freaks and geeks
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- Created on: 12-11-12 12:23
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- Freaks and Geeks
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- Costume: what they are wearing sows weather or not there a freak or a geek
- An establishing shot is used in the opening credits to set the scene and to introduce the characters.
- Dialogue: it is dialogue driven as it's mainly talking that is used rather than action
- Sit com- Every time it does a bong sound it indicates where you should laugh
- Music is used such as rock to separate the charactors moods
- Organisations
- Aired at late time due to swearing and violence included etc
- Representation
- Older people: Over dramatic and unhelpful-negative representation
- Men: Media representation of being negative and dominant-violent. But also alternative-vicctums as Sam is being bullied
- Woman: Lindsay is a positive/alternative representation of woman because shes the protagonistas; she steps in to help sam and eli but also herself.
- Kim alternative- seen as lead role and negative as she bullies sam.
- Lindsay mum shows a caring fussy mother
- Youth: dominant/negative drinking. positive e.g. the last dance scene
- ideology: its ok to be different and stand up for yourself, school isnt what it seems.men and woman are equal and young people are mostly good alternative representation
- Audience
- Demographics
- 15-25, both genders white British , working class
- Psychographics
- Its OK to be differenet
- Demographics
- Narrative
- Narrative Plot
- Settings:: School fits in genre- comedy,trapped, self containted-iconic settings. Geeks feel trapped inside school e.g. when school finds them.
- Story lines:: (Mainplots, subplots,piolet epissodes) Audience positioned with the geeks, parrallel plots - going dance and bullying, starts and ends in one episode. piolet episode- 18episodes
- Charactors:
- Villains and minor characters: Freaks-Bully's and Sams friends,minor bullies and other students e.g. Sam being pinned against locker
- Ensamble cast: (Lindsay)-protagonist finding her own path way, confused,tomboy,lost
- Groups of people different personalities 2 Groups freaks and geeks-where camera moves below sports stand
- Narrative Plot
- Genre
- Breaks conventions: Main character isn't a man , it doesn't have a montage, and it doesn't use any famous people this is to make it seem more realistic
- Sit com- comedy fighting
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