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The programme looks at how different genres combine different ideological conventions and formal characteristics within realist narratives. Audiences have specific expectations about the convention...s which govern a crime series, as opposed to a situation comedy (which are examined in later programmes of the Course). This programme takes the genres of science-fiction and historical romance as its examples, comparing them across a number of analytic categories: title sequences, visual and musical signifiers, typical storylines, specific ideological themes, depiction of the hero/heroine's sexuality and patterns of viewer identification with main characters. Clips come principally from episodes of "Poldark" and "Blake's 7", with synopses and study questions provided in the broadcast notes.
The programme looks at how different genres combine different ideological conventions and formal characteristics within realist narratives. Audiences have specific expectations about the convention...s which govern a crime series, as opposed to a situation comedy (which are examined in later programmes of the Course). This programme takes the genres of science-fiction and historical romance as its examples, comparing them across a number of analytic categories: title sequences, visual and musical signifiers, typical storylines, specific ideological themes, depiction of the hero/heroine's sexuality and patterns of viewer identification with main characters. Clips come principally from episodes of "Poldark" and "Blake's 7", with synopses and study questions provided in the broadcast notes.
| Module code and title: | U203, Popular culture |
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| Item code: | U203; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 05-06-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:34 |
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| Producer: | Susan Boyd-Bowman |
| Contributor: | Janet Woollacott |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Blake's 7; Drama, television; Genre television; Poldark; Science fiction; Television |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73641 |
| Production number: | FOUP062X |
| Videofinder number: | 1226 |
| Available to public: | no |
