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

Evaluation Question 2 from Rosie_Buzz

Evaluation Question One: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My group based our theatrical trailer on the codes and conventions of existing media products. Before producing our theatrical film trailer we researched into existing trailers of different varieties (genres). After doing the research, we decided to focus on the codes and conventions of horror genre theatrical trailers.  Within the research we discovered that the use of camera angles, shots, music and mise en scene can specifically promote our theatrical trailer as a horror film.

We have used the codes and conventions within our theatrical trailer to ensure that our final product looks similar to those that have been created by professionals. Though, unlike professional theatrical trailers, our trailer does not include the names of any actors or actresses that star in our film- usually this helps to engage the audience into watching the film due to being fans of specific actors/actresses films. 

To follow the codes and conventions of horror genre theatrical trailers we used a variety of different camera shots and angles.

Long Shot

Establishing Shot

In our theatrical trailer we also included inter-titles. We used several of these through out the trailer to show the audience a quick viewing of what is to occur within the film. The inter-titles are at a specific speed to get the attention of the audience, and to help show the genre of the film. Most trailers have inter-titles included, so we followed the convention of that. Inter-titles work best with horror film trailers.

My group and I chose to shoot our film trailer in a church location. We thought this was a good idea because it's never really been done before, and also to some churches can be quite creepy so we went with the idea of shooting our film trailer in a church location. 

In some cases, a filter is used to highlight the atmosphere within a film. However, we used a filter to show that within the film the 'two' characters are from different times. This will help the audience to understand what is actually going to be occurring within the film. 

Overall Target Audience Feedback

Audience Comments on Ancillary Products

Film Posters Feedback by

Final Ancillary Task 2: Magazine Front Cover

Final Ancillary Task 1: Poster

This is my final ancillary task of a poster to promote the film.

Ancillary Task 1: Poster Idea 2

Ancillary Task 2: Poster Idea 1

Ancillary Task: Magazine Idea 1

This is a rough idea of our magazine cover. The picture editing is good, however the magazine could contain more information spread out across more information in which magazines contain.

Adobe InDesign CS3

Adobe InDesign CS3 can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. We used this software for creating our ancillary products; Magazine front cover and film poster. We hadn't used this program before so it was new to us, but after a while of playing around with it, we soon picked up on what that program was capable of and how we can use it to the correct standards. 

The Editing Process

We started editing our film trailer on the 11th October, the day after we finished filming. We imported all our videos onto a computer and checked the footage we had gathered, making sure that we could use it. When looking through the footage we noticed that some of the clips wouldn't work well, so we decided to not use these in our film trailer. Luckily, we had filmed a large amount of footage which enabled us to vary our trailer. Once we had checked through the footage, we imported them onto Final Cut Express in preparation of bringing the clips together to form a rough cut (The clips we wanted to use in the order we thought was good). After completing the rough cut, we moved forward onto adding details to the trailer, such as; inter-titles, production company sequence, title sequence, sounds and specific edits for example, cross dissolve. 

We created the production company and title sequences on LiveType. This was relatively easy once you got used to working with the program. I had previously used LiveType in my AS course also, so it didn't take long to get back in the hang of it. I really enjoyed using LiveType, being able to vary in the sorts of fonts and animation to create what's perfect for the film trailer.

We created our soundtrack on the Soundtrack Pro program. I hadn't used this program before so it was relatively new to me. It took a while to get used to it, but got there eventually with the help of my group members.