This document provides guidance for researching case studies on films. It outlines key areas of research including the director and their other works, the production company and other films they produced, the distributors and other films they distributed, and box office earnings. It also prompts researching the intended audience based on marketing, what attracts that audience, audience expectations of the genre. Critic reviews with quotes are suggested, as well as identifying the genre, genre conventions present in the film, and how conventional the film is within its genre based on trailers and clips. The purpose is to conduct thorough research on multiple aspects of a case study film.

1. Researching the Other Case Studies - Your Case Study:_____________________________________
Institution
Who directedthisfilm? Whatotherfilmshave theydirected?
Who producedthisfilm(i.e paidforit – the productioncompany)?Whatotherfilmshave theyproduced?
Who distributedthisfilminthe UKand US? What otherfilmshave the distributed?
How muchmoneydidthe filmmake andoverwhat time period?(lookatopenweekendfigures,differentcountries
etc)
Audience
Who do youthinkthe targetaudience forthisfilm is? Why?(lookat the marketingcampaign etc)
What isit aboutthis filmthatattracts the target audience?(Content,Stars,Narrativeetc)
What do the audience expecttosee/hear/experience whentheywatchof thisgenre?
What didcriticssay about thisfilm?(give atleasttwoquotes,clearlyreferencedandsummarise whatarange of
people have said)
Genre and Conventions
What isthe genre of this film?
What conventionsof thisgenre are presentinthisfilm? Watchthe trailerand see if youcan finda clipon youtube
to help.
Is thisfilmveryconventionof itsgenre? Explainyouranswerwithexamples(againthinkaboutthe trailerandclips
fromyoutube)
Researching the Other Case Studies - Your Case Study:_____________________________________
Institution
Who directedthisfilm? Whatotherfilmshave theydirected?
Who producedthisfilm(i.e paidforit – the productioncompany)?Whatotherfilmshave theyproduced?
Who distributedthisfilminthe UKand US? What otherfilmshave the distributed?
How muchmoneydidthe filmmake andoverwhat time period?(lookatopenweekendfigures,differentcountries
etc)
Audience
Who do youthinkthe targetaudience forthisfilmis? Why?(lookat the marketingcampaignetc)
What isit aboutthis filmthatattracts the target audience?(Content,Stars,Narrativeetc)
What do the audience expecttosee/hear/experience whentheywatchof thisgenre?
What didcriticssay about thisfilm?(give atleasttwoquotes,clearlyreferencedandsummarise whatarange of
people have said)
Genre and Conventions
What isthe genre of thisfilm?
What conventionsof thisgenre are presentinthisfilm? Watchthe trailerand see if youcan finda clipon youtube
to help.
Is thisfilmveryconventionof itsgenre? Explainyouranswerwithexamples(againthinkaboutthe trailerandclips
fromyoutube)