2.  In our film we were trying to accurately
portray mental disorders and how
someone can feel trapped by Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder. The aim was to for
an audience to see how our character
was trapped by ocd, have a view into
how she might view the world and how
hopeless it appears and see her break
through her mental disorder.

3.  The theme of our film I feel was reflected
accurately in our advertising products. In
our poster we used the image of the
notepad and pens lined up- which is used
in the film to convey our characters
obsession with order. We also used a
black and white filter on the poster- much
like in the film to make it appear dark and
depressing. We tried to stray away from
any horror aspects as we didn’t want to
confuse our audience as it may appear
to be a horror film from how dark it seems.
In our radio trailer we tried to convey how
dark we wanted our film to be. We made
the trailer sound quite serious and, again,
tried to stray away from the horror genre,
which I feel was much easier to do with
our radio trailer as we could directly
identify what the film was about.

4.  I feel our products sell our film quite well, our
poster doesn’t directly address the topic of our
film- which it maybe should but it certainly
shows the depressing theme we tried to
convey. We used a shot of our film to create
this poster so it’s very true to the film, it doesn’t
show anything that’s not in the film. It also
references main themes such as the main
character’s obsession with making notes-
they’re shown around the border of the poster.
I feel it would be quite easily for someone to
recognise that this film is a psychological thriller
from this poster as it doesn’t show many
aspects of other genres and it’s also a point of
view shot shown. I also feel our radio trailer
works quite effectively, it helps us attract a
wider audience and address what our film is
really about.

5.  To make our poster I did research into other films from this
genre and how their poster conveys they film. I looked at
the film Momento, I feel this poster is quite similar to our
own as it shows a main icon in the film- photographs which
is similar to how we use notes in our films. It’s clear this film
has a very seriously topic, you can see concern on the
actors faces, this is effective but is not something we used
in our own poster. Mr Brooks is also a psychological thriller
but the poster differs quite a lot from our own, it could be
confused with a horror genre with the use of a red border
that could signify blood. We also did research into radio
trailers and how they convey the genre. I feel our own
trailer seems to fit with what we have looked at, giving
quite a basic view of our film and making it clear to the
audience what it is about.