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HACH OCR A Level Media Studies TV Drama Stranger Things
HACH OCR A Level Media Studies TV Drama Stranger Things
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1
How could you define long form television drama?
soap operas
mini-series
one-off television dramas
TV drama that unfolds over multiple episodes
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What is key to Netflix's strategy for marketing Stranger Things?
ability to connect with fans
LFTVD's style and form
intertextuality
engagement with audience
3
What is responsible for the success of Stranger Things?
telling a story over 8 episodes rather than one film
satisfying advertisers with continuous narrative hooks
the demands of traditional cable
the narrative pacing of its events
4
When was Season 1, Episode 1 of Stranger Things?
July 2013
July 2016
January 2016
October 2000
5
What do you call the appropriation by fans of media texts or characters by eg memes?
egg poaching
stealing
copyright infringement
textual poaching
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How is Stranger Things connected to The Goonies?
Actor Sean Astin is Bob Newby in ST & Mikey in The Goonies
There is no connection
Both are directed by The Duffer Brothers
Both directed by Steven Spielberg
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Why might ST make references to Steven Spielberg's ET (1982) and The Goonies (1985)?
to connect to the science fiction genre
because we like watching the same old thing
because the directors didn't have any new ideas
to provide familiarity and a starting point for the audience
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How does the use of a monster reflect the genre?
it establishes a romcom genre
It is playful, a teen movie but also scifi and horror
it doesn't
It provides familiarity with the scifi/horror genre
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What do you call Henry Jenkins' concept of fans actively sharing content?
synergy
spreadable media
media sandwich
semiotics
10
What factors propelled Stranger Things to success?
fast-paced storytelling
connecting with fans and online audiences
using nostalgia as a narrative device and visual style
Combination of genres - teen show, sci-fi and horror
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What marketing methods were used to market Stranger Things?
an interactive virtual realist 360 video of the basement set
dedicated Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts
a four-hour live stream on the Twitch app
the first 8 minutes used as a spoiler on YouTube
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How does Episode 1 of Stranger Things defy the traditional horror narrative?
There is a simple linear narrative
Will's disappearance introduces the community
The narrative is delayed by cross-cutting with Hawkins Lab
It also establishes a crime drama context
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What is a characteristic of long-form TV drama?
a simple linear narrative
food for thought
time-lapse scenes introducing a range of storylines
A range of narrative enigmas to draw the audience in
14
Who is the marketing of Stranger Things aimed at?
young audiences who were not interested in online content
parents and grandparents who were alive in the 1980s
young online audiences and film fans and digital natives
older audiences who watched 1980s films in the 1980s
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What intertextual references were made during ST?
fantasy game Dungeons and Dragons
shots and characters similar to The Goonies (1985)
Stephen King novels
camera pan down from the sky as in E.T. (1982)
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Who wrote and directed Stranger Things?
Steven Spielberg
Stephen King
The Duffer Brothers
Netflix
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What do you call a complex storytelling form with a main storyline with interwoven subplots?
fragmented narrative
narrative theory
circular narrative
flexi-narrative
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What does the 1980s setting establish?
a sense of nostalgia for both older and younger audiences
a classic horror setting
really bad fashion and hairsyles
lack of digital technology
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Give an example of a way the Duffer Brothers play with narrative devices.
there is use of narrative enigma
In a flashback, Joyce gives Will with Poltergeist tickets.
There is a reference to Poltergeist, a 1982 Spielberg horror
Narrative devices are used
20
What does Steve Neale say establishes genre codes & conventions in marketing & other products?
scifi
interesting play
interhouse replay
intertextual relay
21
What so you call it when a media text makes references to other texts such as past films?
fandom
semiotics
intertextuality
symbolism
22
How was Stranger Things released?
on DVD
streamed as a Netflix original series
on Amazon Prime
in cinemas
23
What do you call watching multiple episodes of a TV programme in rapid succession?
addiction
proliferation
an epidemic
binge watching
24
What would a flexi-narrative include?
central characters whose motives develop with them
a main storyline with interwoven subplots
a simple linear narrative
a combination of complex characters, creating tension
25
What is an example of intertextual relay in Stranger Things?
the posters copy other films
Posters invoke memories of a Star Wars film poster
Eleven uses The Force
there is a relay race in the first episode
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How did Netflix add status to Stranger Things?
by putting a lot of money into it
by casting stars Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine
by using fairly unknown actors
by copying other dramas
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What are the
four
areas of the theoretical framework?
media industries and media audiences
media language and media representations
media language, representations, industries and audiences
media synergy, convergence, symbolism and semiotics
