TV DRAMA

Question 1

ST basic facts

Answer 1

show runners duffer brothers
streamed on Netflix in 2016
produced by 21 laps but commissioned by Netflix
box set for series 1 released in one go

Question 2

D83 basic facts

Answer 2

co-production between RTL tv and AMC networks
AMC own Sundance tv
above German standard

Question 3

d83 example

Answer 3

chandelier shot when Martin wakes up in west. semantic code of wealth Barthes.

shops fully stacked. contrast to eat. saturated vs desaturated. binary opposition Levi Strauss. east vs west comm vs cap.
hostirically accurate. music costumes mise en scene. link to audiences

delicately lit exterior shot of Lenora’s office. power

Question 4

ST example

Answer 4

close up of a sprinkler shot connotes the barthesian myth of small town America. intertextual references to 80s film hughes, Spielberg. audience nostalgia.

tilting exterior establishing shot. hermeneutic code of man running.

Question 5

character representations

Answer 5

mixed representations of Joyce is maternal, caring. typical representation of women
unconventional representation of being strong.

hopper is represented as alcoholic aggressive man
men play the primary antagonists in St Ep 1 kidnapping eleven. seen as violent, stereotypical

social worker shooting eleven gun

Question 6

viewpoints and ideologies

Answer 6

ST
a pro family ideology is presented throughout

consumerism is reflected by the text making 80s references

multiculturalism but also tokenism

D83
individualism is certainly presented as an ideology as the media language suggests a key protagonist trapped in a situation

Although Martin is male, it is clear Lenora has more power