The document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of real media products and which theories it incorporates. It portrays a psychological thriller film trailer where a character has everything in life but lives in fear of losing it all due to mental health issues. It challenges Propp's theory by making the female the hero and male the princess, switching gender roles to show how mental health can affect both sexes. It also challenges stereotypes by portraying male emotions of weakness normally seen as female. The goal is to show that mental health can affect anyone regardless of gender, relationship status, or other attributes.

1. A2 Media Evaluation –
Question 1

2. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?

3. For Stereotype theory. I have again challenged the
conventions by giving a different aspect on actors
and characters. I’m giving my target audience the
view from the other side for a change. I am showing
that male characters can portray emotions of
weakness, vulnerability, unitability just as much as
woman can. By moving away from the idea of a
female and her emotions I am also slightly removing
the ‘stereotypical’ view of females that female aren’t
‘sex objects’ nor ‘objects for men’. Male emotions are
some-what casted aside within the media industry of
film because a stereotypical image has been set upon
males that they should follow the stereotyped image
of portraying confidence, stability and dominance. No
male wants to be a ‘female’ but they see the view
that if they show emotions openly or accidently, they
are in fear of being seen a ‘female’ not a ‘male’.
Which theories have you incorporated? (Propp’s Theory? Feminist Theory?
Stereotype Theory?)
Theories I have incorporated are Propp’s theory and
stereotype Theory. For Propp’s theory I have
challenged the conventions by creating shadows of
my own rules to follow but keeping it similar to
Propp’s theory. I have decided to make my female
character, ‘The Hero’ and making my male character
‘The Princess’. I have switched these gender roles
around because I want to indicate that mental
health can affect males just as much as females.
Within my trailer my male character and the main
protagonist will be seen as the character that needs
to be saved and will portray weakness,
vulnerability, unitability. Whereas my female
character will be seen as the character who is the
saver and will portray confidence, strength and
fearlessness.

4. My genre, psychological thriller film trailer portrays that an
individual can have everything they want in life, from their
perspective, they have the perfect job, perfect home life,
financial secure and been stable and healthy for 10 years or
more. But always present is the element of fear that they
could lose everything in a split second and be left with
nothing apart of themselves. Anyone can become unstable
as mental health is a difficult battle to experience and
mental fight every day, but finding your trigger and
learning to deal with them slowly and effectively is all part
of the recovery process. Mental health doesn’t pause, stop
or delay. An individual suffering with mental health issues
can relapse and lose control at any-time, any-place and in
their life.
Why did you decide to challenge or follow particularly these
conventions? (Provide justified reasoning)
I have challenged Propp’s theory and
Stereotype theory because I want to show
my audience that no matter who you are,
whether you’re female or male, single,
married, divorced, poor, rich, gay, straight,
bisexual, Mental Health can affect anyone
at any time of their life. As well as it can
resurface easily after 5 years, 10 years or
even 20 years just by one event, meeting, a
person or even an object. Seeing
something or someone can cause relapse
in an individual and set them backs days,
weeks, months or even years. Mental
Health is always present within a sufferer’s
mind,