1. Question 2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

2. Film in relation to my Poster I feel that the combination of my product “Paranoia” (my film) with my film poster is very effective. Firstly, the mise-en-scene is consistent within the film and the poster as the dim lighting in the film that creates the dark atmosphere, amongst which the predatory murderer thrives, is also conveyed in my poster. This was done by having a black background on my poster with my murderer being highlighted from the background with a red glow around him. This suggests his evil intentions and convey the danger this man poses. Furthermore, the murderer is also wearing dark cloths that match what he wears in the film. Therefore, there is a large sense of consistency between my film and film poster as I have tried to create continuity within the main product and my ancillary products.

3. The combination of my film and poster is also effective as the point of having a poster is to entice people into watching your film which I think my film poster does fairly well. This is because it conveys the main themes in the film very accurately. For example, the theme of violence and murder is conveyed through the title “Paranoia” being mounted on a rusty knife. Furthermore, the tagline “Is it all in the mind?” stands out, making the reader think about the question, whilst it also suggests this film is from the horror genre as it makes out there is some kind of psychological trauma, which there is. I feel my poster is also quite simple in design and layout and therefore doesn’t give too much away. In addition, I have tried to use a similar font on the credits of my film where it says “Paranoia by Freddie Kelleher” and the title of my film poster “Paranoia”. This will ensure that people remember the name of my film and will relate the poster to the film as they both show similar conventions of the horror genre and are similar in content. For example, everything on my poster has relevance to some aspect of my film. Therefore, I feel the combination of my poster and film is very strong.

4. Film in relation to my Review Page I also thought that the combination of my film and film review page worked really well. Firstly, I carried on the colour theme of black and red in order to keep consistency with the film and the film poster almost building a “paranoia” brand. This can be seen on the title “Paranoia” and in the pulled quote, from my article. Furthermore, a large section of my film review page is a close up of an eye which should connote tension and the horror genre. This still shot is actually taken from my film, making a strong link between the film and the review page which makes their combination seem very effective. In addition, the overall judgement that a reader should gain from the review page is that “Paranoia” is a great film to see. This is supported by the institutional comments on my poster by Empire calling it a five star movie. I also think that the layout and design of my review page is very simple which combines well with the film and the poster. This is because the film follows a very simple narrative, which is conveyed through the simplistic layout of the poster and the review page. Therefore, I feel my combination of my main product and ancillary products is effective as all items are consistent with the representation I wanted to portray of my film and genre.

5. However, the combination of my short film and review page is also not as effective as I would have liked. This is because for my secondary picture in the review page I used a dark picture of a cross. I personally just liked the scary vibe this gave off, whilst it also took up room on my review page in order to fill it out a bit more. This was not effective as my film has very little to do with religion other than the fact the dream sequence is partly filmed in a cemetery. This is not consistent with the film and therefore is not effective in combination with it. Although overall I do still think the consistency throughout my ancillary products is extremely effective in combination with my short horror “Paranoia”.