The Returned

Question 1

Sound devices

Answer 1

Droans, heartbeat

Question 2

Genre

Answer 2

Zombie drama, family aspects, post apocalyptic

Question 3

Recurring situations

Answer 3

Pandemic, return of the dead, enigma codes

Question 4

Techniques

Answer 4

Closed frames, blood, isolation, order and chaos, over worldly shots, silhouettes, disillusioned characters, silence

Question 5

The director on silence

Answer 5

I love silence, I love suspended time

Question 6

Todorov

Answer 6

Narratology, no new equilibrium

Question 7

Binary opposites

Answer 7

Levi Strauss , living vs dead, illusion vs disillusion

Question 8

Stuart hall representation

Answer 8

Power groups create media norms that reflect themselves, returned- Pierre symbolises that others are savages

Question 9

Julie

Answer 9

Lesbian but reverts to motherhood for victor

Question 10

Clare

Answer 10

Domestic, bell hooks stereotypes are rife in media further shown when the woman is murdered

Question 11

bell hooks

Answer 11

Woman murdered, domestic, nurture, rational, individual

Question 12

Extreme initial long shot

Answer 12

Shows Camille as small and insignificant

Question 13

High angle shot

Answer 13

Makes someone seems small

Question 14

Diegetic sound

Answer 14

Nature, silence, heartbeat