ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Netflix and Genre //

 

Starter Tasks

What does Netflix know?:

Netflix knows personal information such as bank details, names, age and family members. Alongside this, Netflix is also able to know when you pause, stop and start watching programs in order to show similar programs (targeting you in ways that are personal to you).

Stranger Things - Case Study

The Story of Stranger Things:

• The story begins in 1983, in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.
•  Like Steven Hawkins who was very interested in universes and alternate universe
• We meet a group of kids: Mike (leader, middle-class, spoiled), Dustin (geeky, hasn't fully grown up), Lucas (black, sporty, argumentized relationship with Dustin) and will (sensitive, outsider, lower-class).
• Demogorgon = Donald trump, Will (Gay, quiet, lower-class) and then Barb (Doesn't fit women's stereotypes). The outsiders are taken.
• Will Byers goes missing while riding his bike home.
• In search of Will, his friends discover a mysterious girl - First time talking to girls and before, now there is a bit of tension in their friend group.
• The girl has a buzzed haircut and is known only by Eleven. - Not gender stereotyped and very dehumanised. 
• Judith Butler - intrigued by gender (different from sex)
• When people don't fit the norms of attraction/gender you can have gender trouble (Eleven/Will) 
• You learn it and present it yourself. (Boys like blue and football etc)
• Gender is a socially learned idea that describes you as a girl or boy. Strange occurrences start taking place in Hawkins. (The government is making these things happen and ruining peoples lives by listening through phones etc. Links to trump.)
• The police begin a search for Will lead by Chief Jim Hopper. (Police interact badly with the government. They are good guys.)
• Joyce, Will's mother, becomes desperate to find her son. (The actress is from the 80's so she will be perfect for the role)
• We learn about a secret government lab conducting experiments.
• Will's brother, Jonathan, tries to uncover the truth about Will's disappearance. (He is similar to his brother and helps to find him. He is skilled in photography ad seen as a outsider. He uses this to try help find his brother.)