Representations in LFTVD's are more diverse than ever to help attract the highest amount of viewers possible - Q3 walkthrough

 -consider the different representations of characters in LFTVD

-Analyse how media representation is used to represent characters in positive/ negative light

- refer to relevant academic ideas and arguments in your analysis

-Make judgement and draw conclusions about how far you agree with statement

-introduction

to what extent you agree/disagree

What you are going to write about

mention Lupin+ stranger things

outline what representation is, mention hall

-point 1: context

theorist: Gilroy - post colonial melancholia- However Gilroy theory based in Britain and Lupin in France

ML: establishing shots of Paris landmarks, when Lupin is in urban area of paris

-point 2:representation

Theorist: Bell Hooks feminist theory

Lupin- focus on Assane's race and Senegalese past less of focus on female characters

Stranger things- 

ML- Clothes of 'gang' members in suburban areas

close up shot of Mrs. Pellegrini's mistrust of Babaka contrasts with Babaka's wide shot

Stranger things- lack of intersectionality characters only separated by gender

-point 3:audience

Theorist:

ML:

Lupin has a international audience (auto dubbing) on-going

Stranger things- Almost every character is a representation

-point 4:industry

Theorist:

ML:

Netflix originals

Lupin filmed like a Hollywood film to feel more traditional to international audiences

Stranger things- use of genre in Stranger Things 

-counter

-conclusion

Representations in LFTVD's attracts a wide audience to their shows by being highly diverse. I agree this is important to portray and subvert stereotypes. Gilroy states that there has been an African diaspora created by the slave trade that caused a transatlantic culture that is African, American, Caribbean and British. Britain has failed to mourn its loss of empire, creating ‘postcolonial melancholia’, an attachment to an airbrushed version of British colonial history. Lupin and Stranger things use this theory to show the change and reluctance to change in different 

Bell hooks says that characters are separated and created by different factors such as gender, race, class and sexuality instead of being focused on representations. In Lupin this is highlighted through the close up shot of Mrs Pellegrini paired with Babaka's wide shot to show her fear and mistrust of Babaka in the scene and highlight the difference between the two characters. This is also shown through the 'gang' characters that are shown to separated by class and is a stark difference from the louvre only a few scenes before. Whereas stranger things 

In conclusion I believe that Representations are more diverse than ever to attract the most amount of viewers. This is evident through things like Lupin being filmed in a way that feels more like a Hollywood film to enable international audiences to connect with it more easily, as well as there being auto dubbing on the show so that audiences from other countries aren't blocked by a language barrier. Stranger things also creates characters as representations to  make them be more easily understood as well as using a lack of intersectionality by only separating characters by gender so that a wider group can connect and project onto the characters.