Les Revenants

• Created by Fabrice Gobert.
• Based on 2004 French film They came back.
• 1st series debuted on 26th November 2012.
• Came out on the channel Canal +.
• 1st series have 8 episodes that are 1hr long.
• In 2013 this won an award for best drama series.
• Came out in uk on 9th June 2013 on channel 4.

GENRE.

• Genre made up of conventions.
• Supernatural- people coming back from the dead.
• Gothic- Mr Costa burns his house down/ madness.
• Mystery- Why is Camille walking through the mountains after dying?
• Drama- Family drama and feuds.
• Audience gratification.
• Audience negotiation.
• Textual poaching.
• Zombie- People coming back to life/ atypical for zombies.
• Horror- antagonist isn't human/ atypical as nothing appears scary.
• Avant-garde- Experimental, breaks rules and is challenging.
• French- Redhead characters/actors.
• Cult- A group of fans that are highly dedicated to the culture, very passionate fanbase.

why GENRE exists?

• Allows audience to identify what they are going to watch before they watch it.
• Producers need to know what conventions to include in a film.

To what extent is Les Revenants typical of it genre?

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