Where I am with Case Study

Films: Life As We Know It (1)

           The Back-Up Plan (2)

            I Give It A Year (Nothing completed yet)

1.  Analyse the trailer - Yes for films 1 & 2

2.  Analyse the website - Yes for 1, however there is not website for film 2 as the institution did not believe it would be a big hit

3.  Analyse a fan site - Yes for 1 and 2, need to look more into User Generated Content

4.  Find a few twitter comments about it 5. read a few articles from different websites about it.

6.  Find out how much it cost to make - Yes for 1 and 2 ($38,000,000 and $35,000,000)

7.  Find out what awards it won - Not completed for either

8.  Find out if there are any additional things being sold like posters/other merchandise - Started and found some for film 1 but not many for film 2 (change film?)

9.  Know who was producing it and what else they had produced.  The same for directing - Know producers and directors for both but need to look into what else they have produced/directed

10.  Find out about the marketing campaign and how they did it - Looked at posters, social media, Youtube for film 1 and 2

11.  Look at what fans were saying about the film, perhaps watch some interviews with the cast and director - Found reviews for 1 and 2 plus fan sites, need to look at clips of cast and directors

12.  Find out what impact winning awards had on the film and its' box office takings - Need to start this for films

13.  Think of theories to apply to the film and what sorts of questions they would be good to use in - Todorov and Propp would be good for audience questions

14.  Look at old mark schemes and see what sorts of things they are looking for and what the questions were - Had brief look for mock questions but need to look in more detail to work out a structure and find exactly what I need to include for various questions

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 - Answered some questions but need more in-depth knowledge that is specific to questions likely to come up and know exactly what is needed for them so I can 'pin' down the answer.