how are audiences positioned by the representation of social issues Les Revenants? 


xenophobia- dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. 


religion issues- coming back from the dead (purgatory), France is a heavily catholic country 

themes of immigration- new arrivals to town. 'mass immigration'

teenage sex: sexual awakening and her loss of  virginity 

zombie and refugees: variations on the 'post-human' and the 'non-human' in Robin Campillo's Les Revenants (2004)

criticising the French government through metaphor and allegory


stuart hall 


reflects contemporary issues- immigration, camps and the integration of refugees (e.g. Syrian) into French society 

the return 


acess the study episode of Les Revenants. select a scene tahtw e have not studied in clas. watch it 3 times. write the bame of the scne and your subsequwnc notes in your blog


Access the study episode of Les Revenants. Select a scene that we have not studied in class. Watch it three times. Write the name of the scene and your subsequent notes in your blog.

14.40


i) List the media language (mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography etc) that constructs meaning in the scene

  • starts off with the camera being obstructed by the wall and creeping round 
  • positions the audience as an intruder within the house, anchored by the scary music from the film, building suspense 


ii) Identify the preferred reading and the dominant ideology of the scene (eg. "a deliberately confusing and distressing ideology that positions the audience uncomfortably")

  • the beginning is deliberately suspenseful and stressful as the source of the suspenseful music is not immediately identified. this makes the audience question 


iii) Identify the possible negotiated readings and the oppositional reading - how is the audience being positioned? 

  • the audience is positioned as an intruder within the house 








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