Preliminary Task CCR Questions
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Preliminary Task 2 Q1 by Brianna HodderQuestion Two:
Preliminary Task 2 Q2 by Brianna HodderQuestion Three:
Preliminary Task 2 CCR Q3 by Brianna HodderQuestion Four:
Synergy and Cross-Media Convergence
"Synergy and Cross-Media-Convergence are vital processes in the successful marketing of media products to audiences." To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your chosen media area? Several media institutions use synergy and cross-media convergence to market their films successfully and introduce them into different markets. The Big Five media conglomerates - Walt Disney Studios, Universal, Warner Bros., Sony/Columbia and 20th Century Fox - have the advantage of owning different studios in both horizontal and vertical integration that allows them to effectively engage audiences and promote their films with the use of cross-media convergence and synergy. Disney has the advantage of owning a large number of acquisitions that they now have the highest percentage of studio market share. In 2018, Disney held the top three spots for films with the highest grossing films domestically, with Black Panther coming in first at $700 million. In addition to this, on...
Hi Brianna
ReplyDeleteOverall Score: 17/20
Some great critical reflection points you've made mention of here. For Q1, make sure to talk specifically about conventions / codes of thrillers in gereneral - you can even reference other movies as examples, showing a wide range of things like shadows, the Time of day you shot it - did you shoot in the night like a lot of thriller movies that use the darkness as a convention or did you challenge that and shoot in the daytime? Concealment of villain, using a vulnerable character - narrative and technical conventions and codes.
Q2 , you don't really answer the question about how you would distribute your film as a real media text. You need to show some understanding of the distribution process and talk about what you would do, here.