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Social Contexts of Stranger Things In which country is the drama set?   USA, Indiana, Hawkins In which country is the drama made?  America  What is the social identity of the people in the drama?    Suburban American families, Small town and White middle class (mainly) Who makes the drama?  The Duffer brothers, 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre, Netflix Are they a small independent organisation or a large multi-national / global conglomerate?   They are a small independent organisation, consisting of the two Duffer brothers. Netflix and 21 Laps entertainment Monkey Massacre are both large global organisations. Netflix is available in most countries (except: China, North Korea , Syria and Crimea. How is the social identity of the country of production reflected in the drama?   The social identity of the country is shown through the use of the obvious classes between people (e.g. The Wheeler's vs...

Stranger things: Character description Joyce Byers Joyce is a major character, she is Will Byers mum who reports her son missing to Jim Hopper She conforms to the single parent stereotype, as she has to work long ours to support her family, as well as her eldest son having to work, to also help pay for things. Erratic, wants to find will, doesn't sleep, works hard She is Will's mum and reports him missing. She is constantly looking for him and doesn't stop until she finds him. Jim Hopper Jim is a major character, as he is the sheriff of the town. He is in charge of the missing persons case (Will Byers). He conforms to the stereotype of the male gender.. lazy, negative, not emotional however, on the other hand he is the stereotype of a sheriff and initiates a search party for Will. Lazy, Does not look after himself, alone, want to find will, messy He is the sheriff in charge of Wills missing person case and has to use all methods to find him (t...

The Cold War   It started in 1945 just after WW2 ended and lasted for about 45 years. During WW2, tensions between the USA and the USSR were growing as Stalin and Truman worked with Churchill to defeat the Nazi's, and then decide how they were going to deal with the defeated Germany at the Potsdam conference. This didn't go well though as the USA and USSR disagreed on how Germany should be dealt with, due to the fact that The USA was Capitalist and the USSR was Communist. Because of this and other reasons, such as Truman hiding the fact that America had developed an Atomic bomb from Stalin, tensions were great between the two nations. When Germany was finally agreed to be split between 4 zones, one for France, Britain, the USA and the USSR, the Soviets tried to make their zone communist, whilst the other allies said that this was wrong and thought it should be Capitalist/democratic. This meant that the Soviets faced a lot of opposition from their former allies, and as th...

Stranger things Both films have a scene where the kids are on a bike Both films include aliens Stranger things: Age analysis In the first clip of stranger things, the representation of age is shown through camera shots to show the stereotype of adults. A low angled shot was used where the adult (mum) was on the top of the stair and the children were at the bottom of them. The viewer was looking up at the adult with the children to the child's perspective. This shot was used to symbolize the authority and power of the adult. Over the shoulder shots were also used to show the child in between the adults (His mother and his father), this also shows the adults dominance over the children. The boy tries to ask his dad something but he tells him to 'listen to his mother' The mother/adults are also being responsible, as they send the kids home when it gets too late. In the second clip we watched the adults were represented differen...