What have I studied so far for my case studies?

• The interactive websites for each of the three films. They are as follows: "The Holiday": http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/theholiday/, "Bridesmaids": http://www.bridesmaidsthemovie.co.uk/, and "Vicky Christina Barcelona": http://www.vickycristina-movie.com/.
• I also viewed the IMDB pages for each of my films in order to find facts, figures and statistics about my films. This has given me a background knowledge of the films I have been studying, and a first idea of the type of institution behind each of the films. (For example, I can see what the budgets and profits were for the films, and compare them to eachother.)
• I have read an online article about how Twitter saved Bridesmaids.
• I have read an artcile in Media Magazine all about Bridesmaids. It discusses features such as the narrative; how the film challenges audience expectations; how it challenges stereotypes of woman, and how woman are representde as very animalistic and masculine at certain points in the film. It also goes on to discuss how the film may be seen as cliched and predictable by many.
• I have looked at the social networking pages for each of my films, and disucessed why social networking is very important.
• With more rare forms of broadcast media, I have looked at a Podcast review for Bridesmaids.
• I have watched all of my films to give me a good background knowledge.

What do I still need to do to continue to research my case studies?

• Watch the DVD of Vicky Christina Barcelona again to familarise myself with it.
• Find some interesting facts about Vicky Christina Barcelona and The Holiday such as the twitter one about Bridesmaids. I need lots of intersting information like this to make my case study interesting.
• Look at the individual marketing techniques for each of my films in more detail. Look at the marketing on each of the platforms: print, emedia and broadcast. Why are the links to each of the platforms important? Why are there aspects of my case studies present in each of the platforms? How is this beneficial to the producer/institution?
• For each: why does the institution need to access the audience through new ways? How do they achieve this?
• What is the representation of woman in each of my three films?
• Need to make sure I would be able to write a brief outline of each of my media case studies.
• How do they aim to appeal to more than one audience/demographic?
• Look at past exam questions on the AQA websites (plus mark schemes for help) and make sure, for every essay that has come up in the past, I would have information to answer the question in lots of detail.