stranger things

 Costume: The four boys were wearing casual 1980s clothes. This suggests to the audience that it was a causal day for them and nothing unusual was happening. However, it contrasts to the opening scene of the scientists wearing a white lab coat. The scientists white lab coat may convey the beginning of the strange things that will occur. 

Lighting: In the opening scene, the light was flickering a lot which could suggests the dangers that was about to happen. We see this flickering of the light again when Mikes dad tries getting the tv to work, and in the end when Will was being chased. Therefore as the audience we might predict that the light will play a significant role through out the series. Also, there were many times where we couldn't see much (e.g. when Will was being chased) the use of darkness creates suspense and it wants the audience to watch more to find out what was happening. 

Setting:  The setting of the opening scene was in a government labatory, the idea of starting a series in a government labatory may suggest that something abnormal and confidential was taking place. Later on, we see a basement where the four boys are playing a board game. This may foreshadow the danger that occurred with Will. This is because a basement has connotations of scary, dark and frightening. As Will is on his way home in a bike, he enters a forest which once again forebodes danger. 

      

Props: One prop that was used was the board game, which