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- 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 didn’t 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 and a 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. Holly’s 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, actor’s 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 character’s 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 character’s 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.