AICE Media Studies 2024-25

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 My teacher gave us a new assignment meant as practice for section B of a question that will be on our AICE Media Studies exam. It consists of 2 questions that the examinee must choose between (The highlighted question is the one I chose to answer): " Explain the importance of cross media synergies in the media area you have studied.   OR New technologies have made audiences more complex and unpredictable. How far do you agree with this statement?"   Cross media synergies are pivotal to the promotion and success of movies. Before they even release a movie, companies, such as Sony, have to ensure a certain level of success with their product in order to make profit. Sony was a small company like any other in 1946, when they were known as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Group in Japan. Since then, they acquired Tristar Pictures (a production company) and Columbia Pictures (a distribution company) to form the Sony Pictures Motion Group. Adding such groups allowed them t...

When creating our title sequence, the group wanted to make sure that the aspects of it aligned with the theme/premise of the movie and would fit in well. This is why we chose the simplistic, thin font for the actors names and the title of the movie. It worked well and we believed it added to the clinical and sort of sterileness that could be found inside a therapist's office.  The title itself is colored red as it is meant to demonstrate the possible danger in the protagonist and hints towards the main conflict of the movie, the "gaps" in her memories. This makes her an unreliable source and makes the audience warry of whatever she says/does. The title itself, "Mind the Gaps," is representative of the plot and weird glitches that are demonstrated within the movie. In terms of the production company, we made it up using parts of each others' names and distributor was just a silly nickname that a friend of ours made up for me.  The presentation of the text, ho...