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Timed Essay 4

'Long form television dramas lack originality; no matter which country they are made in, they all use intertextuality in the same way.’ How far do you agree with this statement? In this essay, I will examine the view that long form television dramas lack originality; no matter which country they are made in, they all use intertextuality in the same way, using ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Deutschland 83’ in my answer. Regarding originality in long form television dramas, Baudrillard’s theory of post-modernism can be applied. Post-modernism suggests that nothing is original anymore, as every media product is just a reinvention of an existing product. With this postmodernist perspective, every media text lacks originality, not just long form television dramas. ‘Stranger Things’ shows this lack of originality through its use of genre. The series is a hybrid genre of sci-fi and horror, and uses traditional codes and conventions of these genres, such as silence to build up tension, and a fli...
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Magazine Cover Analysis: Prospect

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Magazine Cover Analysis: New Statesman

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  The masthead ‘New Statesman’ is presented in two shades of red, in a serif font located in the top third of the cover. The brightness of the red in ‘New’ attracts the readers eye, leading them to the ‘Enlightened thinking in dark times’ selling line directly underneath.  The cover sticks to a simple colour palette consisting of red and black, which are conventional print features, specifically newspapers. Due to the current affairs classification of this magazine, the cover is likely to mimic newspaper conventions in order to attract its audience, as the content is likely to be similar.  Only two fonts are used, as the main cover line and the cover lines in the skyline are a thick, block capital, sans-serif font, whereas the masthead and cover line underneath the main cover line are a serif font. The main image is arguably the close-up, black and white shot of Boris Johnson located in the bottom right corner of the cover. The strips of images, also black and white, alon...
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