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TV Crime Drama
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1
Who was Mark Twitchell
a Dexter copycat killer
The president
a theorist
a character in Dexter
2
Audiences are drawn to
ad breaks
snackable/biteable shortmedia or long, bingeworthy streaming
1 hour episodes
weekly episodes
3
Dragnet shows it's victim
in low angles and chirascuro lighting
in low angles and soft lighting
in high angles and soft lighting
in high angles and shadowy lighting
4
Mainstream shows tend to show crimes as...
sensationalised
intimate
episodic- one per episode
solved quickly
5
In most mainstream crime shows, criminals are...
Foreigners
Older men
Not known to the victim
likely to kill anyone
6
Audience’s lower concentration levels/ need for sensationalism and constant entertainment means
tv must be more action filled
crimes must be solved
more crimes are shown
catharsis
7
Which is not a NZ crime show
Harry
The Blue Rose
The Brokenwood Mysteries
Out of the blue
8
Elliot (Mr Robot)is an important protagonist to youth due to his...
issues with anxiety and mental health
unreliability as a narrator
mad hacking skills
ethnicity (countertype to typical white)
9
The 4 personality types are
PNO
introverts, sociopaths, extroverts, paranoias
mainstreamers, aspirers, explorers, resigned
introverts, extroverts, neurotics, psychotics
10
Spy shows were popular due to...
the rise of technology
Sherlock Holmes
tension between the East and West
Trenchcoats being in fashion
11
The opening shots of Broadchurch show...
The murder weapon
Ellie crying
An overhead shot of a boy on a cliff edge
DC Alec Hardy
12
The main audience for Dragnet were...
White lower class urban people who had access to a TV
Men
White middle-upper classes suburban people who owned a TV
Anyone who owned a TV
13
Trust in authority, which helps ensure Gramsci’s idea of the media as a tool to ..
distract the masses
keep us entertained
Comrade
make us scared
14
Finish: “People love to decry big brother the NSA, the government listening in...
NSA and Snowden
and type in details of those lives everyone…
go on Facebook and post selfies
hand over the most intimate details.. to big data…
15
In comparison to Dragnet’s blatant patriarchal, authoritarian crime fighters, modern detectives
can be flawed
should be relatable
must eat cheese
can be diverse
16
Maximising the characters and the diversity of them and crimes available allows for more..
chance of personal relationships
tension in the narrative
copycat crimes
cheese
17
Why was Dragnet appealing to the 1950s audience
Security from McCarthyism, return to gender roles post WW2
People wanted escapism McCarthyism- criminals were often men
There was nothing else on
People hated other shows
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Dean is an example of what in Broadchurch?
Archetype
Racial stereotype
Criminals being charming
Greyworm
19
Shows can be cancelled if...
They are too shocking and don't have enough repetition
They are too cliche and don't have enough difference
They don't get enough ratings
I don't like them
20
Who says “Film is conservative, I’m sick of it. Television is the new frontier.
Peter Jackson
Elliot
Jane Campion
Nikki Caro
21
Steve Neale says genre needs what to succeed
repetition and difference
originality
art and comemrce
a celebrity
22
The cultivation/ culmination theory suggests that we are...
are in a cult
desensitised by media
desensitised gradually over time due to exposure to violence
can gain catharsis from violence
23
Which of these is not one of Young and Rubicam's types of audiences...
Resigned
Retreaters
Succeeeders
Reformers
24
1 in how many women will experience sexual assault, and by the age of 16?
3
5
10
7
25
What does Penelope Garcia say to Derek Morgan
You're so wise
Stereotype alert
Let's double date
I learn something new from you everyday
26
The over-exposure to news content, including the increased negativity of it, due to the impact
propaganda
scare-mongering
of globalisation
digital technology
27
Niche shows need to stand out because...
the market is oversaturated with similar shows
celebrities want attention
audiences are changing and demand to be challenged
the makers get bored
28
Shows which stretch a crime over a series, focusing on emotional impact and consequences target
Trump
females
action fans
an educated/ media savvy audience
29
Fears have been explored, the genre parodied, in hybrid shows like
Broadchurch
The Blacklist
Brooklyn 99
American Vandal
30
A sense of “hyperreality” for the audience, as we become immersed in the character development
is a result of bingeing content
can enforce personal relationships loyalty to the franchise
is catharsis
Mouldy Cheese
31
High profile media cases, like the Moors murders add to the audience’s paranoia leading to
moral panics
catharsis
cheese
desensitisation
32
Why was Stalker cancelled
The leads divorced in real life
It was too gory
It had limited scope/ couldn't develop
It became cliche and steteotypical
33
early Media theorists proposing the audience were passive when TV was new in what theory
Twostep flow
Magic Bullet
Culmination/cultivation
Hyperdermic syringe
34
Criminal minds has a relatively low budget at
$250,000 per episode
$1 million per episode
$100,000 per episode
$5 million per episode
35
Genres are dynamic, they are now likely to have
anti-heroes
females
less crime
sub or hybrid genres
36
How to get away with murder stands out in the genre due to...
the enigmas in it
it's antihero protagonist
the diversity in the class
the lack of murders
37
the fascination with criminal psychology, which emerged out of the ...psychoanalytical movement
1980s
1950s
1970s
1960s
38
Niche shows are shifting the virgin/whore dichotomy- whose theory is this?
Campbell
Haskell
Woolf
Mulvey
39
In the 1970s, criminals were often shown as psychologically sick due to...
The law
Entertainment value
A need to understand
US health reforms psychiatric patients released into society
40
Mr Robot reflects what
hacking is cool
dogs
new fears in society
NSA
41
Anti-authoratarian themes and fear of corruption, may have had its roots in
Bush's war on Iraq
Trump
1974 Watergate scandal
Dragent
42
What reactions can audiences' have to a media text
Positive
Yuck
Negotiated
Negative
43
McLuhan says, we are a
screwed
global village
global network
digital nation
44
Who said "genre boundaries are shifting and becoming more permable"
Neil
Abercrombie
Neale
Mulvey
45
Which famous event, showed a rise in surveillance culture and distrust of authorities
Rodney King
OJ Simpson
Watergate
Oprah
46
Bingeing content may result in
sore eyes
desensitisation
shooting sprees
dissociation from reality
47
The mean world syndrome, coined by Gerbner says
over-exposure to negative press will make us paranoid
tv will change
we will be desensitised
global village
