Stranger Thing Character Representations

LFTVD notes

Long Form TV Drama-

• Cultural Zeitgeist- Stranger Things
• High quality drama
• Multiple episodes
• Content can be dark and difficult but innovative
• It now attracts some of the best and innovative writer and actors
• Time shifting, easily accessible 
• Keeps people invested
• Lots of creativity 
• Characters change in natural and surprising ways
• Lots of different networks competing
• Can show theme development 
• Vocab - easter eggs, time-shifting, VOD, PVR, streaming, terrestrial tv
• State of the nation TV
• Things that are going on today

TV Drama-

• Various locations
• Stock Characters
• Multiple narratives
• 1 hour episodes
• Dramatic cliff hangers
• High production Values

LFTVD Meanings...

• Has a number of episodes that create a narrative and tell a story to the audience 
• Technological change on TV industry 
• How audiences consume and interpret LFTV
• Considering the economic context behind the large budgets 
• 6 million for the 1st season

Stranger things poster-

• Setting- Prison, Garden
• Themes- friendship, mystery, power, falling adversity 
• Genre- supernatural, action, sci-fi
• Narrative- chase, young people hunting something down, binary opposition 
• Characters- young, varied expressions (negative), US, binary
• Intertextuality- starwars, ghost busters, ET, Goonies
• Historical period- 80s, clothing

Stranger things-

• ET, Goonies, Gremlins, Ghostbuster, Nightmare on Elm Street
• Stephen King (horror) tweeted about it, likes the show
• 1980s nostalgia 
• Set in 1983
• Duffer twins created stranger things- born in 90s
• 80s actress as mother 
• Fan artwork
• Trapper keeper 
• Duffers were rejected by mainstream HollyWood multiple times, Netflix 'rebels' took them on
• First season is set in November 1983
• Anxiety of influence- overcome
• Weaponised intertextuality 
• Fan service
• Pastiche- opposite to parody
• Pop culture metaphors used- Dungeons and dragons (lord f the rings, hobbit, star-wars)
• 11 is compared to ET and Fire-starter/ Carrie
• Creative misprision- misreading to create something original 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_qi0ZwN7GBlnjbIKJLFgDMAi-UOF76j-L1ZvSnEWWFU/edit?usp=sharing

tabloid vs broadsheet

Questions:

Daily Mirror 

The Guardian 

Who was involved?

-       The twins (one-year-old Gabriel and Maria)

-       Bidhya Sagar Das, 33 (the supposed dad)

-       Cristinela Das, 28 (the mum)  

A one-year-old child who was killed in hammer attack

his father who has been accused for the killing

the child’s twin sister who was rushed to hospital after 

What happened?

-       One-year-old Gabriel was pronounced dead and the sister remains in a critical condition. 

-       The dad was arrested last night on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. 

-       Neighbours said the children’s mother ran into the street screaming 

-       Forensic officers were seen collecting a hammer from the property.

A father attacked his one-year-old son killing him and leaving his twin sister with severe head injuries. Both children were rushed to  east end hospital where the boy was declared dead.

Where did it happen?

Hackney, North London. 

Finsbury park north London 

When did it happen?

11.10pm on Saturday (18.03.17)

18^th of march 2017

How did it happen?

A man has been held over a suspected HAMMER attack on twin toddlers. 

Still to be confirmed 

Why did it happen?

Still to be confirmed 

Still to be confirmed 

What do you notice about the difference in content and how the articles convey this information? Why do you think that is?

-       A myriad of pictures 

-       Title is less understated (more dramatic)

-       Covers more content 

-       Emotive words 

-       Daring titles that includes a lot of information. However not a lot of text.

The guardian shows no graphic images or doesn’t go into detail about motives

Lots of text with  

hard and soft news

Hard News:

Hard news is the kind of fast-paced news that usually appears on the front page of newspapers. Stories that fall under the umbrella of hard news often deal with topics like business, politics and international news.

Eg:

* Celebrity Gossip 

* Sport

* Entertainment News 

* Fashion News

* Art and Culture

* Human interest stories

Soft News:

Soft news is defined as those organisations that primarily deal with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle. Soft media can take the form of television programs, magazines or print articles.

Eg:

* Politics

* Business and the Economy 

* Industry and Technology

* Science

* War and Conflict 

* Health 

* Education 

* World Events 

Year 13 Summer Work

Old Spice

Own Charity Ad

I chose to recreate this Charity ad because I felt like it told a very clear story with very minimal lexis used. The young boy used in the original ad is staring straight forwards which is creating a direct mode of address, meaning that the viewer is draw straight in and towards his eyes. So for my ad I wanted to create the same effect but chose to use an older teenager to show that abuse, neglect and pain happens to all ages and it isn't just young children. Both ads have an expressionless face which makes the audience question why him, what did he do wrong? 

The short punch line 'I'm not a punching bag' is powerful and effective because it is very forward and easy to understand, meaning there is no cryptic language which makes the ad difficult to understand. Also by underlining the 'not' it put emphasis on that part of the statement again allowing for no misunderstanding. 

I changed my punch line to, "invisible" because I think that children/teens can sometimes feel dismissed and ignored by their family, which is worst case can lead to suicidal thoughts if they have no one to talk to about their problems.