Ep 1 - Quantum Jump
Oct 2015/Jan 2016 Channel 4
Targets older gen through sponsorship with Lexus
Targets younger gen through action and also young main character
Binary oppositions using Levi-Strauss established from the opening eg East v West, Soldier v Spy
Genre - Cold War spy thriller set in 1983 (Period Drama)
Early action sequences (Barthes proairetic code)
Personal identity with young central protagonist - elements of naivety (facial expressions)
Iconic 80s signifiers - Ronald Reagan, ex US president voice over and Frankie Goes To Hollywood
‘Two Tribes’ (song/music video that mocks the ‘cold war’ - reading/context dependant on cultural capital)
Action sequences as USP, high production values.
Educated ABC1 demographic
Action sequences as USP, high production values.
Educated ABC1 demographic
80s reference points
Spy thriller but also hybrid coming of age drama - see Steve Neale repetition and difference theory. Fast paced action thriller
We identify with Moritz Stamm/Martin Rauch
Using Barthes, its full of 80s cultural signifiers as with Stranger Things within a postmodern context
Its a medium/high production value drama
High production values, intended to be a culturally relevant German Export
Article links with prestige of German Expressionist Cinema
East German Socialst ideology almost seen as aspirational through the character of Martin Rauch but then reverts to stereotype.
Using Gauntlett D83 oscillates between diversity encoding at times a singular, straightforward east/west identity
Premiered at the Berlin FIlm Festival, globally distributed
Critical success - not least for its fashion and 80s soundtrack
Commercial success - highest rated subtitled drama in UK, but flopped in Germany
Creates by a husband and wife team Anna and Jorg Winger
Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’s speech references the 80s nuclear threat and East v West symbolism through the then Berlin Wall
Sundance TV and RTL TV German/American co-production
Sundance are US pay TV channel owned by AMC
RTL largest free to air TV channel in Germany
June 2015 Sundance TV premiere - first german language series to air on any US network, then germany in 2015 and UK in 2016
Spy thriller but also hybrid coming of age drama - see Steve Neale repetition and difference theory. Fast paced action thriller
We identify with Moritz Stamm/Martin Rauch
Using Barthes, its full of 80s cultural signifiers as with Stranger Things within a postmodern context
Its a medium/high production value drama
High production values, intended to be a culturally relevant German Export
Article links with prestige of German Expressionist Cinema
East German Socialst ideology almost seen as aspirational through the character of Martin Rauch but then reverts to stereotype.
Using Gauntlett D83 oscillates between diversity encoding at times a singular, straightforward east/west identity
Premiered at the Berlin FIlm Festival, globally distributed
Critical success - not least for its fashion and 80s soundtrack
Commercial success - highest rated subtitled drama in UK, but flopped in Germany
Creates by a husband and wife team Anna and Jorg Winger
Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’s speech references the 80s nuclear threat and East v West symbolism through the then Berlin Wall
Sundance TV and RTL TV German/American co-production
Sundance are US pay TV channel owned by AMC
RTL largest free to air TV channel in Germany
June 2015 Sundance TV premiere - first german language series to air on any US network, then germany in 2015 and UK in 2016
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