How effective is my main product together with the ancillary texts?

How effective is your main product together with you  ancillary texts?

The three texts I have create are all based around the same urban horror style. One of the main theme’s I have carried through out the production of my horror package is mystery and enigma.

My main product (horror trailer) in it’s self does not give very much away about the movie. No characters are established or named and the audience don’t even get a chance to see what the main threat looks like or how in fact he is a threat. Locations are also not precisely defined in the trailer, however some locations can be easily diagnosed.

My magazine cover carry’s a lot of the same elements as my trailer. The audience is not told who the character is, whether is relevant to the story or where he is. One thing I do differently in this product is tell the name of the film, however I only did this to stick to the typical conventions of a film magazine cover. Apart from this however the mystery is still kept on the front of the magazine cover.

The horror poster I created is maybe the most mysterious of the three texts I created. The basic shot iv used shows only the bottom half of the main threat and a very unclear view of the two characters in the background.

Along with the ancillary texts my main trailer can be see having a good and effective impact on the audience. If a member of the public was to see the poster or the magazine cover the mysteriousness may cause them to go and watch the trailer. The mystery from the magazine cover and the poster continues on into the trailer which will still leave the audience wanting more causing them to want to go see the main movie.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media products?

In this video I look over the typical forms and conventions of my media product's looking at theme's, characters, camera work ect

What have I learnt from my audience feedback?

From my feedback i have learnt some good things i have done in my work and also people have pointed out thing that they did not like that i could change if i ever had to do this task again. 

Firstly for my trailer poster this is the feedback I got...

From this feedback the general vibe was the people that looked at it liked the general idea and style of the poster. One thing commented on several times was the pose in the picture of the man standing over the camera and the two people in the background standing under the legs of the mysterious man. The colour was also commented on such as how the deep colour of the blood contrasts with the lighter and more urban colour of the whole picture. The genre also seemed to be identifiable to the audience becuase of the colour and the poses in the picture.

From the comments on this video people appear to have liked the trailer however many faults have been pointed out. One of the point was that the trailer has hard to follow or understand in parts. This is because of the mysterious theme i tried to keep across my work. However because of this it has made the trailer harder to understand, so if i was to do this again i would make the trailer more understandable and add more scene into it that show more or the narrative unfolding and more hints towards characters and events. Another problem picked up on was the texted that was used to seperate scenes from one another, people commented saying i could have used a more fitting font for the genre of the film.

From these comments I have found there are several good and bad points to the horror trailer. Something I would much like to inprove is the font used in text titles. Sadly I did not leave myself enough time when editing the trailer and could not go to great length on text and was mainly focused on finishing the trailer to a god standard.

Magazine cover for horror trailer.

This is the finished magazine cover i have created, using photoshop, for my horror trailer. I have changed my original plan for the front cover to have a image of a victim from the film with the shadow of the threat seen on the wall behind him because of circumstances beyond my control. However I have gone for an image of the director (me) for the front cover with the cover advertising an exclusive insight to the "Scariest film of the year" from the director of the film. One thing i would mainly like to change about this cover is the picture size. The picture was taken in landscape which is not conventional for a magazine cover, so if given the choice i would like to re-shoot the picture into portrait so it will meet the typical conventions of a magazine cover.

EDIT

New magazine cover.

I was given an oportunity to change my original magazine cover in the hoped of getting a higher grade and was able to create this new magazine cover. I have gone for the traditional magazine cover with a large image of a character out of the featured movie with verious other articles advertised on the front cover to pull the audience into buying the magazine. The image i have used issupposed to show a victim in the film that has been cornered and pushed up against the wall by the threat of th film. I steel bar is slightly visable in the persons right hand.

Trailer for Horror film.

This is the trailer, made using Sony Vegas 8.0, that i have created for my media coursework. The trailer does not give much away about the film which is what I was aiming for as I wanted to keep the film fairly mysterious to the audience. I am quite happy with how the trailer turned out but there are a few things I would like to change such as the sound effects in places and I would change some of the editing.

Movie Trailer Story boards

These are the two story board sheets I have produced that show the basic outline of my trailer. I have gone into slight detail about the shots I will use and the events that will unfold in each panel. I have been fairly realistic in this story board in the hope that I will be able to make a trailer that looks the same on paper as it does on screen. 

Film magazine cover.

This is a magazine cover that is advertising the new James Bond film. The main image on the magazine cover is of the main character of the film that is being featured. Since Daniel Craig is a very recognisable character in the James Bond sequence people will see this image an instantly be drawn in to possible buying the magazine. The sub heading that are placed down, mainly, the rigt hand side of he cover are something else i would also like to include in my magazine cover. These give the magainze an opportuity to further pull the audience into the magazine by giving a breif look into articles, stories and possible special prices or opportunities that may be featured inside. Magazine cover oftenly only fature a few main colours so to not complicate of over load the front cover and keep it looking professional. This is something i will ave to take into consideration when creating my magazine and take care top create an impacting yet simple colour scheme.

                                                                            
On this post I have briefly gone into detail about the two main kinds of magazine covers that I would consider following. I am leaning more towards the empire special edition cover 

                                       

This is a look through of a cover that i liked from an existing magazine that I would like to create myself. I have listen things that liked from this cover and what i would take into my own cover. s, as I feel they will be easier to create and also help me keep that level of mystery I am aiming to maintain.