Q1b pointers

Remember, this question asks you to consider either your Foundation [AS] or Advanced [A2] production, focussing on one from MANGeR:

MEDIA LANGUAGE
AUDIENCE
NARRATIVE
GeNRE
REPRESENTATION

I'll tighten this up shortly, but some questions/points to address as you begin planning for this:
1: most fundamental of all: you're writing for someone who has not seen your productions, so must be clear, detailed and specific with denotation: - in many of the initial attempts at analysing representation you have often described the outcome, or intended effect (pref'd reading), of scenes/choices without providing any detail or denotation
2: start off with a brief summary of your production:
AS or A2?
WHICH BRIEF? [WHAT WAS YOUR TASK]
GENRE/S
BASIC NARRATIVE SYNOPSIS + KEY CHARs
Some examples drawn from your work:

• a period drama set in WW2, featuring the female protagonist receiving a letter from a uniformed soldier informing her of her lover's death
• a rom-com showing a young office worker rushing to get out for work, and tripping himself up just as he spots what will be the love interest
• a slasher featuring two friends making the deadly mistake of taking a shortcut through some woods, where one disappears, leaving his friend to try and make it back to safety
• a horror movie inspired by The Ring in which our protagonist is seen confused and panicked, running out of a building; he appears to hallucinate an ominous female character

3: Consider which theories are relevant in this context
4: Have you followed or challenged conventions? (probably a bit of both)
5: Linked to 4, do cite comparable existing texts
6: Use of terminology is vital, not least semiotics (including specific shot/angle type denotation)
7: A central question across all 5 topics is how well you've anchored your preferred reading, and to what extent (purposefully or otherwise) your text is polysemic - do discuss the flaws of your production too!
8: Audience feedback can be worth discussing
9: Discuss some changes that might have improved the text, and helped anchor the preferred reading (you could consider the commutation test here)

10: Have you used intertextuality to construct meaning? Is this (and the knowledge required) tied to your target audience?

11: BBFC age ratings might be relevant

12: Consider the limiting conditions you worked under:
untrained cast (presumably), which may have problematised accents + script complexity, + re-take/re-shoot options, + emoting for CUs
micro-budget = limits on make-up, SFX?
equipment: what could you have changed with a camera riser/crane/steadicam, lighting rigs, boom mike [for AS] etc?

13: How did technology influence and shape your outcomes?
14: The roles of central pro/antagonist are critical: what sort of representation are we being encouraged to empathise with, and which to look on with hostility? Might we see any of these roles swapped in different media, or for a different audience?

15: If representation, by all means focus on one issue, but its not expected or necessary that you do so.
16: To what extent were your representations shaped by lack of resources? A common example being the mostly all-Caucasian casts.