mainstream
Iraq- rural and rundown dangerous
Home- not changed, comfortable
Eckhausen - where she collapses.

Question 5

Genre

Answer 5

Nordic noir/ crime drama
Kidnap, rape, abduction
Melancholy music
Dull lighting
Forest, winter setting
Complex and flawed characters.

Question 6

Media Language

Answer 6

Cinematography of forest- oppressive. Mise en scene- bright light in hospital.

Question 7

Theories

Answer 7

Reception theory- negotiated reading due to enigma codes
Mean world syndrome
Equilibrium ‘
Hypodermic needle
Genre theory

Question 8

Characters

Answer 8

Alice, Baptiste , Gemma, Sam, Matthew, Eve Stone, Adrian, Daniel Reed, John Lenhart