Black Mirror

Question 1

How does black mirror support Jenkins theory with the inside black mirror book

Answer 1

Fans are active participants in the construction of meanings.

The book by broker called inside Black Mirror talks about the making of black Mirror and suggest audiences want more than just the series. Fandom has driven this movement.

Question 2

How does black mirror support Jenkins theory of textual poaching

Answer 2

There is fan art and fanfiction based on San Junipero

Question 3

How does black mirror challenge Jenkins ideas

Answer 3

Fans construct their identities through culture images, an anthology show with standalone episodes. Instead of multi strand. Ongoing narratives is less likely to have audiences that would identify with a particular character and their ongoing arc

Question 4

How does black mirror support Jenkins theory through twitter

Answer 4

People post on Twitter of them dressing up as the characters and identifying with them. People are happy to see gay and by characters recognised in Emmy

Question 5

Dominant reading of black mirror

Answer 5

Reformers, Genzie, support or part of the LGBTQ community, awareness of technological advances

Question 6

Negociated reading of black mirror

Answer 6

Audio audiences who enjoying nostalgia of 80s theme, but are not interested in sci-fi or technology

Question 7

Oppositional reading of black mirror

Answer 7

Resigned, homophobic, lack of understanding of technology

Question 8

Apply Curran and seaton to black mirror

Answer 8

Netflix helps black Mirror reach a large global audience. However, it doesn’t counter creativity and quality as Netflix allows Charlie Brooker to have full creativity over his product and they simply fund it.

Question 9

How does black Mirror apply to Hasman Hesmondhalghs minimise risk and maximise audiences theory?

Answer 9

Brook and maximise his audiences through his anthology series which has a variety of genres and themes, however this does not minimise risk

Question 10

How does black mirror challenge ideas of formatting?

Answer 10

Black Mirror doesn’t focus on popular genres formats or stars since anthology series are unusual sci-fi romance is not a popular genre and the stars in Black Mirror are not famous

Question 11

Apply Livingstone and Lunt to black mirror

Answer 11

Netflix has adventurous programming and is funded by subscriptions and commercials meaning Netflix is a powerful company and can therefore void regulation. Netflix has a European base in the Netherlands and is therefore regulated by the Dutch media regulatory board. This means that the regulations are different so can produce more risky products this explains episodes of Black Mirror such as the national anthem.

Question 12

How does black mirror conform to butlers theory

Answer 12

Characters such as Yorkie dress in a counter typical manner as she wears more masculine clothes however that is the stereotypical masculine and feminine women in the relationship represented fruit costume. However, their costume counters their personality as Kelly has more masculine traits than Yorkie.

Question 13

Apply van zoonen to black mirror

Answer 13

Western patriarchal views are what construct femininity and masculinity which may be why there is the stereotypical masculine and feminine women in the relationship. However Kelly has many traditionally masculine traits which count the ideas that women are nurturing and compassionate and this is also counted by characters such as Greg as he is male yet is all of these things, he works in a care home and goes the extra mile take care of Yorkie

Question 14

Apply bell hooks to black mirror

Answer 14

It challenges bell hooks view by portraying a heaven on Earth where the female LGBTQ characters are free to interact flirt have sex and fall in love without the disapproval of patriarchal society. However, the fact that at the end Kelly’s body is buried in the same graveyard as her husband and her daughter shows that Kelly is still linked to her constitutional heterosexual family.

Lesbian relationships and intimacy only occurs in a virtual space showing that homosexuality exist as a secondary to the heteronormative relationship.

Question 15

Apply hall to black mirror

Answer 15

Supported by the fact there is a more masculine presenting character and more feminine presenting character. However, stereotypical representation of lesbian relationships is often more depressing than what is portrayed in San Junipero there is a happy ending for the couple which is not coming for lesbian characters in the media.
Interracial lesbian relationship between older women is not stereotypical

Question 16

apply baudrillard ( simulacra) to black mirror

Answer 16

San Junipero is a hyper reality/simulacra. It is a mediated reality and is based on nostalgia therapy which is the actual reality. Mediated images now seem more real than reality. Greg says they say you go crazy when you’ve had too much. You don’t leave your seat. You disassociate body from mind. Replies like that doesn’t happen in every senior home already.

Question 17

Apply baudrillard (intertextualality) to black mirror

Answer 17

Pacman bubble bubble games yours plays in the arcade there is a post of a scream a lost boys reference and a lot of 80s music this pays homage to eighties culture

Question 18

Apply baudrillard (bricolage) to black mirror

Answer 18

The iconography of 80s vibrant costume, bottles of Coca-Cola in the club, modern world is minimal and monochromatic

Question 19

What are some binary opposites in black mirror?

