The document discusses how the filmmaker's poster and review complement their main film project. The filmmaker believes their poster and review communicate effectively with the intended audience for the film, which is viewers interested in the social realism genre. Both the poster and review reference themes of spirituality and art that are present in the film. Stylistically, the film, poster, and review share a similar lighting technique. The review provides more insight into the film's content and themes than the poster but both appeal to the target niche audience. Overall, the filmmaker aims to create a consistent style and message across all three of their products to market and discuss the film effectively.

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

2. The Poster
Are themes and issues visible?
I think that the facial expression of the character on
the poster make you think question alot about what is
making him upset but I would say it could be linked to
too many things to be considered a theme. The
quotes on the poster do however offer some kind of
insight that the film touches about spirituality as a
theme. The painted style of the title also links to a
few of the issue in the film such as art.
Is there a crossover in the style of the film and
Does the film fit the genre? poster?
My film was always intended to be in the Social Realism
genre. I think that the poster makes the audience think that I think that the biggest stylistic element in both my film
this is a social realism film. Social Realism film are often and in my film is lighting. In the film I used a lot of
about ordinary people so the fact that my poster retained the different coloured lights to make the scenes look good
fact that the man look fairly normal despite being edited for as well as make connections with micro to macro. In
the purpose of making the poster actually look professional. I the poster I have used a similar kind of light on the
think that in my second draft the red colour of the title made it protagonist face when I took the picture of his face. It
look more like blood which gave the completely wrong genre. meant that when I edited it I could remove all the light
I think that the new grey and white text is very ordinary like left on the right had side of his face giving me my
the characters are meant to be. desired effect. It left me with his face being light in a
very abstract way much like my film.

3. The Poster
The Similarities
in the lighting is
what makes
my film and
poster share a
similar style

4. The Poster
Does it promote my film ?
The poster uses quotes and award nominations to
tell people that other people have found the film
interesting. I think that but darkening the characters
face in the poster and therefore not giving him much
of an identity I have created intrigue that will
hopefully make a sense of curiosity that will entice
my audience
What preconceptions will the audience have?
Does the poster fit the same Audience as my film?
I think that my film poster gives very little away to the
I think that the poster is very simplistic yet intriguing. I’m
audience. No props or clues are seen in the actual
hoping that my audience for my film who I hope are
background image. I like to think that this would create a
appreciative of fine details will be the same with my film
sense of mystery around the character. I think that the
poster. Tiny elements of mise en scene such as his messy
paint like font will suggest to them that the film does
beard are what makes the film fit in genre so if they don’t
involve art as a theme, but again not allot is given away.
realize things like that they wouldn’t take a lot from either my
The quote does actually say that spirituality is a theme
film or poster. I have faith that my audience will be
in the film so the audience will have a very broad idea
appreciative of subtle representation instead of flashy over
about what the film could include.
the top graphics.

5. The Review
How does my review inform my audience?
In comparison to my poster the film review is a lot more
insightful to my actual films content. In this scene the
review is very informal to my audience but the style of
that information is what will help them to make a decision
on whether or not the film is a serious one. I decided to
base my magazine article on one from Sight & Sound. I
decided this because it is a serious film magazine. I
hoped that this style would inform the audience that my
film is a serious intellectual one. I don’t think that I would
have got the desired effect if I’d wrote it in the style of a
magazine such as Heat or OK!.
Does it attract any different audiences from my poster?
I think that compared to my film poster my review will
attract a lot more people who are intrested in artistic films.
I think that even though the poster could attract this
audience due to it being quite ambigus it could attract the
curiosity of a wider audience. The review however talks
about a lot of themes and issues in the film aswell as the
plot. If after reading this some of the people could feel
that it isn’t a film they’d enjoy. I made the film with a niech
audience in mind and was always aware that this could
happen.

6. The Review
Is the review bias and will this have an effect?
I think that my film review can’t help but be bias
because it was written by my. However when I was
writing the review I didn’t want to be blind for its flaws.
I think that if I had it would have effected the integrity
of the review itself. I don’t think that the review will
have a knock on effect. If it was a film actually being
distributed then the review surely would have sparked
a lot of controversy.
What do we learn about the genre & director intentions?
You learn a lot about my intentions. I think that
because I wrote the review I made sure that I included
things that I felt we’re close to my heart when making
the film. Genre is spoke about a lot more literally. I
actually refer to the film as being Social Realism a few
times. I don’t however talk about the effects that my
film will have on the genre, I thought that approaching
genre theory would have gone out of context on a film
review therefore failing it as an ancillary task.

7. Poster & Review
Do the review and poster communicate the same message?
I think that the review and film both communicate to the
same audience. I think that perhaps the poster appeals to
a bigger audience than the review just because it caters for
people who are more visual when receiving messages. To
try and make this visual style run throughout both ancillary
tasks I decided to have three screenshots as appose to the
usual one in my Sight & Sound review.

8. Poster & Review
Are my poster and review a clear reflection of my main task?
I think that all three task sit clearly within the same
audience. I think that they’d all be accepted by
people who enjoy the Social Realims genre. I think
that the genre is a way of grouping together
audiences so by making it identifiable with the genre
I’ve made it identifiable with my audience.

9. Poster & Review
What stylistic elements are used in all three products?
It is harder to link the review and the poster in stylistic
elements because I followed a format for my Sight &
Sound review. However in my poster and film I used
similar lighting that was just exaggerated in my film poster
to make room for text and titles. I also used the same title
in both my film and in my film poster. I think that this house
style is important because it allow all of my ancillary tasks
and film as one synergized product.

10. Poster & Review
Ways that all three tasks link
I wanted the products to have a seamless integration
so I wanted even the fine details to be this way. I’ve
used the same production titles in my film as I have
in m y poster. I also made sure that both the different
(made –up) roles actually where given to the same
people in both the review and in the film poster.