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The rise of foreign- language TV

ARTICLE 1:  International feature on foreign- language dramas: 1) The article says that foreign-language dramas are mainstream. 2) Walter Iuzzolino says that he watches thousands of hours of popular foreign-language dramas. Everything that he chooses to be streamed must be mainstream and 'award-winning' in their native country. 3) It suggests that today's society would choose a foreign-language drama over other traditional British TV shows. 4) The article suggests that people watch these types of dramas as it helps the audience to divert as they are able to gain entertainment from them and also to discuss them with others. 5) Channel 4 and Global Sales Network. ARTICLE 2: Film school rejects, The foreign TV dramas that you're missing out on: 1) The article says that, June 2015, Deutschland 83 was the first German-language series to premiere on a US network. It was released to premiere on Channel 4 in January 2016. 2) In Germany, 3.19 million people watched the ...

Billie Jean- Michael Jackson

1)The budget for Billie Jean was budgeted at $50,000. This differed to his other videos as their budgets were much higher. For example: Thriller's budget was $1million. 2)MTV rejected the video as it 'didn't fit their middle America audience'. 3)Billie Jean reflects the genre characteristics of pop music video. It contains lip-syncing, performance interwoven with narrative, dance routines and high fashion costume. 4)The visuals reflect the lyrics in the video as ultimately, the video is based on fan girls who claim that he/ his brothers are the parents of their babies. Key lyrics are amplified through the visuals. The actual video is about a girl: 'Billie Jean'. We never actually see her as a character however, we are presented with other images of females in general with whom he comes into contact with. For example: the billboard with the women's faces that are displayed or the figure who is already laying in he bed at the hotel. 5)The video features fe...