1. How effective is the
combination of your ancillary
production tasks with the main
production?
As well as our film production we also created two tasks to 'promote' the
film. I chose to create a film poster and a radio trailer as I felt these would
most reach out to our target audience of 18-30 year olds.
2. For my film poster I first used a striking image to
catch the audiences eye. The man tied in the
chair it striking as it tells the audience what genre
the film is but is also quite enigmatic as it doesn't
give to much away. I made this image the main
focus point of the poser and made it central so
that the viewers eyes were drawn to it. The
image may leave people asking questions; why
is he like that? What happens to him? This is the
aim I am going for as it will make people want to
see the film to find out what happens. The red
tint to the image connotes danger, love and lust
three main themes to the film.
Film Poster
3. I followed typical thriller film posters conventions by
keeping the poster quite dark and mysterious with
flashes of red through it.
The names of the actors were placed at the top of the
poster so that the viewer can see clearly if someone
they enjoy watching is in the film.
The films name is the largest text on the poster and it
cohesive to the text in the opening titles of film. This
creates a sense of identity with the audience as they
know what they are watching.
5. As the film had a film noir feel to it I wanted to follow
this through with the poster. I kept it dark and
mysterious with clear writing.
I tried to keep the poster as simplistic as possible as to
leave the audience wanting more but providing them
with enough information about the film as possible.
I used Photoshop to create this poster.
6. Radio Trailer
For my radio trailer I did lots of research into both film trailers and radio film trailers
specifically from the horror and thriller genres.
I used slow and sadistic music that builds up to create suspense and atmosphere.
I used clips from the film that didn’t give to much away but left the audience asking
questions. I used sounds such as smashing glass and dialogue from the film.
I also had voice over telling the audience the name of the film and when it would be out. I
used a male voice for this as this sounded more professional and appropriate. As the
suspense builds throughout the trailer and the tension was increased the trailer ended
abruptly to leave the audience wanting more.
The radio trailer is around 40 seconds long which is long but I feel that this works with
the music and dialogue. I carries on the theme of the film with a film noir aspect to it. It is
very much a thriller trailer and this is the aim I was going for.
The radio trailer was produced using garage band using prerecorded loops, clips
recorded for the film and voice recordings.
