LFTVD - Stranger Things Flashcards

Question

What are 2 ways enigma built within the audience?

Answer 1

-The YouTube trailer which has gotten over 8 million views to date and has been shared hundreds of thousands of times -The first 8 minutes of EP1 being released on YouTube which was an unconventional move that kept audiences hooked for the shows release

Answer 2

-Constant repetition of negative representations, especially American issues -Conspiracy theories, murder, violence, bullying and child victimisation -It could be argued mean world syndrome could be cultivated through this repetition and mainstream audiences into thinking this is the norm

Answer 3

-Bullying and fighting within the show, with limited regulation it can be harsher than typical terrestrial TV -Due to this same lack of regulation, younger audiences can be exposed to this -It could be argued this behaviour could be learned within the audience and in turn lead to violence

Answer 4

RISK: -Duffer Bros weren’t established -Young cast of unknowns -Not based on a book or film (no pre-sold audience) -High budget ($6 million per episode) SAFE: -Produced by Shawn Levy (‘safe pair of hands’) -Recognisable names (Winona Ryder) -Intertextual references -Hybrid genres -High budget ($6 million per episode)

Answer 5

-Internet doesn’t challenge dominance of established industries but Netflix has proven otherwise (competing with terrestrial TV) -Streaming services are dominated by a small number of large companies (Netflix, Amazon, etc.) can be seen as an oligopoly -Netflix is a gatekeeper for content, determining which can and which can’t be released on their platform -Netflix offers a platform for media products with diverse cultures with a massive investment in original content

Answer 6

-Slow track into a door with a quiet soundtrack, jump scare from the man running through with alarm sounds and flashing lights -Scientist frantically pressing buttons and looking behind him -Entering elevator, hearing the growling and looking up with an overhead shot

Answer 7

-Chaos of Will’s crash connoted through fast cuts and unclear movement -Suspenseful orchestral music -Dog barking and monstrous noises in the telephone -Tracking shot following Will to shed -Craning high angle showing Will’s terrified face (similar to laboratory)

Answer 8

-Netflix has to abide EU regulations but not Ofcom’s -Contains scenes potentially distressing to youths that escapes watershed -Regulation up to account holder -Ofcom recognises this and plans on working with streaming platforms

Answer 9

-Reduced risk through genre, actors and intertextuality -Increased surveillance has led to Netflix’s algorithms for recommendations

Answer 10

-Predominantly patriarchal, heteronormative society with absence of other representations -Preferred meanings within EP1 such as vulnerable child, harassed mother, eg. -Preferred meanings neglect evolution through narrative

Answer 11

-EP1 depicts patriarchy and strong gender roles but contradicts with Hopper v Jonathan v Will -Fan culture allowed self expression with characters, fan art, fiction and memes -Emphasises audience, overlooks media producers, genres and narrative

Answer 12

-Representation of patriarchal 1980s America with female characters typically subordinate -Empowered representations of Eleven, Nancy and Joyce. -Useful when considering gender roles but neglects class and power relations

Answer 13

-Patriarchal social order (men in charge and women not) with eventual empowerment of some women -Intersectionality seen within Joyce vs Mrs Wheeler -Lack of ethnicity with empowerment existing only for white women -Helps identify ideological messages through intersectionality but overlooks how audiences may respond to representations of social inequality

Answer 14

-Eleven doesn’t conform to gender norms, mistaken for a boy but increasingly conforms to social norms while Will stays more sensitive and feminine -Butler calls this ‘gender trouble’ and other characters police this (eg. Will being bullied) but this all overlooks how people experience gender

Answer 15

-Colonialism influences the predominantly white worlds with a minority of black characters who are represented positively -Story is driven by white characters -Shows how media representations are addressed to a white audience (marginalising others) but overlooks the intersection of these systems

Answer 16

-There is extensive evidence of fan culture for ST through participatory culture and textual poaching -‘Justice for Barb’ meme demonstrates convergence culture -Social media allows audiences to interact with cast, writers and producers -The success may be down to spreadability but this theory overlooks meaning constructed by the producers

Answer 17

-Preferred reading can be identified, elements used to encourage audiences to sympathise with Will -Hall overlooks the fact that a media text may contain multiple/contradictory messages

LFTVD - Stranger Things Flashcards

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