Thursday 6 February 2020
d83 representation
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D83
Deutschland 83 (D83)
Walter presents is the producer
Sundance in america
RTL germany
Comparing non-English speaking drama to English speaking drama
Season 1 episode 1 = quantum jump
Anna and jorg winger writters
aired in October 2015 in the us .Released in uk on channel 4 in January 2016. Aired in November 2015 Germany
sponcerd by Lexus = expensive car
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Knowledge of Cold War
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Ability to understand and willingness to read subtitles = ABC1 AUDIENCE
GENRES AND THEMES
Cold War spy thriller
Action
Romance
War and conflict
= Hybrid of coming of age and spy thriller
Steve Neil = genre code means that things are required to make show that genre for example explosion = action
Effects
Split screen ,contrsas Intertextuality
Evil empire speech ,1983 is first thing shown shows from an East German point of view
ting lives =Levi Strauss( binary opposites) “over the wall , undercover”
Barths action code language
identify with protagonist and naive young adult 80s vibe and being chased = stranger things
80s
Frankie goes to Hollywood two tribes mocks Cold War as split by the Berlin Wall
Ronald Raegan = president
Audience is both young due to young protagonist and the 80 references snd Cold War knoledge
The protagonist
Moritz stamm = spy socialist East people sharing everyone equal however feel controlled and may not get what you feel like you deserve
Martin raunch = soldier West communist
CHARACTERS
MARITN EAST 24
MORITS WEST
Audience
Medium/ high production value drama e.g finding 1980s props and costume and special effects
Significant marketing eg posters and trailer
Berlin film festival premiere
Globally distributed
Critical sucessful not least for fashion and soundtrack
70s/80s nostalgia
Comercial sucesos
hightest rated subtitle drama
East German vocalist ideology almost seen as aspirational
East German LIKE CUBA
GAUNTLETT D83 oscillates between diversity and ending at times a singular straightforward east / west diversity
1980s soundtrack = synergy
Spotify playlist for each episode
Nostalgia is key appeil
Period drama positions with soundtrack
TODOROV
EQURALIBRIUM = HIS NOEMAL DAY JOB SEEING MUM
PROBLEM = GETS RECRUTED INTO WEST
stranger things
STRANGER THINGS
WHO PRODUCED
21 LAPS ENTERTAINMENT =SEAN LEVI is owner of 21 laps and director
DUFFER BROTHERS CREATED AND WRITTEN
Season 1 had budget of 6 million
main Crew and cast mad 20,000
David harper ,fin wolf-heart millie, bobby brown
Origin series made by matt roster
Season 1 is eight episodes
1 season was filmed beginning 2016
Filmed in atlanta Georgia , jackson (hawkins)
Filming took 6 months filmed 7 days a week
15th July 2016 release date completely exclusive to Netflix, the whole season( immersive viewing) came out on this date globally
Used 4k medium camera to suit netflix
Lenses used to give 80s look
Distribution
Netflix
Released in VHS to keep the 80s style
94 percent on rotten tomatoes on first 30 days of release
18-49 target audience due to older audience remembering
Box set on amazon
130 countries netflix with subtitles
Spin off = lego + nike , tee shirts hoodies to target both age groups
Fans make clothes arts and others
Stranger things fan pages
NETFLIX 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS 2017 NOW AT 167 MILLION
AVAILABLE IN 190 COUNTRIES
50 million in usa
Founded in 1997 as a mail order dvd service
10 years after making billionth dvd
Breaking bad was the first big netflix original
Non of the content used to belong to netflix = no guarantee they could keep forever
So they made their own programs
House of cards was the first in 2013 showed they could attract top names
By 2016 netflix made 126 original programs and films
147 awards
Plan on live tv e.g concerts and sports
Audience
Who they are
How they are targeted
Why they get pleasure from it
Fandoms
Monopoly
Beetles walking with stranger things characters
Birthday cards
merchaindise
Lego
Nike
soundtrack
the fans of a particular person, team, fictional series, etc. regarded collectively as a community or subculture What does DVR and VOD allow viewers?
- Allows viewers to watch on demand by streaming or download
What is ‘our future’ for watching TV?
- tv will slowly die out due to its inability to watch on demand streaming services such as Netflix will take over
Which company has been the most disruptive to the traditional TV model?
- Netflix
Is Netflix a perfect substitute for traditional TV?
Cable subscribers are not switching to netflix as they have shows and series that they enjoy on tv that they cannot get on a streaming service such as netflix
Why do audiences have fewer reasons to be tied to their cable box or TV?
You have fewer reasons to be tied to the cable box as most tv providers are now providing a streaming service
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