The document discusses how two ancillary tasks effectively complement a main horror film project. For a film poster, the lighting, font, and still shot from the film provide just enough intrigue without revealing the narrative. A double-page magazine spread uses stills from the film, taglines from positive audience feedback, and red/black colors that evoke the horror genre without spoiling the story. Both ancillary tasks effectively promote the film through visuals and text that peak interest without giving too much away.

1. How Effective is The Combination of Your Main Product and Ancillary Tasks?

2. Film Poster This is the poster I created for my groups short 5 minute horror film. It works effectively with the main product which is the film as the poster does not give too much of the narrative away, it also makes the genre of the film apparent through the lighting effects and mise-én-scene. The font used for the posters head line and tag line helps add to the proposed genre of the film, also the font colour compliments the genre as red suggests danger or peril. What also makes this poster and the film an effective combination is the fact that the poster background is a still-shot from the actual film with an “over shoulder” shot which works well as a poster background.

3. Double Page Spread This is the double page spread I created for my groups short film, it is supposed to be a film review in a magazine. One way in which this task works well with the main project is the way that it has three different pictures which are all stills from the film. The tag lines used for the start of the review promote the film in a positive manner and is taken from our audience feed-back that our group did. The red and black colours used again help associate the horror genre to the film and the pictures don’t give too much narrative away.