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AS Media Studies Adam Scholz

Evaluation Q5

By Unknown - April 21, 2017

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Differences Between Mainstream and Independent Films

By Unknown - February 01, 2017

Independent and Mainstream films have differences between them. Independent films will make you think and ask questions . They also aim more for critical success over commercial success (want to make a good film instead of make money). This means that some independent films could potentially have better plots, story lines and character developments than some of the highest grossing films of all time, but because the films rarely make it to multiplex cinemas (such as Odeon and Cineworld), and their marketing campaigns are not as strong , not enough people are made aware of it. Independent films also have very few 'famous' actors in . An example of this is American Honey. With the exception of Shia LaBeouf , every actor ( according to imdb.com ) was making their film debut in this film. Independent films can also have unusual subject matters . An example of this is Mascots. You only need to watch the film's trailer to see what I mean when I say "unusual subject m

Chosen FIlm Genre

By Unknown - March 08, 2017

Our group's chosen film genre is an Action Rom-Com. We chose this because we all had different ideas of what we wanted to do and were unable to agree. In the end, we were torn between the idea of either an Action Film or a Romantic Comedy. To satisfy everyone, we subsequently combined the two into an Action Romantic Comedy. Something that was made apparent was that there aren't that many films of this genre that had any real success, other than Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005). After reading up more about this film, we decided to make our film around the storyline of this film.