| CATEGORY | FAMILIARITIES: from your chosen CSP’s | DIFFERENCES: from your chosen CSP’s | THEORY |
| CHARACTERS | Both the shows have character types the propp suggests | Deutschland has a main protagonist whereas capital has an ensemble of characters. | PROPP, presents the idea of STOCK CHARACTERS, inc ‘hero’, ‘false hero’, ‘princess’ (Witnesses), ‘father figure’, ‘despatcher’ (Missing) |
| NARRATIVE | Todorov- equilibrium happens in both programme. equilibrium is restored once they solve the postcards, or in Deutschland when martin returns to east Germany after completing his mission. | CHATMAN / FREYTAG /TODOROV | |
| THEMES | Capitals ia more modern show whereas Deutschland is more historical. | LEVI-STRAUSS the use of key themes to structure stories and characters around familiar themes: family, community, law and order, justice. Often set up as binary oppostions: right/wrong urban/rural, young/old, good/bad | |
| REPRESENTATION | Culture differences are represented in both capital & Deutschland (west vs east, Middle eastern vs white) | more than just white people represented in capital | |
| TECHNICAL CODES / LANGUAGE OF MOVING IMAGE (music, setting, props, lighting, use of camera, editing etc) | Deutschland includes music and props of 80s culture. |
