2. How effective is the combination of your
main product and ancillary tasks?
3. Title
I made a conscious effort to ensure that there
was continuity and synergy between my
media products. I want to be sure that there
was a clear indication that my pieces of work
could be identified as a collection of products.
I used the same title for my product across all
three of my media products, I used it to
introduce my documentary extract, to identify
and advertise my documentary on my tv
guide listing and also I made reference to the
title in my radio trailer.
Are You A Feminist? I chose my title to be a
question as I felt it would appeal to an
audience who wish to answer this question. By
repeating this question as my title I am
engaging my audience and forcing them to
consider the question.
5. Actors
In my main task I had a selection of actors who were
my interviewees. I found that to create synergy and
continuity between my documentary extract and tv
guide listing I could include a picture of one of my
actors (see left). I found that this created a
connection to my documentary and would make
the actor recognisable from print to moving image.
The picture I used was one of my interviewee Pat
when she met Helen Pankhurst, granddaughter of
the famous suffragette Emmeline.
6. BBC
In my three tasks I continuously referenced
the BBC as a broadcasting institution. I chose
BBC to host my documentary and for my
radio trailer to be advertised on BBC Radio 1.
I ensured that I was able to use cross media
reference to the BBC through each of the
modes that they distribute media texts: BBC
iPlayer, BBC Radio 1 and BBC One.
7. Release Date
I maintained continuity
through my ancillary tasks
through the use of release
date and time. I have
shown in one product that
the programme will be
shown on BBC 1 at 8.00pm
and in my radio trailer I
ensured that I mentioned
the day of showing for my
documentary extract and
the channel it was being
shown on.
