Evaluation Activity 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Above is an annotated version of our teaser trailer displaying our thought process during the creation of our trailer. The colours throughout the trailer are generally quite dark, this dark atmosphere is also displayed well in both the poster and the magazine cover. The images used on the magazine cover and the poster are also of a very similar setting to where the scenes of our trailer were set, so this urban theme runs throughout, representing our genre well. In both our ancillary texts we have used a figure in the images, as we have used actors in our trailer, suggesting a mysterious character in all three, yet none of them reveal much about the character, leaving the viewer intrigued. We have also used similar texts for all, creating a relationship between the three.

We have created a colour scheme to run throughout all of our pieces, with the dark atmosphere suggested through the black and white teaser poster. We have also chosen similar settings and characters to link the magazine and poster to the narrative of the trailer. Therefore, they work well and are an effective combination, with the magazine and poster acting as a promotion/advertising technique for the trailer.