ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Stranger Things //

In the first scene:

-Dungeons and dragons 1983 edition.

-Coke seen in the background of this scene this is product placement.

-Lego (synergy)

-Bring Lego fans and stranger things fans together.

What are Basement influencers? Influencers who invited to the basement to stream games.

Stranger Things Merchandise 

Funko Pops

Clothing

Games

Posters

Context for Stranger Things (1980's):

• Cold War was happening at the time between Russia and America.
• The space race was occurring
• Apollo missions
• Consumption of goods i.e. bikes, games and toys
• No mobile phones, no technological revolution
• Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher
• Fear of the unknown i.e. spies and technology
• Young audiences.

The Industry

There are 8 episodes.

Directed by the Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross)

Released 15th July 2016

Was only released on Netflix and you could download it

It was a summer release

About the Duffer Brothers and ST:

They began making films using a Hi8 camera, continuing the graduate in 2007 in Media, Arts and Film.

After a series of projects and short films that the brothers had worked on, the post-apocalyptic script of 'Hidden' had been obtained by Warner Brothers in 2011. The script for Shang-Chi was sent in 2011 however, it released in 2015.

Originally, Stranger Things was intended to be a movie.

The Brothers were also exceptionally fascinated by the experiments in the Cold War.

" We wanted the supernatural element to be grounded in science in some way"

Product and Distribution

• Ranked the most popular digital series in the US 
• Netflix original pays to make things Netflix originals.
• Stranger thing was made by 21 laps - biggest hit is night at the museum.

Hidden vs Stranger Things:

- Horror Genre

- Monsters.

- Children/families.

- Use of silence and sound bridges.

- Bunker = basement.

- Bunker is underground = the upside down.

- Unseen monster.

- Dark threatening colours.

- Hiding from the monsters.

- Jump scares.

- Innocence of children.