question 1 and 2 of evaluation

1. In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.
Mine and my partners media product both challenges and supports stereotypes of students in our represntation. in the film we portray two different types of studenst. i represent the Lazy unbothered version of students that procrasinate everything and my media partner lucy represents the always studious type of student. we portrayed two different types so that the target audience can relate to one. We then challenge the stereotype of student life and exams being easy by delving into the dream world created by my characters subconscious where she and the audience meet the hatter who is the personification of exam stress. the scene where the hatter chases my character represents that exams and the stress that they cause is unavoidable and inascapable.

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? - compare it to research, briefly mention Alice in wonderland then focus on Van Helsing, multiple remakes to look at.


While myself and my partner both researched A|lice in wonderland and were both influenced by it we also had different individual influences that come across in different ways. My partners influences are more obviously shown in the film itself while mine are shown in the poster and poster research. my biggest influence was the Van Helsing films, more specifically the one in 2004.


Van Helsing was originally a character in a horror novel Dracula that was published in 1897. since its publishing the novel has spawned multiple different films, video games, bored games and spin-offs for both Dracula and van Helsing. Both Van Helsing and Dracula have starred in multiple films together over time as well as having their own films and different film adaptations. Here are some in no particular order.

1. Van Helsing (2004) - $300,257,475 worldwide, had an estimated budget of $160,000,000
2.  Dracula (1958) - Box office unknown, though it had an estimated budget of £81,000
3. Van Helsing the vampire hunter (2012) - unknown box office, had a budget of 
4. Dracula (1958)
5. The brides of Dracula ( one of the first hammer horror Dracula films in the 1970's)
6. The legend of the golden vampires (another hammer horror Dracula film)
7. Bram stokers Dracula (1992)
8. Dracula 2000 (2000)
9. Van Helsing Vampire Hunter (2012)
10. Nosferato (1922)
11. Dracula (1931)
12. Dracula's Daughter (1936)
13. Count Dracula (1970)
14. Hrabe Drakula (1971)
15. Nadja (1994)
16. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
17. Dracula (2002)
18. Van Helsing: The London Assignment
19. Van Helsing: From Beneath The Rue Morgue

There are countless other adaptations and films to do with Dracula and van Helsing as the two iconic characters often go together. Like I mentioned earlier since the books publication there have been countless adaptations of the story each with its own unique twist and this shows in their posters.
However like i stated at the start the one that influenced me was the one from 2004.

as you can see both of my own posters and the vanhelsing poster use shadows and backlighting to draw attention to the subject who is positioned in the middle of the poster and have similar font styles and shadows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing