Tuesday 10 November 2020

Humans - Media Set Product 12


Humans

It is a British Sci-Fi television series with the subgenre of alternative present.

There are various themes which the show includes,

  • Robots
  • Problems in the family 
  • Representation of women 
  • Slavery
  • Sex work
  • Consciousness
  • Capitalism
  • Dangers of technology
Polysemic - Multiple or many meanings.
Allegory - Metaphor for something else, usually making a broader comment on society.
Zeitgeist - Mood of the era.

Humans reflect the present in zeitgeist.

Using allegory and zeitgeist, media producers can encode a range of ideological perspectives that may not be apparent to all audiences. Iconography may represent and capture the sociohistorical zeitgeist of the era that it was released it.

Example- Godzilla 1950 Film Poster
    • A huge monster destroys the city.
    • Allegory - using zeitgeist, USA dropped an atomic bomb onto Japan in WW2.   Anti-war.
Sci-Fi reflects the fear which exists in society.

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