Stranger Things & The Killing

 The mark scheme

Level 4 comprehensive response- Show knowledge of the source and the context

Level 3 Adequate response

Level 2 Minimal response

Level 1 No response

For the January exam we will be asked a 30 mark question on elements of theoretical framework plus context, 

1. What was the first episode of stranger things called?- the Vanishing of will byers

2. Who wrote it?- the Duffer brothers

3. What was the release date?- august 15th

4. Which film company distributed it?- 21 laps Netflix

5. Which ear was it set in?- the 1980s

6. Can you name any historical events which are represented in Stranger Things?- The red scare

How characters are represented 

Joyce Bryce- Shown as a matriarch, Slightly unhinged and unreliable, Overprotective mother stereotype, Van Zoonens theory as she is viewed by the male characters as quite untrustworthy 

Dustin Henderson- A loveable innocent friend with a heart of gold and insanely loyal, his lack of front teeth are played laughs and make him seem more vulnerable and younger. The key example of a person in the buddy comedy genre 

Mike Wheeler- The main protagonist who is shown to be quite prone to anger compared to the rest of his friends, whilst also being loyal and caring about everyone including Eleven, clearly given some level of struggling in his character to make him more appealing. also shown to be a love interest early on for eleven.

Jim Hopper- shown to have a deeply traumatizing past as we first see him surrounded by alcohol bottles and clearly hungover, he starts off as a pretty carless officer. Shown to be the only character with a level of authority as the chief of police. Stuart halls theory of representation applies here as there is a large juxtaposition to his role and his personality.

DR Martin Brenner- We only see him for a few scenes in the first episode but from what we are shown with media language , music and appearances he is supposed to be the shows primary antagonist. Eleven is shown to have a connection to him referring to him as Papa and being more comfortable with him, however as he is the villain and Eleven is running from him it seems that the relationship is not an actual caring one.

Nancy Wheeler

Eleven

Will Byers

Lucas Sinclair

Steve Harrington

Johnathan Byers

Stranger Things S1 EP1

-Sci-fi elements with lab lights flickering

-From the horror setting to a suburban home 

-Cuts to the boys playing dungeons and dragons

-From the reactions of the boys you can tell their power dynamic in their friendship

-Father shown to be a quite carless person not showing his son and attention

The Demogorgon, it got me is a reference to later in the show

-The bikes they ride are a clear reference to E.T

-The lack of imagery of the beast chasing Will adds to the fear of the unknown

-The lack of any authority figures in Will's house shows a sense of loneliness and fear of abandonment

-Creature is clearly supernatural as its control over electrical appliances are shown and its ability top disappear and reappear wherever it pleases

-Cut to Hopper surrounded by beer passed out on the couch light a cigarettes' on his balcony, he is clearly loosing hair and has an undesirable physique, showing him as carless and untrustworthy

-Links to the idea that adults are untrustworthy

-We see the Byers household where it is shown to be hectic with both adults working long shifts and neither knowing where Will is

-When the boys are at school we see that they are bullied for their differences, where Dustin is mocked for his lack of teeth and Lucas is racially abused

-Elements of the romance genre with Nancy and Steve

-Steve is shown to be quite carless and laid back and not caring about whatever Nancy says

-Hopper arrives at the police station and is shown to be completely carless and would rather joke on with all the other cops

-Joyce comes in hysterical after not knowing where Will is for a few hours

-First look at DR Brenner and we enter into the lab and see the growth. Intertextual referenced to ghostbusters and more elements of the Sci-fi genre 

-Distrust of the government

-Eleven is shown to be nervous, deprived and vulnerable as well as somewhat feral with her face being covered in dirt 

-She is mistaken for a boy by Benny , who is originally shown to be quite aggressive however quickly changes when he sees how in need she is

-The boys seem to have a good relationship with their teacher as he shows of AV equipment, further showing their Buddy comedy ties

-Hopper is shown to be quite aggressive to begin with 

-Flashback to an interaction between Joyce and Will showing us there strong bond

-Many intertextual references top horror movies and horror characters

-Benny feeds Eleven and begi9n asking her questions, making him seem more of a caring individual

-First element of Eleven's powers are shown where she stops a fan, more supernatural elements and further dividing her from the norms of a female in shows

-They find Will's bike in the middle of the woods before we cut to several people in a room listening to phone conversations, showing that the government is on to them and attempting to cover something up

Return to News

•  10 national news papers ( the guardian, the telegraph, the independent, the times, the sun, the mirror, the star, the daily mail, metro, the express)
• 1. Who owns them- 
• 2. What is there ownership model-
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.

