The document discusses the production of a crime-thriller film and accompanying promotional materials. It aimed to entertain genre fans through conventions like action scenes and portrayals of British youth. Storyboards and plans were closely followed during filming medium-long shots to establish characters. Stylistic techniques like an urban soundtrack and low-key lighting were used across the film and its trailer/website to maintain an uneasy tone.

1. How effective is the combination of
your main product and ancillary
texts?
Evaluation Activity 3

2. What was the intended outcome of the
production?
• The primary objective of our production was to provide entertainment to
a key demographic of moviegoers, specifically fans of crime-thriller genre
films.
• We achieved this by implementing key conventions of the genre to appeal
to this target audience.
• In order to fulfil the purpose to entertain to a wide demographic we
decided to implement an element of action, this is reflected in the chase
scene, in which the teenager is wrestled to the ground.
• We also wanted to provide a social commentary on typical British youth
subculture, as most of the characters are teenagers and typical behaviours
are shown such as doing homework and hanging around a market stall.

3. • How effectively were storyboards and
ancillary task plans followed?
• When filming our production we followed the storyboards we drew
beforehand closely, in combination with a shot list that we also produced
in preparation.
• As ancillary tasks, we produced a website and film poster to advertise the
film. The poster and the website both follow the conventions of the main
production, as they both employ low key, high contrast “chiaroscuro”
lighting and employ an urban soundtrack.

4. How were these outcomes achieved in terms of
matching mise-en-scene, including page layout
and camera shot choices?
• When filming the teenage characters, we used medium-long
shots in order to establish the characters in their
environment.
• When filming, we closely followed the shot list that we
constructed beforehand. It was useful that we constructed
such a thing before, as it enabled us to achieve our primary
objective to entertain through structured organisation of
shots and filming.

5. What stylistic techniques were used to support
your trailer?
• In the trailer, and in the ancillary tasks, we used an
urban, electronic soundtrack as a stylistic feature to establish
the urban, “grimy” tone and feel of the film.
• Throughout the trailer and the supporting ancillary tasks we
used low key, high contrast chiaroscuro lighting to maintain a
feeling of unease.