KEY INTRO INFO- STANGER THINGS

Question 1

What is Stranger Things?

Answer 1

• A popular sci-fi horror TV Series
• Directed by the Duffer Brothers
• Premiering on Netflix on July 2016
• Quickly becoming a cultural phenomena.

Question 2

When was the show released?

Answer 2

• July 2016

Question 3

What genre is the show?

Answer 3

Example of hybridisation as it combines sci-fi, horror, coming of age drama, and romance.

Ensures broad appeal
Sci-fi= broad appeal/ popular.

Question 4

Key production figures- Who produced the show?

Answer 4

1. 21 Lapse Entertainment (LE)
2. Money Massacre Production (MMP)
3. Duffer Brothers
4. Netflix

Question 5

How was the show distributed?

Answer 5

Netflix (Streaming platform)

Question 6

Can you summarise the plot of Stranger Things?

Answer 6

• The series begins with the dissaperance of Will Byers, and the emergence of a mysterious girl with telekinetic powers, Eleven.
• As the residents of Hawkins search for Will, they uncover: secret gov experiments, parrallel dimension called the Upside Down and creatures like the Demogorgon

Question 7

What is the first episode titled?

Answer 7

• The Vanishing of Will Byers

Question 8

Where and when is the show set?

Answer 8

Hawkins (Idiana)
1980s