Maddie Haywood's A Level Media

The Daily Mail -  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6832797/JACK-DOYLE-guide-earth-happens-Prime-Ministers-biggest-gamble.html The Guardian -  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/21/apocalypse-next-week-theresa-may-meaningful-vote The Mail Online presents this story in a much simpler form in comparison to the Guardian, which is shown through how the text is split into paragraphs each answering questions such as 'WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?'. Even though the Guardian's article is presented in a more high-brown manner, they still use humorous and include almost witty comments such as 'I realise you don't care about spoilers at this stage, so let me confirm: that bid ends up failing anyway.' The Guardian's article, I feel, is much more open to their political stance against May's conservative party though the article still does give all the necessary information.  I would have expected the Mail Online's article to be much more ...

In the drama, the use of realism (80's America) could be questioned as the series is more of a tribute/homage to cinema.  The Spielberg cinematic universe may appeal to two distinctive audiences - nostalgic & contemporary. Modern representational subversions are introduced to help counter the realism of 80's America - e.g. Joyce Byers is a single mother who is holding her family together through working, and also has a strong influence on Hopper - e.g. Nancy subverts cultural & social codes and conventions (reflecting the feminism which is embraced in modern society)anti-stereotypically excels at science while still fitting stereotypes of a teenage girl. The idea of gender fluidity, which will be recognisable to a modern audience, can be shown through characters such as Eleven. In episode one, representations are shaped based on nostalgic exploration of 80's America - nuclear family  - picket fences - green lawns  Cult...

Demographic profiling  Audiences can be identified or classified by their: age  gender demographic hobbies  ethnicity  employment  Psychographic profiling  According to psychographics there are seven different types of people: Mainstreamers  t his is the largest group, who tend to be domestic, conform, are conventional and sentimental they seek security favour value-for-money family brands Aspirers this group is typically formed of younger people they seek status, are materialistic, concerned with image and appearance Succeeders this group is typically higher management and professional people, who are confident and seek control they are goal-minded, organised and hard working Resigned this group comprises mainly older people, who are interested in the past and the traditional they seek to survive and have rigid and authoritarian values Explorers this group consists of a y...

Who is the owner of the product? - Netflix Who are they? How are they structured as a company? Do they own any other companies or are they owned by another company or  conglomerate ?  founded in 1997 streaming service for films, TV series & documentaries Are they a specialised company? What other similar products do they/have they produced? How successful are they? How are they funded? Where does the company’s funding come from? Are they vertically or horizontally integrated? How have they  diversified ? What aspects of the production, distribution and circulation processes do they own? How do they ensure their product is distributed and circulated? How does this help with funding their products? How does this help to reach and maintain audiences? How do they reach their audience? Do they have global reach? How many viewers/subscribers do they have? How many viewers have there been for the drama and/or the first episode of the first season? How ...

Difference between social and cultural context - Society is a community within which people live and interact with one another.  Social  people who interact with one another within a social environment social context refers to the people, structure and function of institutions that operate within a society  social conflicts may arise as a result of the structure, functions and interactions of the people who live within it relationship between media products and the society within which they are made in relation to social groups, attitudes, changes, conflicts and inequalities Culture is the way different people who live in a society behave, you can have one society or social situation but many cultures or sub-cultures within that society.  Cultural  what creates the identity of the people who lie in any given society  beliefs, meanings and practices that guid the shared behaviour of individuals within a group in any g...

How are individuals and social groups represented? In Stranger Things individuals are split into different social groups, which is mainly organised through different age groups. For instance, Will, Mike, Dustin and Lucas represent one social group of younger teenagers who ironically are more clued-up on the unusual happenings of their small town. This pattern continues as the social groups get older, so secondly the older teenagers, predominately Nancy and Steve help to represent a very stereotypical social group. For instance, Nancy is represented as a studious character who is interested in her education however can also be influenced by other representations such as Steve's character. He is represented as a 'high school jock', interested in sports and girls, with a lesser interest in his studies. This teenage social group are less involved with the unusual goings-on however they soon become more involved. Whereas the final social group who are represented, the adults a...

minor or major character? conform to any stereotypes? what are the characteristics? what is their contribution to the narrative? Joyce Byers major charcter conforms to the stereo types that; she struggles as a single mother, despises her husband who left her, worries about her son. Upset, emotional, worried, panicked.  Reports to the police that her son is missing.  Jim Hopper  Major character Conforms to the stern types that; men are messy, men are lazy, depressed due to the death of his daughter.  Grumpy, Lazy, Layback, chilled  Leading the search for Will Byers, sub plot of his daughter dying  Mike Wheeler  Major character  Conforms to the stereotypes of: childhood, youth, innocence, boyhood Naive, determined to find his friend, immature One of wills best friend so goes in search of him, also finds eleven in the woods. Sub plots of his family life at home.  Dustin Henderson  Major character ...

Genre Long Form TV Drama is a media form with specific codes and conventions that help us recognise it as such. 1. What are the formal codes and conventions of Long-Form TV Drama?  Within long form TV drama there are often minimal central characters unlike soap television where many characters are included within the  main plot. The main plot of a long form TV drama is typically an issue which needs to be resolves, as well as smaller sub-plots which run along the main plot line. Long form TV drama also has multiple episodes in each season, usually at least ten episodes. These seasons  do sometimes run into each other, with plots linking u, however story lines can also be limited to a season. Even though the title refers to television, long form TV dramas are also shown on streaming services such as Netflix. Typically, long form TV dramas open with an establishing shot, or an extreme long-shot, which show an environment that will later be revealed. ...

Who was the political dispute between? The United States and its allies against the Soviet Union and its satellites They didn't battle directly, however dispute was shown  through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-war How long did it last? began in 1945 straight after the end of WW2 lasting for approximately 45 years  http://www.ushistory.org/us/52a.asp How did it affect everyday life for the residents of those countries involved? created strong anti-communism in the USA created a fear of war in the USA affected the American citizens economically as taxes were increased created a divide within Germany  How was Germany divided? in 1945 Allies began organising their respective occupation zones in Germany Americans occupied the South Britain occupied ...

Key areas of representation -  Age (teenagers) school environment  younger through to older  Family parent figures  siblings (older and younger) Sci-Fi genre  darker / mysterious scenes  unnatural 'creatures'  Gender introduced to a group of boys  female lead characters are later introduced Links with the 80's  - films from the decade of a science-fiction genre ET Close Encounters of the Third Kind Blade Runner The Thing  The Terminator Back to the Future  Robocop The Fly  Tron Aliens  Links between ET & Stranger Things -  moody torchlight searching kids on bike outrunning a government organisation  Eleven explores Mike's home with the same naivety as ET  the disguise given to Eleven to blend her in at school is similar to what happens when Gertie gives ET a make-over  children from a small town bef...