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Themes: Sexualisation
Unpaid labour
The negotiation of exoticism - women of colour seen as fantasy figures (Mia/Anita)
Sexual exploitation (Niska)
Modern slavery (All the synths)
Commodity Fetishism
Commodification
Full automation
The rights of workers
Late period capitalism vs Marxism
Postcolonialism
Transgression
Capitalism and the nuclear family
Prostitution and the rights of sex workers
Postmodernism
Hyperreality
Polysemy
Racism
The singularity (AI)
Diegesis and the relationship with the fictive (the narrative and elements of the
story)
Episode One Notes:
Opening shot clear intertextual reference to Blade Runner
The following establing shot of the warehouse is similar to many sci fi texts,
most recently and notably the iconography employed in Westworld
Faintly transgressive shots of rows of nude, apparently dead bodies, themes
of commodification
Opening theme tune presents montage of stock footage and a Kraftwerk-
esque soundtrack. Very similar to Westworld. Or rather, clearly inspired
Westworld...
Slow zoom establishing shot of London/home counties suburbia. Connotations
of middle class identity
Use of frequent CU shots of technology, establishes a theme of utilising
consumer electronics, yet also grounding the diegesis in conceivable reality
A range of characters of different ages for audiences to identify with
Establishment of nuclear family in first scene is easily identifiable, yet forms a
clear diametric opposition with the nature of the scenario
"what if she's not pretty?" - The daughter's own naive and childish
expectations position the audience and force them to construct their own
expectations
Anita's unveiling is anchored through a heavenly 'boot up' noise emphasising
her status as pure, chaste, and sexualised
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