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

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

2. Poster • While filming our media product, we took photographs which we then used when we made our movie poster. By doing this, our film is being promoted to our target audience and is being able to receive deserved recognition. We used new technology, such as InDesign, to create our poster, widening our knowledge of the programme. • On our poster is a picture of the catalyst (the box) which is what our storyline revolves around. We have also included ratings and reviews which magazines and newspapers have given our media product. This allows our film to be watched by a wider audience than originally targeted because some people may be influenced by the reviews which their favourite newspapers and magazines have given it. • Like every other movie poster, we have also included the production information, such as who directed, filmed and edited our movie product. As well as this, we added the release date of the film as this would cause anticipation and excitement within our audiences.

3. Article • After looking through many different types of film magazines, we chose to write our article reviewing our film in the Little White Lies magazine. We chose this particular one as all of the films which consist of the same content and genre are best suited for this magazine. We also understood that this will allow our film to receive recognition from our target audience. • While some of the articles in previous issues of the magazine include a critic’s opinion throughout, I decided to write a couple of paragraphs reviewing the film and then recorded the interview which I had with the main character for the rest of the spread. I done this so that the readers of the magazine will be able to experience something different and something more than a critic’s opinion; they are able to understand what filming such an unusual film is like. This may encourage and persuade others to watch the film as they may take a particular liking to the character instead of the storyline. • Like our poster, we included our own images for the article so that the audience will hopefully become excited about our media product.