Traditions, interests and societal institutions & expectations, attidutes norms, beliefs & laws...
Significant events that occurred...
The financial and economic circumstances in society...
The political climate, events, leaders and views held...
Views and values held by society and the media producers...
The ways modern audiences may read the film due to additional context...
REMINDER: We can look at context in terms of the film's production (how context shaped the narrative and construction) as well as in terms of the audience (an audiences comes with their own context: knowledge, experiences and society)
Consider CONTEXT at the time of:
Production
Distribution
When the audience receives the product (1984... 2024...)