Answer 19

Reality versus virtuality
Pass versus present
Mortality versus immortality
Old relationships versus new relationships.
Homophobia versus LGBTQ representation
Dynamic fun versus subtle and calm.
Introvert versus

Question 20

Apply Steve neal to black mirror

Answer 20

There are repetitions of codes and conventions of science-fiction through the technological utopia, the gadgets,
But there is incorporation variation and change through the hybridity of science-fiction romance.
There are typical conventions of a romance smoothie for example driving off into the Sun however there are elements of difference through the fact that it is a lesbian relationship

Question 21

Examples of Kelly’s gender perfomativity

Answer 21

Kelly is overly feminine. Her costume codes are highly feminine and her make up and jewellery demonstrate a glamorous and extroverted personality.

She’s able to make people nervous through her confidence, in particular Yorkie who in a particular effective montage fret and panics over her own gender performance.

Question 22

Yorkies gender performativity

Answer 22

She is dressed as a range of different inter textually related feminine characters from a variety of different films and music videos from the 1980s, including the weird girl from the breakfast club and the seductive and grammar make up from the backing dances from addicted to love. By trying out a range of different feminine performances, your key is attempting to investigate her own identity, and her own performance as a woman. Ultimately, Yorkie decides to be herself and dresses in, oversize glasses and a cream coloured cardagain

Question 23

Steve neale 80s romance movies and gender performance

Answer 23

Kelly assertively rejects the attention of a pushy man before pushing herself assertively on Yorkie sitting directly next to her in a scene reminiscing of many 80s comedies. However, Kelly chooses instead to romantically engage herself in another woman, a subtle difference from the largely heteronormative romantic narratives of the 1980s. Instead of their sexuality, the overwhelming binary opposition that exist between Kelly and Yuki is their respective sexual experience.

Question 24

How were San junipero t shirts considered textual poaching

Answer 24

A teacher included the San Junipero logo and we presumably made by fans.

Audiences can poach images from the TV show use Photoshop to recontextualise it and then construct a fatuous brand identity that audiences can then use to reflect and reinforce their own identity. This is highly common and active form of family mediation is actively encouraged through the structure of the TV show. The main stream potential of black Mirror which has grown from its initial audience do I show which is now distributed on Netflix demonstrates is potential. Furthermore, the mode, of the episode is reliable and hopeful with a positive representation of queer relationship relationships that is surprising and unconventional

Question 25

How does the opening sequence of black mirror construct a hyper real simulacra?

Answer 25

It is an idealised version of a club.

It completely lacks bounces and security, the establishing short constructs a perfect club night. Patrons are drinking alcohol and every individual is both young and hegemonically attractive, as each individual is able to construct their own avatar. A completely unified sense of community is constructed when no one is excluded.

People are behaving appropriately the club is adequately populated.

Question 26

Postmodernism - black mirror 80s movies

Answer 26

The scene is reminiscing of club scenes in 80s films and suggests that Yorki has chosen to engage in a hyper fantasy of these films rather than her own memories. For your key the ultimate reality is not her own life but the 80s movies and music that she escaped into. This is a perfect example of postmod ism and reinforces the idea that we live in a world that ultimately means nothing and that, fancy is more real than reality

Question 27

How does San junipero attract niche audiences

Answer 27

Through the use of queer themes and I canopy used to appeal to quit audiences. Both Kelly and your key are presented as complex quake characters that audiences are encouraged to identify with. This is evident in the dress up scene where Yorkie tries on different costumes. The use of inter textual relay not only appeals to the genre fans and middle-aged audiences, but also symbolically encodes the complexity of gender identity and queer ideologies in the 21st century. This encourages a niece audience to identify with her.

Question 28

How does the opening sequence of San Junipero explore the relationship between authenticity and simulation?

Answer 28

Collection of images from other media texts
Simulation of the 1980s world which has constructed through visual and audio codes.
Costumes refer back to the 80s fashion and 80s stars for example Jeanette Jackson

Question 29

To what extent does the opening sequence of San Junipero support borderline claim that signed and images no longer have meaning in post culture?

Answer 29

The reality of who they are real life, Kelly and Yorky are both old and frail women in reality but a fake image of young adults living life freely and son Junipero.
The setting of different time decades, they are not actually in the time period but within an image that aids in believing that they’ve gone back in time or in time into different decades
Kelly getting injured from the car crash after using to pass over, she just escaped back to reality and wasn’t actually physically hurt from it. It just emphasises her anger and hurt from Yorkie but wasn’t a real image of her physically getting hurt because she wasn’t as she wakes up as her self and oldfrail woman San junipero is a style and, aesthetic rather than a meaningful place

Question 30

How does San Junipero explore the relationship between reality and simulation?

Answer 30

Living in San Junipero can become their reality in which they are trapped for evermore by choosing willingly.
Simulation can aid in escaping the reality that is holding you back from living.
Simulation can only be based on events in reality but can be relieved again to remember enjoy and run away to it is similar to rewriting past that either never happened or did happened just not the way you wanted it to. You got to live her and enjoy it with Kelly whilst being free and rebellious.
Yorkshire and Kelly both choose the current of Sanju Nero a world of imitation and image as it’s free from the prejudice unlike their own real past