Evaluation: Question Two

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

I made a podcast and on IMovie edited it together to show what I am speaking about in the podcast.  As I did editing I have taked about how we used jump cuts inbetween each clip starting off slow and gradually building up getting faster to build serpense like in the possession trailer. I have also spoke about how my poster and magazine link together and how they show the genre. I have spoke about how the production company logo and the distribution linked to the horror genre. 

The magazine and poster link as they both has a similar colour scheme of red, white and black. Both of them have the same girl in similar positions making the link bigger between them, although my poster has a blue tint to the photo and the magazine has a dark tint with a black gradient around her to show the genre more. 

I tried to make the magazine and poster simple but effective and if both of the products show this it shows that they are both promoting the same film and help the audience make the link. I tried to make the pictures the vocal point of the products as out target audience will be drawn more to a good picture than they would text. 

During the trailer there is many different affects used on the footage which I have done during the editing process of the trailer on imovie as I was the editor of the group. I put shadow effects on the video to make the horror genre show through, I tired to carry this through on to my poster and magazine to help show a link between them and make the link effective to the audience so they can make this link. I did this by using a gradient on the magazine around the face of the possessed girl and then on the poster I used a blue tint to show a shadow, cold affect.

Representation of Characters: Throughout the trailer the girls are shown as typical teenagers, getting drunks and having fun with friends. The clothes they are wearing and the make up which they have on through the party scene shows that they are young. The girl which gets possessed is shown to be quiet and shy through her actions as she doesn't take part in the party and doesn't drink. The news reader is shown as a professional through the clothes she is wearing as she is wearing smart clothing with her hair pulled back.

Good Vs Bad: In the trailer there is a clear binary opposite as it is clear to the audience who the villain is and who the victims are. It is clear to them through the acting of the villain, the make up which she wears and the way she carries herself when she is possessed.

Colours: On the poster and magazine I used dark colours and reds as these colours are linked to the horror theme, so the audience knows straight away that the film is horror. On the trailer when the girl is possessed I also tried to use the dark colour effects on her to show she is possessed, these scenes are also taken at night so make the theme of horror more clear.

Lighting: In the trailer I used dark lighting when the girl was possessed, this was filmed in dark lighting to help show the theme of horror because it seems more dark and dingy when she is possessed with a slight glow on her to show clearly to the audience that she is possessed. It was also filmed so the possessed girls face was the vocal point of the shots because her face had a bright light on it and everything else was darker. This shows the audience the girls possessed eyes which she has making the trailer more scary.

Location: The location of the trailer was in a house, which we tried to make it look like a student house. The location was kept the same throughout the trailer to make the trailer look more consistent and help show the audience that it is something about the house which is causing the possession of the girl. 

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