Callum S Media studies - long road blog

 Binary Opposites Past vs Present Living vs dead Old Relationships vs new relationships Serge vs Simon vs Adele M Costa vs Mrs Costa Immortality vs Self-Sacrifice vs The Horde vs Illusion vs reality  Honesty vs Lying The 'truth' vs False Camille vs Lena Julie vs Death vs Living I think that in episode 1 it kind of misses the first stage of an equilibrium. This is because it transitions from  the start of the bus journey and I think the main disruption is the dead people coming back. I think the disruption is the dead people returning and recognition is that they are really back. Maybe then there isn't a solution, maybe changing things like clothes and stuff or old things they used to own but the new equilibrium is getting used to and adjusting to them being back and trying to restore some normality. 

THE RETURNED (LES REVENANTS) Representation Women are represented in very conventional ways (emotional/caring) - Julie who was caring for Mr Costa Men are more rational and less emotion - almost patronising women Female characters sexualised - Lena having sex with boyfriend, Lucy acts as sex worker (men used women Men are seen as leaders (man leading bereavement, men coming up with memorials, doctors, priests - position as power Stereotypical no men emotion - follow that (Victor) - also aggression Mr Costa/Simon Adults more responsible - Claire caring for Camille and parents setting up memorials and act as clever Adults loose tempers/rational actions - Mr Costa Teenagers - focus on sex, drinking, rule breaking Supernatural genre of normal innocent representation of children is represented as ominous Lack of diversity (white characters- rural French setting) Dead people act like normal people when they come back BLACK MIRROR  Media Language Huge amount and use of music to set the time p

No set gender or age due to wide range of characters involved Relate to theme of loss and grief Relate to younger people due to having social media accounts Fans of supernatural genre (zombie) - some were unhappy about how amount of fear was limited C or above socio economic group due to how complex the narrative is and others may not be able to understand it 15 and above due to time of when shown - more adult audience Worldwide audience. In French yet subtitles and different audios can be added People may not like due to stereotypes and lack of diversity Primary target audience - 15+, fans of supernatural, mainstream Cross-gender appeal - male audiences identify with Simon, Female may identify with Camille/Adele Explores may enjoy vicarious thrill of the genre C4 audience is traditionally ABC1 - may also be attracted by the highbrow kudos of the bubtilted text. Be seemed to be smarter if reading subtitles Secondary Audience - more alternative/niche audience - younger fans/students - i

 How the mise en scene are established in the genre Lighting - starts of dark and at night Normal everyday clothing. Hair colour is the same between Lena and Camille to present them as twins still Setting of a cell shows how alone Simon is since he has returned to life.  Body language of characters is repeated in the episode - emotions and tears represented to show fear in the people who have returned to find out they are dead and people alive don't know how to support them/tell them Setting and lighting is commonly darker or in more isolated locations Positioning and facial expressions of victor grow fear to the audience