stranger things

Question 1

stranger things season 1 release date

Answer 1

July 2016

Question 2

created by

Answer 2

the duffer borthers

Question 3

what is stranger things a homage to

Answer 3

the 80’s (duffer brothers grew up in this decade)

Question 4

how is stranger things an example of modern day saturation distribution

Answer 4

all episodes dropped at once allowing binge watching

Question 5

budget per episode in season 1

Answer 5

around $7 million

Question 6

genre

Answer 6

hybrid genre - investigative drama, science fiction, horror, comedy

Question 7

season 1 imdb rating

Answer 7

8.8 (very high)

Question 8

co-executive producer

Answer 8

shawn levy - proven track record with films like night at the museum

Question 9

what is MK ultra and Montauk

Answer 9

mk ultra - the cia project to weaponize the human mind based on disrupting and traumatizing an individual enough can lead to mutations
montauk - rumours that during thee experiments with children, a child manifested a monster which caused the

Question 10

examples of non-diegetic sound (not in the world)

Answer 10

opening theme and backing music refletcs 80’s synth music

Question 11

examples of diegetic sound (in the world)

Answer 11

jump scare at the start. opens with bang of door and sirens to set the tone, intense scary

Question 12

female representations

Answer 12

florence - the secretary of the police, not listened to or respected
nancy - doesn’t want to be sexualised, smart goes against the norm that women can be clever in areas such as science
joyce - shows typical maternal instinct and is protective of her son but goes against he norm by being independent and doesn’t give up