Year 9 Media Studies

Look at these typical Action Adventure posters that are using all of the conventions of the genre. They are designed to appeal to different target audiences depending on which character appears on the poster. As this is a family film, the target audience varies across genders, age and demographics. Task: You are going to put your own original Action Adventure Film Poster up against a professional poster to evaluate how close your creation is to a real product. Paste them into a landscape Word document. You need to label both the professional poster (you can use one of the images above) and your own with the following: Media Conventions - label all of the elements you would expect to find on a film poster on both the professional poster and you own Action Adventure - label anything that implies the film narrative or genre (look closely at the images and slogan) Media Representation and Audience - using labels, comment on the target audience of the film and your own, ...

You need to answer the following questions in as much detail as possible.  How effective was your research into similar CD covers? (Did you take the research seriously enough? Did you look at a wide range of existing examples?) What did you learn from your research? In what ways did this shape the creation of your CD cover? (Think about images, colour palettes, fonts). What creative decisions did you have to make at the different stages of your CD cover creation? How did your CD cover change as your work progressed? (What worked and didn't work?) How closely does your CD cover follow the forms and conventions of existing CD covers?  Does it look real? (Why or why not?) What are its strengths and weaknesses?

You need to answer the following questions in as much detail as possible. This is a very important part of this project . Add examples from your work. How effective was your research into similar magazines and relevant target audiences? What did you learn from your research into these two areas? In what ways did this shape the creation of your magazine? What creative decisions did you have to make at the different stages of your magazine production? How did your magazine change as your work progressed? How closely does your magazine follow the forms and conventions of existing magazines? Gives examples of real magazines you reference. How successful is your finished magazine? What are its strengths and weaknesses?