The combination of the documentary and ancillary texts is effective. They linked together by using the same title, quotes, and information across the radio trailer, magazine article, and documentary. This was done to promote the documentary on BBC Radio 1 and in TV Times magazine, both of which have similar target audiences. The ancillary texts used screenshots, quotes, and details from the documentary to engage audiences and encourage them to watch the documentary.
Media Evaluation for Course work - Todd Lillis- Question 1
Effective Combination of Main Product and Ancillary Texts
1. Q2: How effective is the
combination of the
main product and the
ancillary texts?
2. In our documentary , we
have included the title in
both of radio trailer and
magazine article so it links
them easily.
3. • We had the same quotes from the
documentary as the sneak peak in the
Radio trailer to link them together.
• From our Documentary we used our
title/slogan in our radio trailer and
magazine article so people can recognise
that they are about the documentary
4. Our documentary will show on the
BBC 3 so we had our radio trailer on
the BBC Radio 1 to promote out
documentary and we have the
narrator saying the channel by the end
of the advert so people know where is
it.
5. We used the main answers
from the vox pops and
interviews in the radio trailer
to encourage the audience to
make them want to watch the
programme.
6. We also included the screenshot
of the documentary on the
magazine article as it was
another good way to engage the
audience to
make them
want to watch
the
documentary.
7. As you can see that in our
magazine we used a lot
of quotes from the
documentary to link
them together as the sub
heading which shows a
major answer about
cyber bullying, that the
main reason could be
that it is easy to type
something that you
wouldn't say in real life ,
we included it because it
was a deep answer that
could make a reader
think.
8. We included the website that were
used the most for cyber bullying, which
we also mentioned in our documentary
and included them in the magazine
article to make it relatable to the
audience and make it more eye
catching for the reader as well.
9. Our radio trailer will be featured on
the radio station BBC radio 1 as it is
has the same target audience and it
is a well known station. The
Magazine article will be featured on
the TV Times magazine as it is a
famous magazine and has a well
known audience.
10. The magazine article has a black and grey
colour as a background to show more
grim seriousness of the subject. We also
used a lot of images and big quotes as
sub-heading to make it stand out and
more eye catching.
11. As a serious message our
documentary portrays the
role excellently in which it
give a lot of valuable
massage with a lot of
awareness towards the
subject.
12. In the end our
documentary works very
well with the ancillary
text as it conveyed the
same message through
different elements of
media.