The document discusses how the combination of a main film project and ancillary texts like a poster and review are effective. Key elements like color scheme, fonts, and images are used consistently across the projects to maintain continuity and effectively represent the horror genre. Red, black, and white are the main colors. Fonts are chosen for clarity and to highlight important information. Images portray the narrative and genre through composition and use of color. Background textures add depth and mystery.

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

2. Brief
 For this piece of coursework, the assignment brief outlined that we
must create a short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five
minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of
both, together with two or three of the following options
 A poster for the film
 A radio trailer for the film
 A film magazine review page featuring the film

3. My Ancillary Tasks
 After looking at the
assignment brief I
chose to create a
review of my film
alongside a poster
to advertise it.
 I started by
researching posters
and film reviews
that shared my
genre of horror.

4. The Combination
 I believe that the combination of both my ancillary tasks and my
main task are very effective. I feel that I have produced them to a
high standard and feel that the connection is clear and my genre
visible throughout. I wanted to ensure that all products could easily
be linked back to my production ‘Triple Threat’

5. Colour Scheme
 I wanted to ensure that I used a similar colour scheme on both of my
products. I felt this would be a good idea as it would keep the themes
continuity and the colours chosen suited my genre. The genre being horror
is commonly associated and linked with the colour red. I therefore decided
to add white and black to my scheme.
 Main Colours Used:
 Red
 Black
 White

6. Fonts Used
 The Main font I used for my title on my poster was unique as I designed
my own feature to add to it. The main base font was Adobe however
using various tools on the Photoshop application I created a house to
add to the font. I felt this made it stand out yet in a subtle way.
 I also used Steel Tongs as the font at the bottom of my poster as this is
a very important key convention for a movie poster.

7. Fonts Used - Cont.
 The fonts used on my film review
were all chosen because they are
clear and easy to read. This was
the most important factor for the
text to have. I also made some
parts of the font BOLD this was to
highlight its importance for example
where I used ‘in cinemas soon’ I
also made the main body font white
so that it can easily be seen on the
dark textured background. However
a blood red colour was used for the
main headings to tie it back to the
overall colour scheme and the
genre which is often associated
with ’RED’

8. Images Used
 This is the image that I used on my
poster. I chose this image out of the
many that I had taken as I feel this
one in particular represents my
narrative and clearly portrays the
genre of my film.
 Another reason that I chose this
image was because it only features
the demon. I felt it was important to
feature this character as it is not
shown through out the film I therefore
felt that this would allow the audience
to understand the narrative better.

9. Images Used - Cont.
 Before creating my poster I did some
research into posters that already
existed, following the horror genre.
When doing so I came across this
poster for ‘The Uninvited’ I really liked
the use of this image shown to the right.
I based my own poster around this
layering the image over textures to give
it more depth and to leave it more
mysterious, ensuring I did not give away
the entire plot.

10. Images Used - Cont.
 For my review I chose to used the image shown below. I chose to use
this one because not only does it look professional but I feel that I have
also captured a still that portrays the narrative and genre through the
use of colour, facial expression and dynamics. This is the only image
used on my review and I therefore felt it was vital to include all of the
characters within the image.
The dynamics of this picture
show that Natalya and
Hannah are united and that
they are scared of the
unknown this is shown in
their facial expression and
represented by the demon
being behind them out of
sight.

11. Background
 The background I used for my
movie poster was created by
myself. Using the Photoshop
application I was able to layer
textures to create this affect. I
originally used a plain black
background but decided that my
poster needed more depth and I
therefore created this texture. It
also conveys that sense of
mystery to the audience which
links back to my narrative. I also
used the same texture shown in
the top image for my film review
to ensure continuity.