My films are 1) Bridesmaids, 2) I Give it a year, and 3) Vicky Christina Barcelona
All of the information which I find is put onto a word document as I find this easier. I will then print it off use it to revise once all of my information for every film is on there.
1. Analyse the trailer Done for Bridesmaids and I give it a year but not VCB
2. Analyse the website Done for Bridesmaids and I give it a year but not VCB
3. Analyse a fan site Not done yet but I know which fan sites I am going to use, so I will get this done ASAP.
4. Find a few twitter comments about it I have done this for bridesmaids but not the other two films.
5. read a few articles from different websites about it. Not done for any in depth but will add this to my word document ASAP. I have found an article for Bridemaids which I will look at in more detail about the relationship between the films success and the director's twitter activity.
6. Find out how much it cost to make Done for all
7. Find out what awards it won. Done for Bridemaids not IGIAY or VCB
8. Find out if there are any additional things being sold like posters/other merchandise. I have looked but struggled to find any sites solely dedicated to this, or any official merchandise. The official websites dont clearly advertise merchandise either. I could look at sites like amazon for unofficial merchandise, although this would not then relate to synergy.
9. Know who was producing it and what else they had produced. The same for directing. Done for all.
10. Find out about the marketing campaign and how they did it. I have looked at the marketing techniques for all three films across all platforms, but will do this in more depth.
11. Look at what fans were saying about the film, perhaps watch some interviews with the cast and director. Done.
12. Find out what impact winning awards had on the film and its' box office takings. Not done for any, although have looked at overall profits and box office takings, just not in relation to awards.
13. Think of theories to apply to the film and what sorts of questions they would be good to use in. Not done.
14. Look at old mark schemes and see what sorts of things they are looking for and what the questions were. Yes, I have done this.
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. I have saved numerous past exam questions and made notes on how I might answer them. I need to write some more practise qurestions out in full though, as my answers have been largely based around Bridesmaids and there's been little about the other two films.
Fantastic Sophie. You have got some great points to work on here and you seem to know your areas of weakness. I would say you need to make sure you give each film an equal amount of time, and also that you develop your responses using theory. Feel free to give me practice questions that you have completed.
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