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

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As part of our coursework, we were asked to complete both a film
poster and a review as well as our main product; A short film lasting
up to five minutes.
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By creating a film poster, this allowed the students to further their
understanding to the codes and conventions of the genre they had
chosen as research would have been undertaken in order for their
product to represent the genre to a good standard.

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The main purpose of the ancillary task was to promote my 5 minute
film. The ancillary would be used as a way of selling the product to
the audience in hope they would see it and be encouraged to
watch the film. The Ancillary would reflect the quality of the film, if it
was poorly made this would connote that the film would also be of
a poor standard.
The main objective of the Ancillary Task was to attract my target
audience. This meant that the poster for example had to reflect that
of a thrilling Action movie, this would be done through a lot of
editing, completed in Adobe Photoshop cs6.

4. Here we can see a sort of shooting lights in
Elliott’s eyes, this reflects that of the gaming
world. This also catches the audiences
attention as it is not normal and gives an edgy
look to the character
A classic technique used in action/thriller
films such as “Mission Impossible”, is
Optical Flares. These are used in modern
films, normally involving technology or
being set in the future, I inputted this onto
my poster as it included a futuristic
narrative.
The use of the protagonist being on the front of
the poster, emphasizes to the audience that
they are starring at the hero of the film, this is
key into action films as there is always a big
separation between Hero and Villain. Within a
Action film the hero of the movie is normally the
main focus point of the poster.

5. The characters facial expression gives of a
strong vibe to the audience, it was essential
that the hero was seen as courageous and
powerful. The use of the stare emphasizes the
idea of a tough hero, In Actions films this is key
to a successful movie, as the audience thrive
off of seeing the protagonist fight the
antagonists in a heroic way
The suit seen in the background connotes
to the audience that the antagonists, and
story line revolves around something to do
with men dressed in suits. The fact that the
protagonist is looking over his shoulder in a
aggressive manor shows the men in suits
suggest danger and aggravate s him. In
most action films a symbol of the
antagonist will be seen somewhere in the
poster, this was copied into my poster as
we see the faded suit in the background
behind the title of the film
The tagline makes the audience refer back to
most games that use the line game over. It is found
in a lot of action games . This was chosen on
purpose in order for the audience to think and
guess as to what the narrative could include

6. I chose to use the font “Bebas”. This
was a bold font which would catch
the readers attention, It also kept the
review to a professional standard as it
was plain and simple. This font worked
well with the type of review I was
trying to portray; a professional
modern review. Some reviews have
multiple fonts and colours whereas I
opted for a more sleek and
professional look.
Caviar dreams was used as
the main font, for all of the
text included in the review,
it was a simple font which
would not make the review
seem too boring, neither
would it make the review
swerve away from the
professional look.

7. This picture was used to portray a tough, courageous
message through Elliott’s facial expression to the
audience. It would be used as the main focal point of
the poster and would show the audience that they were
looking at the leading protagonist.
The use of the close up allows the audience to deeply
look at Elliott’s face, what he is doing and what kind of
messages he is giving off. The close up allowed a
message of anger and caution to be given off as we
see Elliott, turning his eyes almost to look behind at the
suit, his slight turn off the head shows that he is aware of
the things that face him but does not fear them as he
faces forward.

8. The suit found in the back of the picture
was used as a symbol of danger. It
highlighted the antagonists costume
and reflected the title of the film “Suits”
The fact that the picture is faded in the
background adds to the element of
suspicion and fear, giving an edge to
the picture, connoting to the audience
the idea of danger.

9. This picture was used in the picture to show the leading
actor in the film ( Elliott Fernando Day ). It was also used to
show the leading protagonist, looking at the controller
which would lead to the downfall of his life.
The picture was seen in the previous poster, this would
help the audience to see a link between both my poster
and review, something I thought was important as I
wanted a link between all pieces of the ancillary.
My film is an action/thriller, the use of the picture gives an
edge to the film, making it seam thrilling and action
packed through the use of the emotion from the actor but
also special effects later added. I chose to use this picture
again as it would give a clear indication to what the film
would be about, the dark shades highlighted around
Elliott’s face, linked with the facial expression showing the
raw

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Through out the whole of the production, I decided that I wanted to keep the colour scheme the
same. Through, both ancillary tasks; review and poster, to the short film, a colour scheme of the colour
blue and red would be seen.
Blue is a tranquil colour, it is usually linked with softness and faith, this was chosen as it was a good
representative of the protagonist. Also we were inspired from many modern futuristic movies which
follow the same pattern of blue being the colour of the protagonist and red being the colour of the
antagonist.
The blue was linked with the protagonist, it is first seen in the opening of the short film where we see
Elliott holding the controller and it is glowing Blue. This colour scheme is continued through to the
review where we see a contrast of the characters

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In order to create my film poster, I had
to put time into researching plenty of
different posters of the action genre.
This would allow me to create a piece
that would perfectly hold all the
conventions of a professional action poster
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This picture taken with an iPhone 5, allows the
audience to gather an insight into the narrative,
the dark shades and blue flares hinting at a
modern action/thriller.
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I opted for adding special effects onto the
Photo, such as the glow in Elliott’s eye reflecting
the colour of his player and the specs of the
game

12. 
Overall both my movie poster and review were completed to the best of my
ability. Through the use of the web i was able to research plenty of examples
and gain knowledge of how a professional poster and review should look.
With the knowledge gathered i was able to input it into creating my so
desired professional work.
Both the poster and review successfully addressed my target audience,
grabbing their attention through the drama being seen on the poster and
the photos on the review to which they would read some of the description
of the film in the main text.
Overall the combination of the two; main product and ancillary, has helped
to create a memorable film.