Evaluation of my Ancillary

Tasks

One Step Too Far

Poster 1The Title. The title does not

stand out but it is at

the top of the page

so is the first thing

you read and see.

This lets the

audience know that

this is the title.

Star Rating. This is just

under the title so that the

audience can see straight away

that the film is 5 star so

therefore will be good to watch

and grab more viewers.

Picture. The

background picture is off

two hands. The image

does not give much away

to the audience as you

can see no faces or

colour as the picture is

in black and white. You

are not able to tell from

this that the film is a

thriller as the picture

does not look scary.

Quote. There is a

quote which obviously

relates to the film. It

is written so that the

audience wonder what

it could mean so

therefore watch the

film to find out. It is

in the centre of the

poster so that it is un

miss able.

Star Names. Big

star names are written

here in big writing so

that it attracts the

audience’s attention as

they are able to see it

clearly and will then

make them want to

watch the film as they

like the actor/actress

starred in it.

Small Print. This

is the small print of the

film and the poster, which

is usually on a lot of

posters.

Poster 2The Title. This is at the top

of the page so that

it is the first thing

people see when

they look at the

poster. Again the

title is not very big

nor eye catching

but it is the

biggest piece of

writing on the

screen so you are

drawn to it.

Quote. Just

underneath the

title is the quote.

This is so that it is

the second thing

the audience

reads. Hopefully

this will grab their

attention and they

will be intrigued to

know what it

means so therefore

they will watch the

film.

Star Names. Big

star names are written

here in big writing so

that it attracts the

audience’s attention as

they are able to see it

clearly and will then

make them want to

watch the film as they

like the actor/actress

starred in it.

Small Print. This

is the small print of the

film and the poster, which

is usually on a lot of

posters.

Picture. The

picture is off two

characters in the film.

The fact the characters

have their back to the

audience will make

them intrigued and

male them watch the

film to find out who

they are. Also the

picture is in black and

white which again

doesn’t say much about

the film, as it doesn’t

really look like a

thriller.

Star Rating. The audience

are able to see the film is 5 star

so therefore will be good to watch

and grab more viewers. Review. The audience are able to see a well known

newspaper have left a good review which means the film

will be most likely good to watch and will grab more

viewers.

To what extent have you

achieved brand identity?

I have achieved brand identity as I have included the same font throughout the whole of the posters, this makes it effective as the audience will begin to recognise the style of the writing with the film and that is how it becomes well known. I have also included black and white photos in both posters as I am trying not to give too much of the film away.

What conventions of real media

texts have you used?

I have used the same quote within both posters and the fact that it is the same will make the audience recognise my film. I have also included the title, and star names this is so that the audience see who is starring in the film and may grab more of their attention. I have included the 5 star rating and reviews so that the audience are aware with how good the film is. And I have included the small print of writing as real media texts usually have a small print paragraph at the bottom of their poster.

How did you use and develop your technical and

production skills to achieve effects? What skills do

you need to develop further? How will you do this?

I made the posters on publisher as I felt that was the programme I was most confident with. I used my basic knowledge to include an image and text but unfortunately that was all I was able to achieve as my knowledge of anything further and more technical is limited. I used my creative skills to arrange the positions of the information and images around the page so that it looked eye catching towards an audience. From my research I was able to add relevant information which would normally be advertised on a poster and also what the audience would like to know. To develop further I will need to gain new skills on different programmes for example ‘Fireworks’ as that is a good programme for creativity with posters. To learn more about ‘Fireworks’ I will go on the programme more regularly and practise with other things so that I can get the hang of it.