Capital and Deutschland 83

Capital is a complex mainstream television product in which the codes and conventions of the crime drama are intertwined with aspects of social realism. Provides a wide range of representational areas to explore; the family, place, nation, class,
ethnicity, race and issues. Summary: When the residents of an affluent London street receive a strange note they dismiss it as a marketing campaign, until things begin to escalate. When the residents of an affluent London street receive a strange note they dismiss it as a marketing campaign, until things begin to escalate.

Deutschland is visually interesting, constructing a stylised representation of ‘real’ places which transmit meanings about characters, places and issues. A detailed analysis of different aspects of mise-en-scene will provide students with a strong foundation to build on in terms of analysing representations, ideological meanings and audience positioning. Summary: The drama follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy.

It is a co-production of AMC Networks’ SundanceTV and RTL Television, positioning it to exploit the national and global market.
• Bought by C4 in Britain as part of their ‘Walter presents…’
• Cultural industries including Hesmondhalgh

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