Evaluation

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

The image to the right is my first ancillary task, a film poster. I designed it to reflect my short film because if it was a real media product it would have to have a very close link between the two as the poster would be the first thing your audience would see. Therefore, you would want it to persuade people to want to watch your product. It would also have to be quite memorable so they would be curious about the film until they finally went to watch it. I think my text is quite effective. 

I think the text on my film poster is quite effective. At the very top, in the biggest writing I have the film title. I chose to have 'Down House' on my poster because that is the name of the house my main character lives in and this is specified in the film so it makes a direct link to my main product. I used quite a simple font because I didn't want to over-fill the poster and its quite a neat appearance. The font also is quite formal looking which could represent my main character Lady Pennington as she is upper class and formal. I next have a tag line on my film poster under the title. This links to my main product because "There's someone lurking in the shadows." refers to my plot twist as Lady Penningtons daughter is living in the home without Lady Lockhart realising. Finally, at the bottom of my poster the text links to my short film because it makes the poster like a real media product with production company, directors, editors and actors to make both texts seem more realistic. 

The image on my film poster also links well to my film. My short film is set in a country manor home on Dartmoor. Pheasants are very common around Dartmoor because of the commonness of locals going shooting. That is why I chose to use a pheasant on my film poster. Also I chose to have an image of a dead pheasant because it foreshadows the death in the film and what is to happen to the characters. I put this on my film because I hoped it would intrigue my audience. In the detail on the pheasants wings, you can see the faces of my two main characters. I chose to have the faces on the wings because it made the film poster more personal to my short film. This is a clear reference to the film. 

Overall, I think the combination between my short film (main product) and my film poster (ancillary task) works very effectively because they have very clear links and the poster leaves mystery to the film causing the audience to be intrigued to watch the film. That is the point of my film poster.