Evaluation Two

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I think if I followed the conventions of other film posters in greater detail then my film poster could be more strongly linked to my other ancillary text and main product. Despite this I believe that each of my products do work well together and are recognizable as being linked to each other.

Poster- Although my poster does not follow the conventions strongly, I still think it’s easy to identify a link between all my products because of the main image being of Times square and this is show twice in my trailer. A head shot of my main actor and a faded still from my trailer (her walking with her suitcase) is also used in the poster and I think this makes it easier for the audience to see a link between each product.

Magazine- The use of my main characters image on the magazine helps make her identifiable from the poster and trailer. I like the image because she’s wearing a top which is the pattern of the American flag. As she’s English but goes to America, I like the idea of the contrast which helps represent her being set in the two locations.

Trailer- In the trailer there are quite a few close ups on her face and this makes it easy for the audience to identify her in the poster and magazine cover because they are made familiar of her within the trailer.

Overall I think the combination of all three of my products are effective and are easy enough to identify as being linked with each other. Although I didn’t keep a consistent house style throughout all three pieces I am happy that each product is still recognised as being related to each other and that its all part of one thing.