Esther's Media studies blog

 The tralier expertly targets a mainstream audience by presenting a misleading representation of an experimental TV show.  Buying merchandise allows audiences to become active uses of a media product, and allows them to communicate their own of the show to other cult audience members.  The first episode first scene is always very important in a show. Its the hook, makes people either continue watching it or turn it off. How is this scene for a cult audience?  What makes Les Revenants a cult show? Les revenants deliberatly targets and constucts a niche and cult audience  Cold opening - pre credits Intense opening music alongside low-key lighting presents how dismal the show is Not relatable, intimidating Not an easy light watch Extreme long shot of the bus falling of the edge of the cliff, we don't see any action  Atypical approach Slow paced mystery Metaphorical, images of the framed butterfly The symbolic action of the butterfly is to inform the audience a...

 Soundtrack Band: Mogwai Genre: Rock, indie rock (post rock) Why are they important: They were the band that recorded the soundtrack for Les Revenants What potential audiences do they appeal to: appealing to a niche audience  Thy were specially hired to record for Les Revenants  No vocals - just instrumental band This band have a big cult following  Mogwai are a Glaswegian alternative rock band with a huge cult audience following around the world People who like that band are more likely to watch the show  Helps target a preexisting audience  The style of music fits the mood of the show It introduces mogwai to new audiences so benefits them (this is an example of media synergy) Trailer advertising the DVD release in Australia  How is Les Revenants marketed to an international audience? Newspaper reviews, recommendations from British newspapers   Flickering lights, ghosts - conventions of the horror genre English text direct mode of address...

 Controversial themes: death, sex Les Revenants is about the interrelationship between sex and death  Inevitability about grief, misery, losing a love one Highly unconventional horror show but it is a conventional drama and mystery show Many hegemonically attractive characters Family aspect will attract a wider audience  losing a loved one becuase it happens to everyone More realistic show than humans Binary opposition and drama between many characters  This show was pertly funded by a french alp tourist board Theories: Livingstone and lunt: What regulatory factors potentially affect les revenants? Violence, girl gets stabbed in the tunnel late at night. Its a very detailed attach quite graphic Sex, there is only one scene at the end of the episode but the characters are underage Stuart Hall: In what ways can audience receive les revenants?  Preferred negotiated, and oppositional readings The preferred reading would be when people enjoy the mystery genre and the...

'In the 21st century, it is essential for TV shows to offer their audience multiple meanings' evaluate this claim with reference to Les Revenants.  Plan: Polysemy - multiple meanings some context about the show  26th November 2012 on Canal+ (first aired) UK released on 9th June 2013 on Channel 4 2 series, 8 episodes  Based on the French film (they came back) 2004 created by Fancice Gobert  Niche audience not a mass target but there are many different characters in the show wich will apeal to a wider audeince   The TV show Les Revenants presennts multiple meaning to the audince as there are many scenes in the first episode that create many polysemic interpretations Les Revenants presents the audience with a complicated and hard to decode set of ideologies highly uncommercial themes and ideologies Reception theory, audiences can negotiate Roland barths semeotics - completley based of hermenutic codes Julie and Victor scene and the bus stop - media language an...

'In the 21st century, it is essential for TV shows to offer their audience multiple meanings' evaluate this claim with reference to Les Revenants.   The inevitability of death  Les Revenants is a highly uncommercial show due to its themes and ideologies  Les Revenants presents the audience with a complicated and hard to decode set of ideologies There are a range of different characters in the show which makes it appeal to a wider audience because people will relate to some of the characters. Camilie - will appeal to teenage girls Clarie - might appeal to middle age middle class women like her Julie - might appeal to women who might identify with her or men Simon - potentially appeals to young gay man or women  Simon and Lena go home scene: 34:00-38:00 How does this scene create multiple meanings for different audiences? In what ways are men and women represented in this scene? Walking to Adele's house: Echos through the underground bypass Shadows and low key lig...

 Key context facts about Les Revenants: 26th November 2012 on Canal+ (first aired) UK released on 9th June 2013 on Channel 4 2 series, 8 episodes  Based on the French film (they came back) 2004 created by Fancice Gobert  Les Revenants is a show completely based on Hermenutic codes. Classical Hollywood narrative - the narrative of every media product should be understood by everyone who choses to watch it.  Key Terms: Negotiation - The process where an audience decides which ideologies they accept and reject / the process of give and take between audience and producer Intertexuality - Where a media product or text makes reference to another media product or text Polysemy/polysemic - where a media product holds many different meanings. Different audiences may therefore come up with many different interpretations of the text.  Ideology - A system of believes and values of the producer. Every media product has an ideology. Hegomony  - The influence of p...

 Les Revenants is a unconventional TV drama  Hermenutic code at the beggining "What the hell is happening" Questions we ask ourselves: Who is the little boy? How has she come back to life? Why do people come back to life? How are the sisters connected? Who is the murderer? Who are the boys parents? Les Revenants is a narrative which is completely reliant on a series of on a series of hermenutic codes. Not a show for a mass audience. Niche audience. 18+. Its very mysterious and violent which might put some people off.  Classical Hollywood narrative: invisible narrative. Every problem is solved in teh course of the narrative, and every mystery is made clear to the audience. 'Overly obvious narrative'  Atypical narratives allows for a cult audience to actiley engage with the show. Audiences can recieve and negotiate Les Revenants in a variety of different ways  Themes: Death guilt how people have moved on with their lives since the people have deid how death effect...