The poster and film review work together to promote the film. The poster uses bold imagery and minimal colors to depict the thriller aspect and intrigue audiences. The review provides insight for filmmakers while focusing more on the film's strengths to sell it. Both texts share the goal of selling the film and exploring its thriller and comedic sides to engage interested audiences.

1. HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE
COMBINATION OF YOUR
MAIN PRODUCT AND
ANCILLARY TEXTS?

2. Poster
• The poster I created was designed as a marketing tool to
encourage people to see my film and be intrigued by it.
• The poster promotes the film through its boldness- catching
peoples eye… giving enough information (but not too much) to
bring in the audience.
• My film poster focuses more on the thriller side to our film
rather than the comedic side, I have done this through a close
up of the main characters face looking at one another.
• Follows the darks aspects of thrillers, I have used minimal
colours, only black and red to make it seem sinister.
• My film poster is targeted at people who enjoy thrillers-
generally young adults.
• One downfall to my poster is that it has nothing related to arms
on it therefore it may not be clear to audience what are film is
about enough.

3. Review
• My film review would best fit the little white lies magazine as it
is has a very niche audience, rather than a popular magazine
such as Empire which regular film watchers would buy rather
than film fanatics who are more likely to buy LWL.
• My film was promoted in London short film festival through my
review, giving well known film makers an insight into what my
film is about and the good/ bad aspects of it.
• My film review focuses on the good and bad aspects of my film
such as acting, cinematography, directors etc.
• In my review I have written about both strengths and
weaknesses in my film however I have focused more on
strenths of my film to try and sell my film.

4. Summary
These two ancillary texts (the review and film poster) work
together well to promote the film. They share the same
concept in that they are all trying to sell the film. The three
aspects, short film, the review and merge the film together
exploring both aspects of my film the thriller and comedic
side.