Analysis of a TV Drama

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Analysis of Stranger Things
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80057281

INTRODUCTION

Format: Series
Purpose: Entertain
Platform for broadcast: Subscription platform, TV.
Target audience: PG-13 but also widely popular of all ages, any ethnicity or gender, international/American.


GENRE CODES AND CONVENTIONS

> Sci-fi
> Horror
> Mystery

> Special Effects
> Set in the 1980’s

PEOPLE PLACES AND VALUES

> People- a story based around little kids. Also shows the adult and parent point of view throughout.
> Places- based in a little town
> Events- the little town experiences mysterious events of people disappearing following by their deaths. Later, a group of boys find a girl that has super powers and find out that there is a completely other world in the earth, the upside down.

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, STYLE AND THEMES

> Non-linear
> A lot of cliff-hangers and you never know what will happen next.

Comments

  1. media16 October 2017 at 08:11

    You have a decent structure but now you need to add more discussion, examples and analysis of this, as it reads like a plan, rather than a full analysis. Vanessa

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