The new social realism of Clocking Off
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20085371 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lez Cooke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Popular Television Drama (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7765/9781526125392.00021 |
| OpenAlex | W2887320732 |
| ISBN | 9781526125392 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The factory-based drama series, Clocking Off, provided the BBC with an opportunity to return to its traditional strengths with a northern working-class drama intent on updating social realism for a new 'postmodern' television audience. The use of primary colours is one of the most distinctive features of Clocking Off and one of the several ways in which it 'updates' social realism for a new audience. Like the camerawork, editing and production design, the music in Clocking Off is designed to enhance the vibrancy and vitality of the drama. It provides an example of the way in which the series reworks and updates social realism for the twenty-first century. A concession to postmodernity in Clocking Off was the introduction of a number of stylistic changes which differentiate the series from its more sombre and sometimes pedantic social realist predecessors
Aesthetics · Art · Drama · Literature · Media studies · Postmodernism · Postmodernity · Realism · Social realism · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |