Question 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

For my A2 media we had to create a horror film trailer with this I also had to create two ancillary products. These two ancillary products were a film poster and magazine front cover. Once putting my finished ancillary products with my trailer I can now see a finished product which demonstrates consistency allowing my film to be easily recognisable by my target audience.  

 I have used expressive lighting in my main image to link to the genre of my film. As I have chosen the horror genre the often conventions of this is to feature low/expressive lighting. I have followed this convention as I want my poster to be recognisable by my audience. I have also used face paint on her face to symbolize a bruise this connotes anger and violence. This also means that this person is a victim of bad behaviour. This poster links well with my film trailer due to the fact that in my trailer you see the same person tied up. You as audience assumes that she has been pushed over and beaten but the trailer doesn’t show her actually getting hit. This leaves the audience in suspense. Also we do not see the damage it coursed but my poster shows the after affect of her getting hit. I feel that this transition from trailer to poster is very affective as the audience is able to see the clear link between trailer and poster. Placing the names of the characters and the actors on the poster gives an insight to who is a part of the film. In my trailer Harriet or anyone’s name is not mentioned so by putting the names onto the poster it complements the trailer nicely as they are able to link the names to the faces. Another key part to my film is the style of the font. In both trailer, poster and magazine I have featured the same styled font. I have kept the consistency as I wanted there to be a clear connection between all three products.  

In my magazine I have also used the same font for the caption “lost in the wild” however in my magazine I have changed the colour to black as the white wouldn't have stand out as much. The house style for the magazine is the same as the colours used in my trailer. I have used red to link with the redness of the bruise in the film poster. For me I found it to be beneficial to keep the same house style throughout all three as the viewer is able to see the connections. I have also used the same model throughout to show consistency and I did not want to confuse the audience with a change in actors. I have made the model pose like this to connote that she is scared which links to the vulnerability of the actor. Having a magazine allows the audience to see a little bit more about the actors behind the scenes. It allows my target audience to relate to the actors on a more personal level which my poster or trailer may not be able to do. 

Furthermore I have been able to link all three products together as I have used consistence throughout all of them. I have kept the same styled front, same actor and most importantly the same house style (red, black and white). By doing so my project has been very affective at showing vulnerability and tension, which can be found in the horror genre.