EPQ
Film/TV/Both?
Initially as many of my university courses include both film and TV it seemed better to try and include both into my investigation, as further research has proven though it may be harder to include TV in an investigation about historical accuracy than first though.
There are not that many TV shows to choose from that are related to specific historical events (such as films are) rather than simply set in certain time periods. Although this may have been a factor that put me off slightly what put my off the most was the realisation that to gain an accurate representation of these shows I would have to watch at least on if not more episodes of each series. This would be quite a long task and as well as just watching I would have to analyse, also just choosing to watch a few episodes does not give me a true insight into how historical events are portrayed in the show, for some episodes (such as finales/season premières) the event may be over dramatised for dramatic effect and so by only watching thee beginning and end of a season I wouldn't gain a true understanding of how events are portrayed (arguably this could be a topic I come back to another time to write an essay about).
To watch all of a season would need time I don't have and so it seems more effective if I choose to just focus on films where the event is condensed into a few hours viewing so I am able to watch it all from start to end and make a far more well rounded judgement on it.
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