Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Homelands Season 1

Episode 1 - 
Equilibrium - 
  • Set in Baghdad
  • Carrie Mathison (played by Clare Danes)CIA agent on the phone driving a car
Disruption - 
  • Washington (US)
  • Carrie has a bipolar disorder
  • American agent Brodie thought dead, was really alive
  • Main Disruption - An agent has been turned(Brody) that's returning to America(Carrie to Saul) what a prisoner told Carrie 10 months ago
  • Brody's wife and best friend are having an affair
  • Brody's teenage daughter is smoking bong's
  • Brody has come back (PTSD or nervous?)
  • Carrie is happy to break rules (surveillance on Brody's home without any permission)
  • Sex = Bad
  • Brody lied to his wife on where he was going
Recognition of Disruption - 
  • The surveillance guy told Carrie that Brody lied to his wife about where he was going so Carrie is going to find out - She found out that Tom's wife wants to know how Tom died (Brody says he was beaten to death)
  • The surveillance guys found Carrie's bipolar pills and caught her out - she's paranoid that she's right
  • Saul finds out that Carrie has been filming Brody done and advices her to get a lawyer
  • Brody suspects something going on between his wife and his bet friend
  • Carrie thinks that Brody is sending out a message using his fingers
Attempt to Fix Disruption - 


New Disruption/Equilibrium - 

Episode 2 - 
Equilibrium - 
  • Flashback to Brody in captivity - Threatened by gun point (turns out to be a dream and wakes up when the gun fires)
Disruption - 
  • Brody hurt his wife in his sleep (because of his nightmare)
  • His daughter picked up the phone which requested for Brody - He told his daughter to say he isn't in
  • Brody continues to have flashbacks (PTSD)
  • Carrie continues to watch Brody and recognises he doesn't pick up the phone
  • Saul talks to the judge about Brody
  • Saul goes to Carrie to have a discussion about Brody's behaviours
  • Saul gives Carrie 4 weeks to work on Brody
  • Carrie's 'friend' had to change her "appointment" earlier, specifically noon.
Recognition of Disruption - 
  • Carries recognises that Brody continues to act suspiciously towards his family.
  • Brody's CIA mates wants him to attend a speech 
  • Chris (Brody's son) plays a shooter game and asks his father "What's like to kill somebody" - to which Brody doesn't answer
  • Brody punches a reporter for being on his property and winds him deeply
  • Carrie watches this unfolds and tells someone to follow Brody
  • Carrie's friend fears she'll get into danger 
Attempt to Fix Disruption - 

  • Carrie gets the survellience 

New Disruption/Equilibrium - 

































Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Politics & The Press in Modern Britain


Magazines used - 

  • Daily Mail
  • The Sun
  • The Time
  • The Guardian 
  • Daily Express

Connotations - The connotations used in this image is the quote of "Don't believe everything billionaires tell you" which is an obvious metaphor of people believing rich people and their views. Also, the billionaires that own the magazine companies that give their own thoughts on their magazines, corrupting the minds of those who read the magazine, making people believe in billionaires.



How is media language used on the covers to make the reader either mistrust or trust the Conservative Party?

Both The Telegraph and The Daily Mail support the Conservative Party and this is shown by the use of imagery in their newspaper articles. On the front page of The Telegraph website is shown a smiling face of Boris Johnson who's surrounded by happy civilians. Unlike The Telegraph, The Daily Mail