\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{NORDIC/SCANDI NOIR}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Sub-genre of crime drama} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Originates in literature, but extended to film and especially TV} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} From and set in Nordic or Scandinavian countries & Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland etc. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Influenced by film noir} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Film noir often deals with… & Violence or murder \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & A sense of dread \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Moral complexity or ambiguity \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Revolves around crime – usually murder or theft} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Narrative structure:}} & Story told through voiceover narration \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & Often structured around a flashback \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Plots can be very complex \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Characters:}}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Male protagonist}} & Often a detective \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & Tough and cynical \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Dry wit / sarcasm \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} & Heavy drinking and smoking \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{In some way weak or not in control} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Victim of circumstances beyond his control} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Visual Style:}} & Film noir uses low-key lighting \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} & This creates striking shadows \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{NORDIC/SCANDI NOIR (cont)}} \tn % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & ({\bf{Chiaroscuro}}) There is a high level of contrast between light and shadow \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Iconography:}} & Venetian blinds \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Set in cities, often at night and in the rain \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} & Trench coats and hats \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE INTRO}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{named after the Øresund Bridge} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Connects Copenhagen (Denmark) and Malmo (Sweden) by road and rail} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Main character Saga is Swedish and a homicide detective in Malmo} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{She works with Danish police in Copenhagen} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Cultural differences between the two countries are a running theme in the show} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - NARRATIVE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Important narrative arcs of set episode}}** & Helle Anker's murder \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Mysterious introduction to Henrik Sabroe, leading up to the revelation that he will be Saga's new partner \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Lise – first her child being bullied, then the revelation that she is an anti-trans vlogger \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Rikkard – cleaner at Lise's flat; steals her necklace, keeps scary pets! \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Aleks – released from prison, paranoid. Goes looking for buried money \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Saga's family problems \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Binary opposites examples in TB}} & Sweeden v Denmark \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Past v Present \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & Light v Dark \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 0) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{INTRODUCTION TO HENRIK}}} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{In later episodes it is revealed that Henrik's wife and children went missing years earlier} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - NARRATIVE (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{The family we see on screen are in Henrik's imagination}}*} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{SHOT 1}} & Long shot \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Lots of empty space \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} & Suggests loneliness, lack of company \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & An empty house \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{white} & Asymmetrical – there seems to be the perfect space for another person there \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{SHOTS BUNCH 2}} & the camera's view doesn't match the wife's eyeline \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{white} & Audiences might not consciously notice \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & But there is a sense that something is not quite right in this exchange \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{SHOT 3}} & His children barely acknowledge him – they look at each other \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & He doesn't really talk to them - almost to himself \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{white} & Blocking – a large worktop separates Henrik and the children \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - NARRATIVE (cont)}} \tn % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & This literally puts distance between them \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{BED SCENE WITH HENRIK AND WIFE}} & Tight, close shot \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Intimate setting (couple in bed together) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} & The dialogue seems at odds with the scenario {\emph{ {\bf{Why would he tell his wife about another woman whilst they lie in bed together?}} }} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 7) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & When Henrik wakes up, his wife is gone \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} & Her side of the bed is perfectly made - as if she was never there \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Emil, the art gallery assistant}} & Killer of Henrik's family \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} & There is perhaps a pleasure for the audience in waiting for reveals like this \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 4) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & The narrative ultimately rewards your patience \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - NARRATIVE (cont)}} \tn % Row 34 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Flexi Narrative}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Complex, challenging narrative} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Multiple characters} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 38 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Level of importance and connection to the narrative is unclear to the audience} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Multiple plot situations involving complicated scenarios.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Plot twists} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Narrative enigmas throughout} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Unresolved narratives.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SHOT 1}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/suzie22dixon_1747732878_Screenshot 2025-05-20 9.51.54 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SHOT BUNCH 2}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/suzie22dixon_1747732939_Screenshot 2025-05-20 9.57.20 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SHOT 3}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/suzie22dixon_1747732983_Screenshot 2025-05-20 9.53.27 AM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{TODOROV NARRATIVE ARC}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{1. Equilibrium} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{2. Disruption of Equilibrium} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{3. Recognition of the distruption} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{4. An attempt to repair the damage} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{5.New Equilibrium} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{repeat}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE AUDIENCE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{David Gauntlett}} & the idea that the media provide us with 'tools' or resources that we use to construct our identities \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Henry Jenkins}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{convergence in media industries} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{ {\bf{ he also talks about fandom }} }}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- fans are active participants in the construction and circulation of textual meanings} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- fans construct their social and cultural identities through borrowing and inflecting mass culture images} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- fans are part of a participatory culture that has a vital social dimension} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 0) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{who is the audience of The Bridge?