Claude Levi-Strauss (1958)
Claude Levi-Strauss was a structural anthropologist who studied structures within our society. he used the idea of binary opposition to tell stories.
mise en scene elements (stranger things)
Stranger things is set in the 1980s, the way they convey this is through using props like Walkmans, rather than phones, it also uses the appropriate music from the era in order to tell us the year. We are also shown the time through the characters style, which is incredibly reminiscent of the 1980s. the discussion of dungeons and dragons being satanic worship is also another indication of the times as people were more naive and didn't like things they weren't familiar with. these kind of people assist with diegetic effect. the peoples attitudes and clothing being verisimilitude. I can tell that the genre of this show is a thriller as the trailers are very intense and it shows off it's science fiction theme with the upside down being displayed. the upside down is made believable as its very similar to the real Hawkins but with a dark twist which was made on set. the appearance of the upside down indicates danger through use of colour and the costume design of vecna, who lo...
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