Research Questions # 1-2

 Question #1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Our movie opening conforms to many thriller tropes, like mystery and suspense. In the beginning, the viewers are presented with a typical high school environment where there is cheer and basketball practice which is realistic and ordinary.  Then the tone is altered as the main character is depicted rushing and packing drugs. This puts a strain and the audience begins to ask questions. We also break stereotypes to some extent since cheerleaders and athletes are typically portrayed in certyain manner, yet in our opening they are engaged in something secretive, which is unexpected by the audience.

Podcast Script for Question 1: 

Host: First question then, how do your film make use of or break the rules of the genre?

Myself: In our movie, the opening is made in the way of a thriller such as mystery and suspense. It begins in a normal high school scenario where there is cheer and basketball practice which is not new to the audience. Then the tone shifts when the main character is depicted to be in a hurry and stuffing drugs. This shift creates tension. We also break the stereotypes as cheerleaders and athletes are commonly presented in stereotypical manner but in our opening they are engaged in something more mysterious.

Question #2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

We do not describe it all immediately, and this leaves the viewers wondering what is happening. The last line, Are you ready" also leaves the audience with questions. Had it been an actual film, it would most likely be streamed on such websites as Netflix or Hulu due to their availability to a large portion of younger audiences. It might also be advertised on the social media using trailers and clips.

Podcast Script for Question 2: 

Host: Wow!! im already hooked in, but how would your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

Myself: What our film does is to create curiosity to the audience. We do not tell everything at all, and viewers desire to know what is going on. The last line, Are you ready? makes the audience ask questions. The full movie, it would most likely be released on other streaming services, such as Netflix or Hulu, and marketed through social media by showing trailers and clips to appeal to younger viewers.