Media Update on Films

1.  Analyse the trailer (Done for 3 films)

2.  Analyse the website (Haven't started this yet)

3.  Analyse a fan site (Also haven't started this yet)

4.  Find a few twitter comments about it (Found some but haven't memorised them)

5. read a few articles from different websites about it. (Done this for all 3 films)

6.  Find out how much it cost to make (Done)

7.  Find out what awards it won. (Read it somewhere but I can't remember it well)

8.  Find out if there are any additional things being sold like posters/other merchandise. (Searched for merchandise on Google for each film)

9.  Know who was producing it and what else they had produced.  The same for directing. (Haven't done this yet)

10.  Find out about the marketing campaign and how they did it (Done this for 2 films)

11.  Look at what fans were saying about the film, perhaps watch some interviews with the cast and director. (Done this for all 3 films)

12.  Find out what impact winning awards had on the film and its' box office takings. (Haven't done this yet)

13.  Think of theories to apply to the film and what sorts of questions they would be good to use in. (Haven't done this yet)

14.  Look at old mark schemes and see what sorts of things they are looking for and what the questions were. (Read a small amount but not got around to reading it all)

15.  Practice answering questions and think about what I felt I should have known but didn't and how I could find out that information.  (Done a small amount of these)