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Genre Sci-Fi Horror Mystery Teen/Coming of Age Genre Pleasures Having things repeated to us Repetition Triggers same kind of emotional responses Reminds us of past pleasures Horror - being scared, excitement and fear.  Catharsis, idea of relief, feel close to that moment and then brought back. Familiar character types, seeing the same types of people again and again, familiar settings which goes back to this safety. Pastiche - paying your respects, a tribute By watching genre films, and TV shows like Stranger things a lot of the pleasures (for older audiences) will be in the realm of pastiche. Pleasures of problem solving, we like to solve problems, like to solve mysteries.  Primary target audiences - teenagers, seeing versions of themselves on screen. Codes & Conventions: Settings Character types Narrative events HORROR: Low-key lighting Diegetic Sound of the Demogorgon creeping up on Will Settings - The Upside Down, Domestic spa

Narrative We start in Research Facility, Eleven has already escaped, start of story? It then progresses in a generally linear fashion (bar the flashback of Joyce Byers and Will Byers in Will's play hut) Multi-Strand Narrative : Telling us multiple different stories that are all in someway connected, we have our main story line and then sub story lines: Disappearance of Will Byers Escape of Eleven The Growing Relationship between Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington Developing relationship between Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers Todorov Narratology: Identifying the equilibrium that begins the story and the disequilibrium that moves the story forward and the restoration that will end the equilibrium. Equilibrium = Everyday life, the normal world A disruption to the equilibrium = Something changes that world The world is restored back to that world, but something is off.  3 or 5 stage of story: The Narrative start of the equilibrium An action or character disrupt

ANALYSIS: Sense of Togetherness  in Wheeler household Contrast between households Mid shots in Byers households when there's only one character in the frame, shows empty. In the Wheeler Household, we have this ideal type household. Everyone's together, they eat together, mum doesn't work just looks after family, perfect american family.  Even in the mise en scene, everything's lighter and in the Byers household everything's darker and more aggressive.  Signs work as Myths

Chief Hopper White, Male, Late 30s Pants undone, shirtless - his life's not really together Smoking first thing in the morning  Chief of Police - He's meant to be the head of the police, a system that's meant to be trusted by a lot of civilians but he doesn't seem organised enough to be in charge Painful Past? He's balding a bit  Divorced - he looks like a mess Cynical Looking for a purpose. Should get your life together by your 30s, shown to us as a bit of a mess, bit of a state. But this becomes subverted and he becomes a hero to the story. Steve Harrington White, Male, Teenager Well groomed - Heartthrob character - womaniser Popular clique Popularity is important if you want to make it through high school, We want to be like Steve, respect Steve. Classic ''Cool Kid'' Preppy look Luxuriant Hair His shirts tucked in we can tell he's still in high school Seems to be from a moderately rich family from the clothes

Long Form TV Drama - Hour long episodes, high production value, narrative arcs. character development. MEDIA LANGUAGE - How through forms/codes they communicate meaning MEDIA REPRESENTATION - How social groups are represented INDUSTRY CONTEXT - Regulation, distribution AUDIENCES - How audiences respond, how members of audience become producers themselves LANGUAGE: Semiotic Analysis Story telling Narrative Theory Genre and issues regarding post modernism, how we can view stranger things as a post modern text

NEWSPAPER & ONLINE News Values - They decide on what makes it into the news, they're not consciously held by journalists. Determines what is news worthy and what is no t Vast majority of newspapers in the UK are right winged, so they all have some sort of a political agenda. Three main news organisations in this country. Ownership. Galtung and Ruge (1981) These theorists argued that news is structured according to unspoken values, rather than discovered. Here are some of their key terms: FREQUENCY:  Comes from frequent, to do with time scale of the event, news want to cover events that occur quickly. We're all looking for the latest things, hear stories as they develop.  THRESHOLD:   Size of the event that's needed to be considered newsworthy, commonly occurring events may not count unless they involve a celebrity. PROXIMITY: Close to home, e.g. terror attacks 2017 and the london bridge attacks, in the same year there were similar ter

Music Video Exam Notes Defining Terms: Viewpoints & Ideologies (how media products lead us to think a certain way) Media Terminology (cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, sound as well as genre conventions) Emeli Sande - Heaven   Religious Iconography - Asking for Forgiveness? Political viewpoint - criticizing governmental responses to homelessness, austerity in Britain  Hope; Images of children, children with family, viewpoint & ideology around family, links between mother and child.  Key Genre Convention of the star image; lip syncing, star image performing, some of the cuts are synced up to the beat.  Non Linear approach, showing us real life, real stories in a non-narrative way. Radiohead - Burn The Witch Anti-Capitalist (Context of Radiohead) What the video tells us about british society and british society in 2016 Against a certain idea of britishness, shows us this perfect idea about a perfect village and then it critiques it. Socio-econ

Shelter is a charity for homeless people, who tend to focus more on low-income people. This particular campaign came out in 2011, during this period the conservative co-emission government decided to cut the spending by 60% which led to a catastrophic effect on lower income who couldn't really afford it. Normally adverts that display homeless people depict them on the streets, which isn't typical in this advert. This re-enforces the idea any ordinary person being able to experience homelessness. All posters are in the same format, the framing is identical in all three. All models are matched up with a close up shot where they're all eye-level and looking back at us, the direct address shows that they're equal to us and that we're on the same level. We have both genders which connotes that any gender can experience homelessness. The first woman worrying about being in-debt, the man in the middle is having troubles with his landlord and the last girl is worrying a

SHORT NOTES ON SHELTER: Shelter is a charity for homeless people who tend to focus more on low-income people. Campaign came out in 2011 and this was when the conservative co-emission government decided to cut the spending by 60% which led to a catastrophic effect on lower income who couldn't really afford it. The advert presents issues that could happen to anyone.  Using Shelter for help & advice to avoid being homeless. Reaches out to everyone; the primary audience are people who are at risk of being homeless and the secondary audience are people who are able to donate.  ANALYSIS OF THE ADVERT: As I mentioned before they're a charity for homeless people More low-income people This isn't typical of a ''homelessness'' advert, we'd usually see people on the street. Shows that ANYBODY can experience homelessness. The first woman is worrying about being in-debt, anybody can become homeless. The man has problems with his landlord Delib