The combination of the magazine's main product and ancillary texts is effective at engaging readers. [1] The front cover uses emotional imagery of a crying woman to provoke intrigue about the soap opera's drama. [2] Additional characters on the cover in angry poses contrast with the main character's vulnerability to further intrigue audiences. [3] When combined with a billboard and trailer, the magazine, billboard, and trailer work together to make the story more realistic for audiences.

1. Q.2 How
effective is the
combination of
your main
product and
ancillary texts?

2. Real magazine My magazine
Both magazines hold conventional things to attract the reader. Such as:

3. Existing magazine
date
Masthead
Strap with
advertisement
Website
address
More
extras Barcode
extras
Other
stories to
Heading
read
Sub heading to
catch readers
Well laid out interest

4. See all the
pictures clearly Star is looking
and well laid out straight at the
audience to
engage
Bright coloured
tags to engage
the readers Main title is big and
interest bold introducing the
star

5. My magazine
date
Strap with
advertisement
Mast head
Star looking at
the camera to Website
engage address
audience
buttons
Barcode and
price
Headings and
subheadings
Well laid out
extras
Bright to attract
the readers
Bold title introducing
interest
star
Other stories to
read

6. In my magazine, the front cover has been made
well and really represents the kind of soap
opera im doing well. For instance, the cover star
is crying and looking straight at the
audience, and also is clutching a teddy.
This shows the emotion that my soap
will be and shows that the soap includes
something about a child, thus the teddy.
The other way in which the reader is
dragged into the soap is by the mascara
running down her face. This provokes
genre well, as most respectable women
wear make up, and it will make the
audience wonder what is so wrong that
she lets it be ruin by crying

7. The angry poses of the other characters on the
cover from other stories, reflects to the audience
how feeble and fragile my character looks, and all
in all, when three pieces of media are combined
together (billboard, front cover and Trailer) the
story in which I have made comes together and
becomes more realistic.

8. Costume and setting is used
(mise en scene)
Main characters
further forward
All the characters
are shown in a
familiar place so
Name of that the
program audience can
relate
Logo of
ITV
subheading
Day it is on
and time

9. My Billboard
heading
Name of soap
ITV Days and times
logo
Hyper link for Twitter-
Website address attracts younger generation

10. As you can see I used the same sort of style for my billboard poster as my advert card.
This is because I was wanting the colours to be memorable and match the way
through. Plus it matches the ITV1 logo
I involved the same black back ground
to add effect. I did this by using the
green screen (more on this in Q.4)

11. But unlike the ITV logo card, I used some
of the features out of this billboard
For example, I used the ITV logo and placed it in the bottom left hand corner of the
page. I also made sure I put the name of my soap and what time and days it is
on, just like the other billboard.
But unlike both of the boards
I used, I put in the
‘#flashinglights’ for twitter
users, which will encourage a
younger demographic.