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Intertextuality in ep 1 >>> - primarily to sci - fi genre producers to show respect and to creates trophes the audience can recognise SPIELBERG : - homage to E.T scene - Eleven does not talk much and is supernatural similar to E.T laying down symbols and signifiers for sci - fan fa...

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Stranger Things and Deutschland 83

Intertextuality in ep 1 >>> - primarily to sci - fi genre producers to show respect and to creates trophes
the audience can recognise

SPIELBERG :

- homage to E.T scene

- Eleven does not talk much and is supernatural similar to E.T laying down symbols and signifiers for sci -
fan fans especially older gen who also watching for Winona Ryder

- STEVEN KING

firestarter - 11 similar age to Drew Barrymore character and their nose bleeds are related to psychic
powers and experimental testing and both characters were brain sensors

stereotypes conformed to in stranger things >>> NANCY = pretty, dainty girl who is swayed by
boyfriend and is influenced to stop studying to make him happy. Male sexually dominating her e.g. toilet
scene where she is pressed up against the wall however subverts this by focusing on her education
rather than a boy - Hall representation theory of unpicking the stereotype from the inside

BARB = ugly friend who is jealous of nancy, she dies portrays not going anywhere in life as she is ugly

WINONA RYDER / wills mum = frantic, not listened to , struggling single mum , broke, messy home as she
has not got a man in her life

JIM HOPPER - is a man and in power thus until he believes wills mum nothing will happen , men in
power

LUKE = made fun of in school due to his race bullied is called " midnight shadow". Also only a handle of
non - white kids at school

STEVE = dominating man over nancy , popular football player is egotistical and self loving . MIKES
FAMILY = stereotypically wealthy suburban family white and nuclear family dianamic

when where was ST set >>> 1980s Suburban America , however Hawkins is a made up town.
Clothing ,stereotypes etc come from

how does the mise-en-scene of going to school effect the audience >>> - creates trophes and symbols
for the audience do decode

- INITIAL TRACKING SHOT OF 1980S HIGH SCHOOL

, - Same trophes that audience old and young will recognise from other high school dramas e.g. clueless

- sets the equilibrium for the show as low camera angles of bike racks, sun shining down the corridor,
barb and nancy gossiping about Mike by the lockers and about popularity

- nostalgia for older audience - gratification and escapism

- relate to younger audience

- made obvious Lucas is the only black child - stereotype however true in 1980s suburban high school

who has the shortest narrative byte in ep 1 >>> eleven 4.8 mins , average is 8.7 min

- to create mystery / supernatural around her character

- she does not speak

- unsure of who / what she is , her appearance is the start of disruption to the equilibrium

- scenes are distressing, confusing , trophes of sci -fi e.g. death

- 11 has no gender does not fit in either gender stereotypes - confuses audience as she looks like a
human

- post - modern ideas of gender

who has the biggest narrative byte >>> 12.50 mins

Winona Ryder's character Joyce Byers as it was her comeback to TV, many people watching only for her
character as she had gone on a hietus from tv / movie

- especially old audience are expecting to watch her

- plays into however does dismantle stereotypes of a single mum

- the fact that she plays wills mum foreshadows it to be a key part of the show as she is likely to play an
important character

what genre is ST >>> sci- fi

- romance

- comedy

- thriller / horror = helps fulfil peoples adrenaline and thrills in a safe environment e.g. home

- uses semiotics to copy trophes to make these genres prevalent throughout the LFTVD

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