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 Originally made in France, which is why it is called 'Les Revenants' 26 November 2012 on Canal+ United Kingdom 9 June 2013 on Channel 4 2 series, 8 episodes each Based on the French film They Came Back ( Les Revenants , dir. Robin Campillo 2004) Created by Fabrice Gobert Presented as a horror through the effects included and the storyline - Dead people coming back, murderer being returned. The effect of the town going from lightness to darkness. Can appeal to a drama target audience through the quotes included from reviews saying 'the best drama of the year' from the Sunday times. Mogwai are a rock band which follow an indie genre which will link with The Returned's genre and come from Glasgow, they make lyric free music and use music to create an effect. Often referred too as dull or creepy due to the lack of lyrics to make a song enjoyable for people so easier to have an effect. As its one single band means the producers don't have to spend a lot purchasing

THE RETURNED Based on French film of 'they came back' - created by Fabrice Gobert Season 1 = France 26th November 2012 on Canal plus, UK 9th June 2013 on channel 4. 8 episodes Season 2 = France 28th September 2015 on Canal plus, UK 16th October 2015 on More4, US 31st October 2015 on Sundance TV, 8 episodes Won and international Emmy for best drama series in 2013 Has elements of supernatural horror text.  Wikipedia classifies it as 'supernatural drama' IMDb classifies it as drama/fantasy/horror Rotten tomatoes classifies it as Mystery/suspense It is possibly closest to a zombie text because of its focus on the undead Guardian describes it as zombie series like no other R ecurring situations Attacked/cornered/chased by zombies or other creatures. returning from dead, judgement day, flesh eating, survivors collect up and save the day. Small group counter difficult decisions. killed one by one.  E lements of Narrative People chased by zombies and including people trying to

 Target Audience for Black Mirror The target audience for San Junipero is older audiences in San Junipero due to 1980s and 1990s and 2000 who will understand relevant references in the episode. Black Mirror as a whole is targeted at 20-30 maybe at a stretch 40s as it is located on the streaming site of Netflix. Would be more aimed at women who will stereotypically binge watch shows. Male audience due to sci-fi genre  The episode of San Junipero is aimed at women and lesbian couple with a mostly white demographic, and the employment of the episode would be people over 18 and working as you need to pay for it in order to watch stuff.  Audience of women are targeted through main characters in the story being women. Black mirror as a whole attracts to men through the cover image being darker and the whole content being sci fi. However it was released on Netflix meaning it will be more aimed at employed people due to the costs of Netflix.  Reception Theory - Stuart Hall - Producers encode (

 Explore how social and historical context influences representations in television shows Refer to Black Mirror in your response (15 marks) Social and historical context influences representations in television shows through how the representation of sexuality in black mirror. This is because the two main characters in San Junipero are Kelley and Yorkie who both engage in a lesbian relationship with each other and their relationship is presented throughout the episode. they subvert the social and historical context of it not being the normality or socially accepted in the time period of the 1980's, an era of which San Junipero aims at, to be gay. This means that Charlie Brooker when deciding the plot of San Junipero would of used those contexts to build the representations of both the characters and the overall storyline. Sexuality is also important in social context as the episode was released around the same time that Donald Trump was elected as US president, and he was known

 Intertextuality  The link to the lost boys who had a specific tagline which is the narration of what san Junipero stands for where people party all night and never get any older after dying in the real world. Shows the baudrillard links of the lack of difference between simulation and real life. This intertextuality is in place of San Junipero to present the stages of the lives of people that live there. Max Headroom and cocktail are also other references to show the link to the time period that they represent.  Emphasis on style over substance In San Junipero it is clear yorkie is different to other people based on the her appearance and uses her style to portray her persoanlity