CCR question 2

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

This film engages with audiences through suspense, social media engagement, and empathy. While building suspense within the film, audiences become more attached and inclined to watch the film all the way to the end. Empathy for the characters causes the audience to become somewhat emotionally connected to the characters, causing them to be more invested in their character development throughout the film and the plot. Social media engagement, like behind the scenes clips or blooper reels, posted on social media websites attract audiences since they feel a personal connection to the film and characters. Seeing the process of filming and raw footage may demonstrates the hard work that was put into creating the film, inclining them to watch it.

Considering my product is a made-at-home film, to realistically distribute it to larger audiences, I would submit it to Miami Film Festival. 

I would only do this after posting it on YouTube and promoting it on my personal social media accounts. The film would not be known enough to have its own social media accounts, and if one was made, it would not have many followers and it would not be effective marketing. If I promote the film on my personal social media accounts on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebok by posting the link to the YouTube video or short behind the scenes clips of the production process, most likely, my friends and family who already follow my personal accounts will watch it and maybe repost the link to their social media accounts.