Les Revenants

The show is very French. The way they look and are presented make them conform to French stereotypes.

Les Revenants is in the zombie genre and it is unconventional.

The mise-en-scene of Camille is highly atypical of the zombie genre, as she lacks the mise-en-scene of blood, torn clothing and open wounds. Instead Camille hegemonically associates with the upper middle class stereotypically
Camille's performance is highly atypical. The mise-en-scene of Camille eating a sandwich constructs a highly atypical performance that situates the audience in a confusing mode of address
The mum (Claire)'s reaction is highly atypical, as she does not scream or attempt to defend herself against Camille. Claire instead plays a role of a confident and well-prepared middle aged woman

this confusing mode of address forces the audience to acknowledge that this narrative is highly atypical

by constructing an atypical zombie narrative, Gobert (director) is able to target a niche audience as well as a mainstream audience of preexisting genre fans

the female body is presented as a spectacle
men and women are represented fundamentally in different ways (through media language)

From a French perspective, seeing French actors is not abnormal, but for audiences outside of France it is not common to see French actors.

The audience are patriotic about France and believe it is the best.

Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's nationality, group or ethnicity is the best and the most important

however in doing so, a number of stereotypes are constructed
in doing so, she reflects the ideological beliefs of the producer, and a means of identification for the audience

this is constructed through the bland, skin pink clothing that casually flatters her

while Claire is not overtly sexualised, she is clearly hegemonically attractive in order to create a spectacle for the assumed heterosexual male audience
she also functions as a point of identification for the female, middle class and middle aged target audience, as well as for aspiring audiences

Camille's stereotypically middle class performance demonstrates a repressed mode of address, that suggests that certain people must react in a certain way

by performing in such a strict and withheld manner, the producer also suggests that Claire is the product of a strict, stereotypically middle class upbringing
Claire's performance is repressed and subtle, and reinforces the hegemonic assumption that the middle classes must be poised, well spoken and respectable

Camille conforms to a very special representation of teenage girls not caring and being unphased by the world around them

this is reflected in her unwillingness to draw attention to the bizarre situation she's been in

Camille is represented as other, different, strange and creepy. Her complete inability to see that anything is wrong creates an alarming and confusing mode of address for the target audience

she cluelessly stumbles back home through a stereotypically middle class environment of well maintained hedges and pristine roads by confidently walking down the middle of the road
Camille's social status means she faces no disequilibrium and her experience is markedly different to the working class barmaid who is stabbed to death in an underpass

"derien connard" translates to 'whatever motherf***er"
intertextual relay from other media products we assume that Lena is wanting the action through her flirtatiousness
Lena walks him home in the middle of the night - suggestive?
Lena is highly wreckless
Gender conformivity theory
Lena is being pushy
Lena doesn't die

James H Media Studies