Research and Planning

What skills have you learnt?

Blogger- Organised, online diary

Team work- Split up the work and apply work to peoples strengths and weaknesses


Types of research

Secondary- Second hand information, work on codes and conventions
Primary- First hand, textual analysis, audience feedback

Narrative theory: Todorov- expectations of narrative, what happens in the beginning, middle and end

PROP- Character function- Villians and heroes

You have to think about advantages and disadvantages:
- Expense cost- How much did the research cost?
-Accessibility- Was the research easy to find?
- Time- Was it time consuming?
-Reliability- Was the research measured to be consistent- was it a trustworthy source?
Accuracy- Were facts and figures correct? Did your audience feedback results provide a fair sample of overall results?

Bias- Textual analysis can be biased as it is subjective
Validity- Was there a link between research and final product