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Stranger things and Netflix industry

 21 laps 6 million July 15th 2016 8 episodes for season1/ 42 overall Duffer brothers Focuses on popular shows Stranger Things  One piece Wednesday Happy Gilmore Glass Onion Netflix focuses on established shows that hold star power and that are safe money makers If you subscribe to Netflix premium you get what they describe as the best video quality, resolution of 4k and ultra hd, spatial audio, available on all devices and can have your account on 4 devices and download content on 6. Production/ distribution Produced by 21 laps Original Netflix show so paid by and exclusively distributed by them ST ranked as most successful digital series in US  Netflix notoriously cagey about viewer figures Netflix has just over 300 million customers worldwide all paying a minimum of £5.99 CEO Ted Sarandos has championed  We don't know Netflix exact budgets but duffer brothers have said S1 had a low budget  

Radio recap revision

1) Greg James, Tony Blackburn, Chris Evans 2) Reithian values- inform, educate, entertain 3) stand up sit down, egg chat 4) people on their way to work, middle aged 5) They have adapted by creating an online playlist for the songs they will play and having a website, BBC sounds 6) An audience member gave Greg James the idea for Stand up sit down 7) They have different news stations for different areas of England and UK 8) OFCOM values- Impartial news and information, supporting creative industries, reflect UK values in the world, represents all parts of UK, promotes local artists -Audience interaction- people call in with unpopular opinions and the host and guest/guest debate about it -The Radio 1 breakfast show with Greg James had 4.6 million listeners aged 10-plus (4.31m for 15+) - Greg James made a joke about quitting the radio show sparking controversy as fans thought he meant it

media Question

 Film: The process of film production, distribution and circulation have changed since the 1920s. Explain how these changes have influenced films. Refer to Snow White and Shang Chi in your answer. In your answer you must also consider how economic contexts can influence films. plan snow white first full length animation film by disney- used rotoscoping, technicolour- new tech expensive re-released many times Shang chi uses modern day special affects and shot on location in Australia- tech is widely used so is more available and Disney marvel global conglomerate with lots of money Answer The processes of film production has significantly changed since the 1920s with huge impacts on how films designed and consumed. One change is the move away from cinema releases to modern day streaming platforms. A key example of this change is how Snow White was re- released multiple times for audiences to see in cinema after it's initial release. This allowed it to generate huge amounts of revenu...

dove revision

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 Historically, Dove has represented women in their adverts as very glamorous and conventionally attractive with a very feminine look. They are often show bathing but wearing lipstick, eye shadow and nail polish. In 2002 Dove rebranded and did research and found that most women do not describe themselves as beautiful and 68% think they are average and believe that media creates unrealistic beauty standards that makes women feel worse about themselves. With this data Dove created the campaign called 'Real Beauty' by using normal people in their advertising to highlight the problems with hyper reality that them moved towards the 'evolution' campaign to show the world that they are being lied to by the beauty industry. Final thoughts Dove challenges beauty standards that are created and blown out of proportion by the beauty industry. The 'good mother' stereotype Over many years , the media has constructed a societal stereotype of the mother as a woman who cooks, cle...

Knowledge organiser for LFTVD's

 What is LFTVD long form television dramas narrative based Extended storylines across episodes and seasons complex characters that develop over time High production values Often distributed via streaming platforms both Lupin and Stranger Things designed for binge-watching appealing to both national and international audiences

Trial exam feedback

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LFTVD trial Q3  What was good The Lupin section was good Real world links good details from the shows  strong ideas what needs to improve Always link back to the question -what does social context mean? -Historical? Where is the media language? Introducing a theorist You are applying the theorist to the academic text- they are not using the theory Signaling context Give yourself credit when you discuss context Consider an explicit sentence starter to cue the examiner to your context Politically Stranger Things reflects the election and the MAGA campaign from Donald Trump during 2016 Lupin represents the colonial melancholia of France throughout the first episode with the prejudice from traditional French people towards the immigrants and minority groups. Karen wheeler is shot in a cut to a low angle of her in a doorway positioning her in a position of power over the main characters. The establishing ariel shot of the Louvre  A tracking shot of Lupin walking through the Ba...

Shelter campaign

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- Bold red writing to drive people towards the poster - Sad and worried looking faces to make you feel sorry  - Highlights how many are on the verge of homelessness - Trying to stop the stereotype that homeless people did it to themselves -Mix of genders and ethnicities non of them reflect the stereotype of a homeless person. - Same style different scenario- highlights the different ways people can have housing problems - Close up camera shot- allow us to see the  serious expressions and vulnerability. Likely to feel sympathetic to those that seem real - Text position- The writing over their face ' written on their face'. The emotive nature of the blunt language highlights the difficult predicament. - Structure-smaller white font emotive declarative followed by a short promise 'We can help' reassuring - Dual message- ad for those in need to get them to search for support, but also to raise awareness to the public.