British anthology drama television series written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams.
production company’s – New pictures, Company pictures, Two brothers pictures, Playground entertainment.
distributor– All3Media
About a missing girl in Germany and was directed by Ben Chanan.
I think the missing relates to the theory of uses and gratifications through escapism and entertainment.
10 facts about “The Missing”
“The Missing” follows Tony, played by James Nesbitt, as a man devastated by the abduction of his young son, Oliver, during a family vacation in France. He becomes a man obsessed, unable to accept that his child may be dead and spends years searching for him.
theorists:
commercial media: various media types owned by private, for-profit corporations. E.g. disney
public service broadcaster: non-profit media types owned by the government paid for through public tax money. e.g. the bbc (the missing)
horizontal integration: the process of owning or controlling many different types of media through diversification
vertical integration: the process of owning all stages of production and distribution
media convergence/concentration – multiple corporations working together to create a product or service
media pluralism – a media landscape with a healthy balance of products made by different media company types.
hesmondhalgh – “the increase in the presence and status of marketing represents a shift in creativity and commerce” – relates to genre
| hesmondhalgh | case studies |
| changing audience consumption patterns | missing – episodes available to watch online after the show aired, allowing audience to watch anytime with relative accessibility |
| multi sector integration | missing – bbc and starz – international co-production |
| star formatting | missing – using known actors such as david morrissey and Tchéky Karyo |
| genre based formatting | using stock characters involved in the thriller genre – the detective, the murderer, etc |
| serialisation | bbc often makes crime thrillers – there is an existing audience for these programs so less risk. spinoff Baptiste allows for more audience engagement |
| independent stylising | the missing often includes trans-language elements, where multiple scenes include characters in differen countries speaking different languages, |
| internationalisation | available in multiple languages with subtitles – more accessible to diffrent languages. also distributed through the bbc, which can be watched overseas |
livingston & lunt – regulation is too lax
drawbacks of a self regulated system:
2003 communications act
hwo do you regulate media on a global scale:
| category | familiarities from csps | difference from chosen csps | theory |
| characters | stock characters – detective, victim | ||
| narrative | major crime occurs & investigation from detective | ||
| themes | mystery, | murder (witnesses) | |
| representation | witnesses has woman as main detective whereas missing has old man | ||
| technical codes/language of moving image (music, setting, props, lighting, use of camera, editing etc) |
These dominant media conglomerates distort the marketplace for new products and ideas and they lessen free expression in media.
Cultivation theory– suggests that repeated exposure to television over time can subtly ‘cultivates’ viewers’ perceptions of reality.
Vertical integration– when a company controls more than one stage of the supply chain.
Conglomerate– is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet.
Synergy– when two or more organisations combine together to create a greater effort than that if they were by themselves.
