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CRAIL Lupin C - Represents the rise of the far-right in France (La Penne) and the harsh treatment of immigrants and foreigners within the country. R - Represents immigrants to be mistreated by white upper-classes (the Pellegrini's) but subverts stereotypes with Assane's character.  A - Audience consists of teenagers and adults who are likely to follow stereotypes that they see in society allowing them to be subverted within the show to get their attention through Assane's character,  international due to audience options. I - Lupin is produced by Gaumont Television, a French production company, and became the most watched foreign language show on Netflix, preceding Squid Games. L - Choices include Assane walking to the impoverished estate with steel barbed fences to represent a low income and mistreated area within France. Stranger Things C - Created in 2016 during the period where Trump came to power, set in 80s during the Reagan administration which mirrored the ideas of ...

Netflix and Stranger Things Industry Netflix 2025 • Communicating that Netflix is for all audiences with a variety of genres, juxtaposing shows (Squid Game to Love is blind). • Netflix putting focus onto Netflix Originals, show exclusivity to target audiences, and allows them to control distribution of shows. • Netflix coming up with new ideas to keep the platform 'fresh' with revamp of shows such as Happy Gilmore 2. Pricing • Netflix is facing increased competition due to other streaming companies such as Disney+, Amazon Prime and Paramount+.  • Netflix have recently changed their payment plans, introducing 'standard with ads' from £5.99 per month, 'standard' from £12.99 per month, and 'premium' from £18.99 per month. • New plan targets different demographics. • Netflix strict on password sharing to get around paying for another plan, hurts their sales. Production and Distribution • Produced by 21 Laps • Original Netflix series, so paid for them and dis...

Big Issue: The Return • The Big Issue will typically talk about economic topics • It is sold by people who are homeless, and gives them a 'hand up', not a hand out • The house style on the Big Issue varies little between front covers • Often talks about sensational, celebrity news • Politically minded, talks about social issues too • Challenges anyone wo potentially opposes what they stand for and who they stand for • Targets those who are financially and socially excluded • Typically available on the streets, some available instore • Launched to support those who are or were homeless (no fixed abode) • Strong main images Front cover talks about economic topics, in this case 'loan-sharks', which are people that put others at a disadvantage financially (The people that are targeted by TBI.) Representation of those that are excluded financially, showing that BI cares about these people and praises those that try and help them by tackling financial issues. This links to th...

News Lesson Question 3 will be a question on how contexts impact production/distribution/circulation and consumption in the newspaper industry using examples from the two case studies. Contexts Macro - The ownership of UK newspapers is considered to be an oligopoly, due to the fact that three companies (DMGT, Reach PLC, News Corporation) own 80% of the UK newspaper market. The job of the press is to be the fourth estate, meaning that it must hold powerful institutions including politicians to account; they must reflect what is going on behind closed doors. The Leveson inquiry occurred as a result of the phone hacking scandal and investigated the practices of the British press. Economic - The newspaper industry is in decline, and faces increase competition from online news and how to monetise it in a digital age. Print revenues are falling and internet platforms monopolise the profits from online advertising. They have had to invest and adapt to compete with changing expectations of aud...

LFTVD Trial Exam Preparation – Q3 Audiences 1. Teens, people who grew up in the 80s to allow ST to provide a sense of nostalgia. Use of hybrid-genre, relating to Neale's theory of repetition. Targets younger generation. 2. Lupin has an audience of French adults through its nature of the crime/mystery genre, which is popular with this age group. It was released during the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home due to lockdown, meaning that the show had a wider audience than anticipated. The show will be more appealing to those who are young and more socially conscious. It appeals more to French nationals due to the fact that Omar Sy was casted to plan the main role, Assane Diop, who is from Senegal which used to be a colony of France. The audience of the show is international due to the fact that dubs and subtitles are offered to fit the language of the region it is being played in. 3. Stranger Things offers intertextual references to Suburbian/Spielbergian America and 80s classic...

q4 question 1 - 12 minutes question 2 - 20 minutes question 3 - 12 minutes question 4 - 12 minutes theorists curran + seaton - power and media industries we live in a cultural capitalist society - this effects how media industries are owned and run. fewer people own large chunks of media industries - what we see, read and hear lack other opinions. the theorists argue that the internet does not challenge this as nationalism and state censorship. livingstone + lunt - regulation regulation is a set of rules. different media is regulated by different bodies, such as the bbfc regulating films and pegi regulating games. regulating should be in public interest - protects audience from harmful and dangerous influences adults should be offered choice, regulators need to find a balance between protection and choice technological convergence and online media has made regulation incredibly hard. it is easy to bypass age restrictions. ofcom and tv regulators cannot regulate streaming services. regu...