The combination of the main product and ancillary texts effectively maintain an aura of mystery throughout. The trailer raises questions about the boy and girl's story and significance which drives audience interest. Both the poster and magazine cover continue this theme with piercing eyes and a washed out style that leaves the viewer with more questions. The trailer, poster and magazine cover all tie together visually with consistent shots, fonts and emphasis on the two main characters, separating their world from others. Ensuring cohesion across all promotional materials was important to continue drawing the audience in and not isolate any single task.

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

2. ● My main products and ancillary texts all
come together cohesively as I aimed very
specifically to maintain the motif of enigma
throughout each of them.
● In my trailer, many questions are raised -
what is this boy's story? What is the
significance of this girl - is she real or not?
Why are there shots in a graveyard?
● These types of questions are what drive
audiences to see a film, and the poster also
supports this.

3. Poster

4. Poster
● The poster is so simple yet the characters
piercing blue eyes, the washed out bright-
white background and the hand scrawled
font poses many more questions. Is this boy
crazy? What does the font signify? The
quotations from respected reviewers will
have an impact on viewers; audiences only
want to see something that's worth their time
and money in today's hectic world.

5. Magazine Cover

6. Magzine Cover
● This cover fits in perfectly with my poster – the bright white
background and hand scrawled font still remain so that audiences will
know what film this is upon seeing both pieces.
● Seeing two industry standard print tasks together cements the film to
audiences as one they should give their time to see.
● The combination of reviews on the poster and obviously a feature in a
magazine shows audiences that this is being talked about; they
should see it if they don't want to be left out!

7. Trailer
● I feel, as do the people I have shown it to,
that I have made a very authentic and
moving trailer that draws people in to solve
the enigma they are presented with.
● It was very important to me to produce this
to a very high quality, and thanks to the
equipment and planning I used, I think I
have achieved this.

8. Trailer
● The trailer supports the
ancillary texts in that
the style of all three is
very similar. For
example, this shot ties
in very closely with the
shot of Harrison's eyes
in the poster.

9. Trailer
● The titles in
the trailer tie
in with the
words seen
scrawled in
the
background
of the
magazine
cover:

10. Trailer
● As with the poster and the magazine cover,
there is a huge emphasis on these two
characters. They are, in fact, the only
characters shown.
● This is deliberate; as I was filming I realised I
needed to portray these two as living in a world
completely separated from everybody else.
This is why all of the promotional materials
only feature the two actors seen.

11. Combination of Tasks
● In short, it was important that I didn't isolate any of
my tasks by making them connote different things or
putting them into a drastically different style – black
and white for example.
● In every choice I made when producing these tasks,
I had to consider how each would be affected and
ensure that I was able to reproduce such decisions
across the board.