The document discusses the creation of a film poster and film review for a short comedy film called "MIX UP". The poster uses images of the three main characters that show different facial expressions to represent their personalities and hint at the plot. Fonts, colors, and layout were chosen carefully to match the comedy genre and make the key information like the title and tagline stand out. The review also uses the same tagline and explores how it relates to the narrative. Conventions from other reviews like a rating system and verdict were included to provide critical analysis of the film in a professional way. Overall, both the poster and review were meant to effectively promote the short film and match its comedic style and story.

2.  The main purpose for our coursework was to produce a
five minute short film.
 Also we had to create an ancillary task individually
involving a film poster and a film review. The reason
behind dong the ancillary task allowed us to promote
our short film.

3. For the title I used a
simple font called Book
Antiqua which is clear
and easy to read. To
make it stand out I
increased the size and
by setting a gradient
around the title it
allowed the title to be
separated from the
background. I used
white for the title
allowing it to stand out
and it is different to the
background.
The audience are able
to identify the genre as
a comedy due to the
multicultural individuals
and are able to see
cultures coming
together in a humorous
way linking in with the
title ‘MIX UP’.
The tagline was
created and decided
by my group and I. The
tag line connotes the
plot in the story line
allowing it to have
more meaning
allowing the picture to
link in with the tag line. I
used this picture
showing the characters
expressions
emphasising the
tagline.
To make sure the film
doesn't connote a
bad ending, the
image I have used
shows innocence and
sly expressions
however the mother
expression shows
frustration connoting
to the tagline.
How did my poster meet the comedy genre?

4. Each character has a
different facial
expression to one
another.
The facial expressions
will show how different
each character is.
Saira is shown to be
smirking as she knows
her mischievous plan
will work.
Trevor facial
expression shows that
he is bold, cunning ,
and sly. By him smiling
assures the audience
that he is full of
himself and knows the
plan will work.
The mothers facial
expression shows that
she is irritated and
frustrated however
through all 3 facial
expressions an
enigma(mystery) is
created showing two
characters smiling and
a mother who is
frustrated.
However even though
the film focuses on the
Trevor and the mother
I still feel that it is
important to involve
Saira too . I wanted to
do this because I
wanted to show the
audience who is
behind this whole
concept.
How did my poster meet the comedy genre?

5. Fonts used for my poster
For my credits I used a font
called steel tongs which
allowed me to do my credits to
a professional standard.
I decided to put the actors name
in the middle with different
colours connoting the colours of
the Jamaican flag also allowing
the names to become eye
catching to the audience.

6. Fonts used for my film review
Similar to my poster I have used similar
fonts allowing it to be clear and easy to
read. It is important to have a neat
layout and font as it will allow the
presentation layout to be professional. I
have used the colour white as it stands
out from the black background.
The tagline is exactly the same as I
have used for my poster however I
changed the colour of desire and
nightmare into red emphasising the
comedy behind the tag line.
For the title of my review I
again used a simple font
however I increased the size,
boldness and colour, making it
more eye catching. The
conventions of a film review are
to make sure the title is bold
and is big in size which is what I
have done on my film review.

7. How did my film review explore the final film
As a group we wanted our film to be simple and
easy for the audience to follow. For my film
review I used the same film concept and
developed it further which was neatly written
and organised making it easy to read.
The tagline foreshadows the narrative ‘ A
daughters desire, a mothers worst nightmare’.
This tagline puts an emphasis on the plot and
the characters outcomes which will allow the
audience to question themselves of what
happens during the short film. The review will
attract the audience to read it as they would
want to know what the film is about such as
wanting to know if young Saira achieves her
aim.
I followed conventions from empire magazine
by including a verdict box which concludes the
film in a few sentences. Also within the verdict
box I have implemented four star rating which
rates the film allowing the audience to know
how good it is, coming from a film critic.

8. Logo and Website
When researching and looking at other film posters I noticed that
under the billing there was social networking sites. When designing my
poster this allowed me to implement this convention into my own film
poster. Most people use the internet much more which is positive
because for a film there’s groups which will allow the film to be spoken
about and be passed on ‘word of mouth’. Lastly I also noticed that the
BBFC certification is also present on a poster allowing the audience to
know the certification of the film.

9. To Summarise
Overall I believe that both my film poster and film review work well
alongside each other even though they have similarities to other reviews
and posters. However most importantly both of my ancillary tasks match
with my final production through the use of images, colour, layout which all
link in with the film. All images connoted expression through the three
characters allowing the audience have an idea of what their personalities
are like.