Evaluation Question 2

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

The short film we have created named "Misplaced" is mainly a Thriller genre with other genres such as comedy that run along side throughout the film. The film is a story of a man named Tony who is set the job to protect a briefcase, the content of the briefcase is unknown to Tony and the audience. He is led by a woman named Ms. Novinscak the leader of the crime syndicate. However a "small time thief" named Daniel wants to know more about the briefcase and whats inside and takes it away from Tony. Tony is set the task to retrieve the case and to kill the man in possession of it. This unfolds to intense chase scenes and finally revealing what is inside. 

The aim of our project

We wanted to create a short film which gave great entertainment for our audience through intensity and energy throughout. We wanted viewers to experience the emotions in our film. We wanted to use fast paced editing and intense fast music to get these emotions across to viewer. Another aim of ours was to create a mysterious atmosphere throughout the film. We did this by not showing the audience what was in the briefcase and letting the viewers imagination decide for themselves. 

How our project aims were reflected in our film poster and radio trailer?

Our project aims were reflected in our radio trailer as we made sure the audience knew what genre and what setting the film is going to be around. We used dramatic music and an intense voice over to give the sense of "edge of the seat" and mystery. In the radio trailer we used dialogue from the film itself to intrigue the audience into wondering whats going to happen next. This was also used to create intensity. 

Our project aims were also used in our final film poster. We used iconography with the briefcase to show the audience this has meaning in the film which can lead to the mysterious atmosphere to the viewer. Iconography was also used with the two stick men as they were both running and one of them running after the other. which also create the sense of mystery and intensity. We used dark colours with bright red and white to make the title stand out. We did this as during our research we found that most of the thriller film posters we looked at included dark colours, and on other titles that stand out. For example the film poster from the film Shutter Island. Shutter Island includes a dark background with a standout iconography in the back with bright writing to contrast the title from the rest.

Film Poster Inspiration

One of the main influences on our film posters was from the film "Catch me if you can" Catch me if you can includes two figures chasing after each other which gives you a sense of what the film is about. We tried to do that with outs using the white stick men. This gives people a look into our film and what it is about by juts looking at the images on the poster. As mentioned before, "Shutter Island" is another example of inspiration. The faded face in the background gave us the idea to include this in our poster to show the audience who is in our films or what characters  are included. 

How effective were the two ancillary texts in selling our production?

We completed research from others films before completing our texts. Doing so allowed us to be more efficient and accurate when completing our media ancillary texts. In our radio trailer we included quotes from the film which we learnt from watching other radio trailers during our research. We also made sure i film poster looked the part by making sure the poster fitted with the story and explaining some parts of our film in the poster. Overall the film poster and the radio trailer did reflect our intentions and did help us in selling our production.