CRR Preplanning

 Hi blog! 

CCR. These three acronym that traumatized me last year. I seriously struggled with my CCR is AS level for a multitude of reasons, but thankfully this year it is an essay instead of a video (thank you Cambridge I appreciate you). Now to ensure I write up a nice critical reflection (i guess i can call it CR), we are going to start prep NOW, by making sure I know what it is, what is requires of me, and how I will execute it. Thankfully I have a goated media studies teacher that gave us all of the information a couple of months back, so no stress on figuring out what the CR is, and also thankfully I took lots of notes. Heres an image:

CRITICAL REFLECTION AICE MEDIA STUDIES A LEVEL

Ok so basically: 

- 1000 words 
- An evaluative essay that is guided by four compulsory questions: ↓
1. How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions?
2. How do your products engage with the audience?
3. How did elements of production work together to create a sense of "branding"?
4. How do your products represent social groups or issues? 

HOW TO WRITE:

• Intro: Short and straight to the point. My thesis should be focused on a an overall theme/idea shown throughout the entire peace 
  
• Body paragraphs (addressing questions): The questions can be addressed in any order (yay), I may also address more than one question at a time BUT i still have to address all 4 questions and make sure it comes together into one cohesive essay,

WHAT THE 4 QUESTIONS MEAN:
1. How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions?
I should include
-Specific production samples and how I reviewed them
-Specific techniques I researched
-Genre and important conventions
-Specific examples of how research impacted my production choices.

What I would write:
- Discuss the films I researched 
- Include techniques from videos I found online
- Discuss how our genre (coming of age) was super important for our film 

2. How do your products engage with the audience?
I should include:
-Description of our target audience
-Specific ways your three components (media, print, socials) engage your audience (or not)

What I would write:
- our target audience is teens and YA and our film was specifically created to be relatable to almost every teen  
- How our specific design choices engage our target audience (ex: the set design, social media)

3. How did elements of production work together to create a sense of "branding"?
I should:
-Describe the brand I wish to develop
-Discuss how to how/ how not all three components develop your brand 

What I would write:
- Our very cohesive social media 
- The postcard

4. How do your products represent social groups or issues? 
I should:
- Provide specific examples of representation incorporated into the production 
-  Consider if my project successfully develops our representation goals

What I would write:
- Representation: teenagers 


PS: This outline is written more in a format that i understand more easily. This will allow me to fully understand my task, and start brainstorming more complete ideas of what I want my response to be!