}}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- fans of nordic noir} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - intellecutals & - willing to invest in complex narrative \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & - willing to watch subtitled TV shows \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - perhaps seeking fulfilment \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- culturally aware and curious} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- seeking or maintaining status} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 0) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Set episode of The Bridge had just over 1.8m viewers when broadcast on BBC4}}} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- considered high for a foreign-language drama} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{In Scandinavia the show has a larger audiences share}}} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE AUDIENCE (cont)}} \tn % Row 19 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Genre and audience}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- The idea of Nordic noir as a distinct genre only works in an international context} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- The idea of Nordicness is a{\bf{ British construct }}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{These shows would be seen as products of their own distinct nations} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{white} British crime drama is similarly attractive to Scandinavians! & {\bf{WHY?}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Seemingly everyone is very middle-class \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} & British eccentricity \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Traditional settings – British countryside, village pub etc \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} & Quaint \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Roland Barthes might call the above 'myths' of Britishness} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Connotations of Britain that are repeated so often that they act like denotations} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Incomplete / oversimplified images of the complexities of British life} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 0) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Perceptions of 'Nordic-ness'}}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- cold but beautiful} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- stylish} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- affordable} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- food} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE AUDIENCE (cont)}} \tn % Row 38 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- hygge} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- socially and politically progressive} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 0) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{POSTMODERNISM - Baudrillard}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{media create hyper realities based on a continuous process of mediation} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 43 \SetRowColor{white} what is encoded as 'real' (and what we decode through media products) is not 'real' but instead a 'simulacrum' which offers us a hyperreality & that we accept as real because we are so consistently exposed to it. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 8) % Row 44 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{media images have come to seem more "real" than the reality they supposedly represent.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 45 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 0) % Row 46 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Is The Bridge postmodern?}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 47 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Relies on audience understanding of crime drama, specifically Nordic noir, to decode it} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 48 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The diegetic "world" of "The Bridge" is a hyper-reality – it is Sweden/Denmark re-presented from a mediated perspective, linked to stereotypical national traits and cultural values . Consider how this is constructed} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) % Row 49 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Based on our cultural perception of an institution (the police force) that is itself a constructed 'simulacrum' rather than experienced first hand} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) % Row 50 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Shares similarities of style with other "Nordic noir"} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) % Row 51 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{There are other intertextual references} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 52 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & The image of Scandinavia we get from Nordic noir is a simulacra \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE AUDIENCE (cont)}} \tn % Row 53 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Simulated images which no longer refer to anything real \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 54 \SetRowColor{white} & Attractive to middle class British viewers \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 55 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & But offers no "real insights into the complex and changing Danish or Nordic social realities" (Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.84149 cm} x{3.13551 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - REPRESENTATION}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Does Saga follow typical Feminine representations?}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 1. Domestic & NO \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- Saga seems to live at work} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- eats at work} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- changes at work} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- stays when others go back to their family} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 2. Sexualised & NO \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga's clothes connote toughness} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Military-style trenchcoat – might remind us of the film noir detective archetype} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Big leather boots} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Neutral colours – kakhi, grey} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{She wears no make up} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Scar on her face – stereotypically masculine, connotations of violence} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Matter-of-fact attitude to her body} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 0) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3. Nurturer & NO \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga's lack of emotional awareness prevents her from being nurturing} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 0) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{... so how is Saga represented?}}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga has dominant narrative positioning} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Episode opens on her driving over the bridge} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{We frequently follow her – tracking shots, close-ups} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{BUT we do see things that she doesn't} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga is very direct} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Clipped, abrupt style of speech} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Wastes no words!} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Acts and thinks quickly} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.84149 cm} x{3.13551 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - REPRESENTATION (cont)}} \tn % Row 28 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga's unemotional approach makes her clear-thinking and intuitive} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Her rationality makes her good at her job} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Even if others find her hard to work with} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga is a very quirky, rounded, flawed character} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Defies easy stereotypes} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 0) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Van Zoonen defies 3 types of feminism}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{*1. Liberal feminist8}} & This position is closest to Van Zoonen's own perspective \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Reductive stereotypes about the "supposedly natural" role of women account for women's position in society} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 37 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Media "teach" people about gender roles} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 38 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Media representations of women reflect patriarchal values} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Women should seek equality and be more powerful in society} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Media can contribute to this change by challenging established gender roles} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 0) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{2. Radical feminist}}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 43 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{All men oppress all women} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 44 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Mass media is dominated by men, so can only benefit patriarchal society} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 45 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Media encourages men to oppress women} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 46 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{And encourages women to accept their oppression} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 47 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Radical feminism rejects established media} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 48 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Women should communicate through their own, non-hierarchical means} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 49 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 0) % Row 50 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{3. Socialist feminist}}} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.84149 cm} x{3.13551 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{THE BRIDGE - REPRESENTATION (cont)}} \tn % Row 51 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{How class and capitalism shape women's position in society} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 52 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Capitalism relies on women's unpaid work in the home and with the family} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 53 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Women should take up paid work, but the workplace should adapt to accommodate women's needs} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 54 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Media as ideological instruments – interested in how feminism is constructed in media} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 55 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Women should produce separate, feminist media} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 56 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{But established media should be flexible to women's needs} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.89586 cm} x{4.08114 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applying feminism to the Bridge}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Liberal feminist}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Saga defies stereotypical representation} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{She is a woman in a position of authority} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The Bridge reflects progress in women's position in society} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{And promotes further change by challenging established gender roles} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Radical feminist}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{might reject The Bridge as a product of patriarchal mainstream media} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{However the Helle Anker storyline is relevant:} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- Anker's non-traditional family has no patriarchal figure} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- But is portrayed as loving, supportive and healthy – Saga's "nuclear" family is a mess} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- Anker's death could be seen as a violent reaction of patriarchal society against those who live alternative lives} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 0) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Socialist feminist}}} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- the text challenges established gender stereotypes} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- Media often uses women's bodies to appeal to audiences} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- The Bridge it is not 'sold' on the sexualisation of women – Saga is not objectified} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 0) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{REPRESENTATION OF MEN}}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} 1. HANS & Gentle, patient – a father figure to Saga \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & In a loving relationship with Lillian, who is also a chief of police \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.89586 cm} x{4.08114 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applying feminism to the Bridge (cont)}} \tn % Row 21 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Meaning they are both associated with the world of work – neither of them associated with domesticity \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{white} 2. HENRIK & Henrik is set up as a potential villain \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Once you have seen the whole series, your perception of what we see in this episode changes \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{white} & He is a sensitive, emotionally vulnerable character \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 0) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Van Zoonen also says...}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The meaning of gender varies according to cultural and historical context} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The creation of Saga's character reflects the interest in society in the changing ideas and viewpoints regarding gender} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 0) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Judith Butler Theory}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{We are assigned our gender and that we conform to societal expectations of what it is to be a man or a women.} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 32 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{We act out or perform our gender like actors.} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Performativity is the idea that gender is the performance} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Gender is a series of performed rituals – beyond the performance, there are no 'natural' characteristics attached to gender} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 35 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{ {\bf{ Applying this to the Bridge...}} }}} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 36 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This way of thinking about gender is highlighted within the narrative} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.89586 cm} x{4.08114 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applying feminism to the Bridge (cont)}} \tn % Row 37 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Helle Anker's activism and gender neutral preschool} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 38 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Lise's criticism of Anker's views in her video} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 39 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The episode presents this as a debate} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 40 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The episode presents this as a debates} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 41 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Notably Anker and her wife are sympathetic; Lise not so much} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 42 \SetRowColor{white} & The fact that Saga is associated with traditionally masculine traits can relate to Butler \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 43 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & We could interpret this as an affirmation that gender is performed, not natural \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}