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

How my poster links to my film

My poster links to the film because the poster is advertising the film so it needs to give an insight on the film. The poster uses pictures taken from the film to use on the poster, these pictures then give the audience an insight to what the film is about.

The font used on the poster is different to the font used in the film as this font needs to stand out to the audience hence why it is red not white.

There is information on the poster at the bottom which is the credits of the film, this links to the film as it tells the actors used in it and also what jobs each member done on the film.

Poster

How my double page review links to my film

The double page review links to my film because it is a review of the film. In addition to that the review is plain with it’s white background but gains an effect of darkness with it’s black gradient across this could be a reference to the film starting so brightly and ending in darkness.

The layout of the review had the description of the film with information and a large picture of the main antagonist on the left page, the review is on the right hand side with a picture of the penultimate scene. The picture used of the main antagonist is the exact picture from the poster of him, the other picture used to show readers how the scene would have been.

The review itself is quite informative and humorous, the questionnaire used after the film helped make the review as there were a large range of opinions gathered on the film for example : there were peers who assessed the film, staff, friends and family; this was essential as it give me a wide range of different people, there were 35 people who filled out the questionnaire.

Double Page Review

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Feedback gathered for research

The research I undertook before planning my film consisted of reviewing conventions used in films and how they were used and what was so effective about them. After that I analysed one horror movie and a variety of short horror films, this was key as I was able to pick out what were conventions were used in each film which gave me a trend onto which conventions were more poplar than others.

I made a questionnaire on horror films before planning my film as I needed to gather information on what most people enjoy watching, I had a sample of 20 people and 15 of them prefer to watch a gory horror film and also 12 of them like to know the story within the film. In addition to that horror locations varied between the audience. My questionnaire was pivotal as helped me decide on making a gory horror film with a story to it but also in a variety of locations hence why my film is in a variety of locations.

Feedback gathered on film

I got feedback from 35 people on the finished product, about 28 of them were impressed which is good as that is majority of the sample. In addition to that the conventions were noticed by reviewers who commented with “the low key lighting works well with the whole idea of the film” and “the worms eye camera on the buried hand was essential as it helped pull off the stunt”.

95% of the sample said they would enjoy a sequel being made to this film which shows positive feedback as they want to see what else happens in the story of the film past his film.