1. Year 12(13) Research Investigations
Place all tasks in a lever arch folder with 10 dividers
Create and print a powerpoint for each investigation (place in relevant
section in folder)
Research investigations What you need to do? Start Date
Genre Investigation What is genre? 8th May 2012
What genre theorists can you find?
What genre theories link to the horror
genre?
Narrative investigation What is narrative? 10th May 2012
What narrative theorists can you find?
What narrative theories link to the horror
genre?
Representation investigation What is representation? 14th May 2012
What representation theorists can you find?
What representation theories link to the
horror genre?
Audience Investigation What is an audience? 17th May 2012
What audience theorists can you find?
What audience theories link to the horror
genre?
Media Language investigation Choose 3 horror trailers 21st May 2012
Analyse the following (use screenshots)
Cinematography
Sound
Mise-en-scene
Editing
Research and planning What is research and planning? 22nd May 2012
investigation What research and planning stages are
needed to make a Horror film?
Real media texts investigation What are real media texts? 24th May 2012
Analyse 3 horror film trailers (use screen
shots)
What are the conventions of a horror
trailer? What theories link to the trailer?
Digital technology What is digital technology? 28th May 2012
investigation What digital technology do you need to
create a Horror film?
Creativity investigation What is creativity? 31st May 2012
What ‘creative’ features are used in Horror
trailers?
Post-Production Investigation What is post-production? 31st May 2012
What post-production stages do you need to
create a Horror film?
Deadline 12th June 2012