Question 2 : How effective is the combination of your main product and Ancillary texts?

Poster

I decided to use the actual main Occurrence as the main image on my Poster. Using the Occurrence as the main image on my poster comes the advantage of knowing this character is going to play a big part within the film; as well as the disadvantage that the Occurrence is shown on the poster rather than staying hidden and coming as a surprise within the film.

Although it is not unusual for the Horror films disturbance to be seen on the poster as on the 2013 horror film poster ‘Woman in black’ the ‘Woman in black’ which Is the films disturbance and most important character is seen on the poster alongside the other main protagonist.

My poster also uses the same ‘masthead’ as my film shown in the opening sequence to the film; it is important to stick to the same font as consistency is the key.

Within the ‘bill code’ which is the information at the bottom of the Poster . The ‘bill code’ presents to the viewers the production team who created the film as well as the actors/actresses which will be present in the film this is a very helpful convention on a film poster as many fans of their preferred genre like to see whether or not their favourite or liked actors/actresses are starring within the film they are going to watch advertised using the promotional method of a poster.

Such conventions as a ‘bill code’ on film posters are small however yet effective as excitement amongst the post viewers is created as they gear up to see the different roles their favourite actors/actresses are going to play.

Review

The review most certainly links well with the film as it is an overview of what is to expect within the film; successfully I made the link between the two addressing the Producers, Director and Characters played within the film.

I also included screenshot images of epic horrifying moments in the specified scenes within the film. The first scene being when ‘Savannah opens the door to anonymous knock ‘ and Secondly when ‘Hira is confronted and left speechless by the appearance of the demonic other worldly force .

The review also made links to the film by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses within the film i.e. the ending of the film taken from audience responses to a questionnaire was perceived as unrealistic/ over -dramatic in comparison to other horror films , however the strengths being the editing and the construction of the clips.

The strength and weakness stated above were taken from the audience feedback of our questionnaires which we handed out on our ‘Premier Night’ . The questionnaires were filled out by our fellow Sixth form students and teachers, this gave me a mixed demographic which was very helpful as they could then indicate which of the two demographics viewing was best suited too our film .

The ‘anonymity’ of my questionnaire enabled me to gather reliable responses as providing their names would have given me biased responses as some may feel obliged to be pleasant.

The questionnaire was very beneficial in understanding whether or not we had successfully approached the horror genre by asking questions such as ‘ What genre do you classify this movie as? – please state’ and ‘On a scale of 1-10 (10 being very scary) how scary did you find ‘The Occurrence’?.

From these responses , evaluations were then able to be made as of what was good and what we may need to improve.

From these responses , evaluations were then able to be made as of what was good and what we may need to improve.