Q2: Why are media products that represent outsiders, such as vampire films, so popular? You may also refer to other media products to support your answer. To begin with, with both The Twilight and Let the right one in outsiders don't fit in with these type of people and if someone who doesn't feel fit in feels excluded. This is due to Let the right one in being a foreign film us as British English viewers don't have the understanding of the specific language they are speaking in this very fact enables us to feel excluded and drives us to concentrate on the subtitles itself. There are diverse stereotypes for people that don't fit in one of which the theorist perkins spoke about justifying how these stereotypes are infact a positive outlook. This creates an audience appeal and hence why vampire films are possibly so popular. This also ties in the fact that famous actors such as Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson who are huge artists in the film industry feature in these type of films encourage the audience to watch the films. In addition, as the Twilight was book based it already has a huge fan base which creating word-of-mouth entices more people to watch the film. The outsider character in the vampire genre has been so much so popular in recent years, so due to this producers remake them due to there being a less of a risk than something completely new. Producers capitalise on an already popular and profitable genres and representations. This links to Marxist ideas of exploiting audience for profit. 

Other media products that tie in nicely with these 2 media films are firstly DR. Who from the BBC which has been running successfully for nearly more than 10 years this creates a sense of escapism for the audience which is from Users and Gratification theory Kats and blumer's. Moreover, there is a sense of personal identity where these type of fans or audience's see themselves related on the screen. Another media product is Spiderman which has a weak yet powerful appeal to the audience as it's: unknown, mysterious, different and cool. Which is why these type of films encourage younger to older broader audience's to watch these types of films which make media products that are represented as outsiders even more popular. Outsider characters can sometimes offer more alternative representations of men, women or youth. The media is guilty of stereotyping many groups, so audiences enjoy media products that offer alternative representations. However they can also reinforce stereotypes and demonise particular groups by focusing so much on

problems, defining groups negatively by their social problems.

1) How many of the examiner's points did you manage to cover in your answers?


For the first question, I analysed both of the media products, I understood the concept in the perspective on the narrative enigma. Moreover, I included forms which are the media language, narrative, representations a bit of institution, audience and values. 
2) How many examples did you provide in your answers that did not come from classwork and What will you do between now and the exam in June to ensure you have a wide variety of examples to refer to in questions two and three?
I used various of answers that didn't come from classwork as it was either films I viewed at home or my own knowledge I used with least usage of classwork answers. Between now and the exam in June I want to ensure to research A2 key terminology so I get used to the fact that I need to use this consistently. And remain up to date with with all of the theories, I will therefore make notes and posters at home so I'm aware of the representation theories, audience theories etc. Moreover, I want to do past papers and look at the mark scheme afterwards so I am able to understand how to answer these type of style questions. Therefore, doing so I'll be able to link with a variety of wider context when referring it to other media products. 

For the second question, I evaluated it using media issues and theories. However, I didn't manage to provide enough debates to provide a solid evaluation. I did support my answer with 1 media product, (Harry Potter) however to get higher marks I should have added a range of examples from other relevant media products. 
For the third question it was my weakest as I didn't support the answers and use a range of examples from other relevant media products.