Mini-quiz

1. Express, The daily mail

2. The Sun, The Sunday times, The Times

3. Centre right

4. Mirror, star, express

5. Because the newspaper does not make a profit

6. The Daily Mail

7. We're backing Britain

8. The heart of Britain

Your media exam will be on January 4th 2022 and will cover 4 news questions

over the next few weeks, we will tell you what you need to revise to give you the best opportunity to do well in exams 

News paper 1 section A- 45 marks

1. discuss the representations and use of media language from two sources (website, front page) using a named theory (Bell Hooks, Gilroy, Hall) with analysis (10)

must revise all theorist which will apply

2. Will ask you to analyse the two unseen front covers or webpages on the exam paper and answer a question on media language or representation. However you should discuss all CRAIL elements here. (contexts, representation, audiences, institutions, and language) (15)

3. A question on how context impact on production/distribution/circulation and consumption in the newspaper industry using example from your two case studies. (10)

4. A question on a named theory using examples from your case studies- online print (10) No analysis

Name of the website	Genre	Conventions	Daily/monthly readership
The Guardian	Broadsheet	-Lots of print and stories -Mostly hard news -Asks for donations -Updated live -Some Tabloidization - Linked with social medias  -1 or 2 soft news stories -Shirkys modern audience theory
The Daily Mail	Mid-Market	- Playing a video to begin with -Snappy emotive headline -Links to social medias to target younger audiences    -Some hard news with primarily soft, celebrity news news stories -Tabloidization of hard news stories -Political drama
The Daily Express	Mid-Market	_hard political stories to begin with -Perhaps 2-3 soft news stories in a broadsheet form -Reader interactions
The Times	Broadsheet	-Instant paywall -Recommended smartphone access -blend of sport, politics and celebrity news recommended -More classically broadsheet less in your face with stories -

  

How to answer question 3

Macro	The News industry is ran as an oligopoly, meaning only 3 institutions hold 80% of the newspaper industry The news industry became known as the 4th estate, and the job of the press hold powerful positions. This has lead to politicians and the press gathering a close relationship as it can become mutually beneficial for the press to have a conservatives government in charge, and the government having the paper portray politicians as good people
Economic	The print industry is in decline currently. This is because digital news bests them in everyway as it is faster, more easily found, cheaper or even free and more interactive than papers This has lead to the Mail and the Guardian having quite successful websites, with the Mail having 35 million online viewers a month with around 70% of an international audience whilst the Guardian has 36 million viewers Economically they have had to invest in order to adapt to compete with online media, and for the first time has recorded a profit, at the expense of hundreds of editorial jobs
Political	The press is considered the fourth estate of society Politically, we live in a capitalist democratic society with a free market- this is why it is possible for an oligopoly was able to occur. which is dominated by right wing press currently. This is also why these systems need to be regulated as well as free press.
Regulatory	After the phone hacking scandal it was revealed that the Sun were hacking a missing girls phone to get stories. This lead to the two regulatory body of IPSO and IMPRESS which have both proven rather ineffective Post Leveson inquire, IPSO is funded by the papers themselves and upholds the editors codes of conduct, however is quite toothless with little actual power and rather ineffective in enforcing rules IMPRESS is the only state backed regulator but has no one signed up for it The Guardian refused to sign up for IPSO and instead became self regulated by the Scotts trust.
Cultural/ Historical	British cultural tradition Since the 1990s the industry has been migrating online in historic shift Audiences prefer online media and their are increased expectations of entertainment and acceptance of marketing and self promotion with 24 hour news brand are struggling to compete however, absorbing the newspapers are part of our cultural life Ownership concentrated in a few hands mean newspapers support one-dimension view of British culture
Social	The way audiences consume interact, and pay for news papers  News reflects what is happening society and reflects current social concerns Levels of trust in news brands are rising in the era of fake news and they are seen as sources of reliable information and informed opinion

 

just 3 companies own 80% of the newspaper market. An oligopoly

NB-the guardian only makes up 10% of this share

Explain how cultural contexts influence the way that newspapers are consumed. Refer to the guardian and daily mail news papers in you answers

Why are newspapers important in Britain, why do people choose certain news brands to receive their news?

• The shift in the way we receive news
• Both the mail and the guardian are well established

Intro

• Macro comments, 
• the newspapers are part of there culture, 
• the UK media is controlled, 
• showing statistics of media decline

Section 1

• outline the key differences between the two newspapers and contrasts for example, the daily mails organizational structure with Viscounte Rothermere at the head whilst the guardian is ran through a not for profit trust with 100% of proceeds going back into keeping the paper running. Also take about the reason for the two papers existance4 such as daily mail being designed for profit as well as to spread the businesses ideologies, where as the guardian is for acting as a foil for the pother paper covering more hard news with a more liberal approach to it. include theoriest in this section such as Gerbners cultivation theory.

Section 2

• start with cultural differences between the two
• mention of historical context in the papers examples before shifting to modern media
• mention of readers ideologies through the stories shown

To conclude

• shows the big differences in how more efficient online media is for current audiences