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

I think that the combination of our main product and ancillary tasks work well. I think there is a reoccurring theme through out. Each task compliments each other and creates a brand.

The main product, our trailer, conforms to its genre and challenges it too, with a leading female protagonist. The magazine front cover layout has been inspired by looking at many well known and established 'movie magazines' such as 'Empire Magazine' and 'Total Film Magazine'.

Our magazine front cover which we named 'MovieReel' has been given a special 'Betrayal' edition which is a marketing scheme. The image for the background for the cover is of Sarah against a brick wall holding a gun staring at the camera in a direct mode of address. She looks like she is challenging the viewer. The lighting of the photograph adds to the sinister mood.

The film poster developed by Tristam was inspired by many crime and gangster film posters he researched. The poster shows Sarah in a urban setting with a gun surrounded by clouds this to highlight her confusion and the isolation she finds herself in this film. She is above a London skyline which was edited by Piers. The red skyline reflects the violence and blood which Sarah will experience in the twists and turns of the plot.

I think our trailer has been successful and effective as it has followed the theme of the gangster genre. We managed to conform by using guns with realistic sounds found off the Internet, and the use of the traditional trilby hat is used in a vital scene. However we deviated from the genre by adding 'hoodies' which updated the image. 'Hoodies' are often associated with criminal activity in modern Britain so they were a useful wardrobe choice for this trailer.

The magazine front cover and film poster have dark images which suggests night time, which is when criminal and sinister activity usually takes place. The choice of lighting and colours is effective and adds the whole image we have tried to portray.