1. Q2: HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN PRODUCT AND
ANCILLARY TASK? 2. In the brief for my advanced portfolio we had
been asked to create a promotional package for a new released film,
in it consisting a teaser trailer, film poster and magazine cover.
I believe that all of our products work well in complimenting each
other due to uniformly using the same colour schemes and font types
for both the film poster and magazine; this way it will help the
audience relate more to the trailer as we didnt change the look of
the film title or the colours that associate with the production.
Candidates must produce a promotional package for a new film, to
include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three
options;a website homepage for the film,a film magazine front
cover, featuring the film anda poster for the film 3. While the
magazine cover only represents the female protagonist, I believe it
will help draw in a wider audience as people would be intrigues to
why her facial expression is shot like that but also the reason
behind the bruises on the face. One magazine front cover that I had
looked at was from the Total Film publication, promoting the
Gravity film. Without having seen the trailer beforehand, I was
able to predict what the main story line was about, due to the
colour schemes of dark blue with white speckles and the font type
suggest that it was based on the theme of space and slight action
4. With the influence from other magazine publications such as
Empire Magazine we decided to produce something that mainly focuses
on the protagonist therefore having a medium close up with a harsh
light focusing on one side of the face, accenting out the bruised
portion of the cheek. Hollys facial expression is directly looking
at the reader on the magazine cover which would stereotypically
make the character come across as fearless and bold; however in our
case the protagonist suggests vulnerability and weakness. Adding
additional pugs and features of other films and content in varied
fonts would help us achieve more codes and conventions making our
piece of a higher standard. We ensure that the price, date and
barcode were included as it also follows the basic conventions that
helps established the form of advertisement. Choosing to name our
publication The Reel was an appropriate choice as the reel object
is used to run the film before developing the footage. 5. For the
poster we believed it would be a wise choice to include both the
protagonist as the poster would be more likely to be seen by our
audience, therefore it is important to know who holds most of time
in the trailer but also know the names of the actors if the
audience are interested in researching background information
before seeing the movie. Most posters which I have analysed were
very minimal as producers would want the image to be the main at
focus having just; the title, actors names and film credits with
possible reviews and star ratings. The background we choose to use
for the poster (brick wall) is closely related to the whole trailer
as it was mostly filmed outside. When it came to choosing a font
for the film title and other written elements, we believed the
available choices on Final Cut were not suitable for our genre
therefore, we have found a website which catered for our needs,
Dafont.com 6. The main task acted as a heavy influence for the
ancillary pieces as the trailer has been already created, therefore
we were aware of the characters personas which made it easier to
portray them in photographs but also the theme of the movie was
established; this simplified the progress of choosing colour
schemes and poses for the actors. Within the research section I had
analysed genre appropriate trailers and matching the posters that
goes with the corresponding production. With this exercise it
enabled me to see the different colour schemes and arrangements
that will go with a particular film. 7. The main task acted as a
heavy influence for the ancillary pieces as the trailer has been
already created, therefore we were aware of the characters personas
which made it easier to portray them in photographs but also the
theme of the movie was established; this simplified the progress of
choosing colour schemes and poses for the actors. Within the
research section I had analysed genre appropriate trailers and
matching the posters that goes with the corresponding production.
With this exercise it enabled me to see the different colour
schemes and arrangements that will go with a particular film.
