Planning for ancillary texts

PLANNING FOR ANCILLARY TEXTS

MAGAZINE REVIEW

In order to plan for our magazine review, I decided to do templates in order to give us an idea on where the different elements of the film review will go.

The title of the short film will go there to show the readers the film that is being showcased.

Here will be a small section of information about the film. Information like the director, running time, cast and certificate rating will be shown.

The actual film review will begin here. In these paragraphs the review will include details on the plot of the film. It may include some quotes from the directors and cast involved in the short.

Film review

Title of film

Film Info

Image from film

Film review

Short summary & 5* rating

In this blank space, we will use screenshots from the actual short film.

This is where a small page icon with film review written across it to show the reader that the two pages features a film review.

This is where more of the review will go, the writer will include details on the films production and how it was recieved by audiences.

In this box there will be a short overall summary of the review, with the writer using buzzwords associated with how they found the film. There will also be a rating out of five stars to give the reader a quick understanding on writers point of view.

In this column there will be a serious of images taken from the actual film.

This box will contain a paragraph from the review. It will feature a detailed ananlysis on the editing and the camera work.

This will feature a logo for the film magazine and a header letting the reader know that this section is a film review.

This is where an image of the film poster will go. By including the film poster it helps show a brand identity betwen the production company and the ancillarily texts.

Various information about the film will go here like information about the producion company and director.

The beginning of the review will go in this section. There may be an enlarged qoute in the centre of the paragraph.

Film

poster

Film Info

Film review

Images from

the film

Central image of poster:

screenshot from actual film

Film Title

Central image of poster:

screenshot from actual film

Central image of poster:

screenshot from actual film

Film Title

Film Poster

In this space there will be a certificate rating sign and a logo for the production company and the Cutting East Film Festival.

There will be a black border around the poster , in order to draw more attention to the central image.

Central image of poster:

screenshot from actual film

Film Title

certificate rating and a logo for the production company and the Cutting East Film Festival.

In this space there will be a short pharse or slogan that relates to the film.

In this space there the names of the directors.

By planning out both of the ancillary texts , it gave us an ideaqon how we wanted to texts to look after we finished creating them. These planning stages are vital to the creation of the texts as it helps make the creating process easier and more time efficent.

Kysan Bancroft 8028

The images below represent the steps taken to plan and create our film poster.

This was stage 1 of creating our short film poster. I decided to use this image because i felt it was a strong image as a lot of information can be seen from the poster which i felt was eye catching. I also decided to edit the film name poster into different positions on the poster and felt that the film title being on the right side was effective as it can be seen clearly. I used a white font because it can be clearly seen in comparison to black font.

I edited the position of the title to see how it looked across the image. I felt that the position was in a bold position as it is the middle of the image however I felt it took away from the image. I say this because it could have been more centre but also the audience are not able to see the image as a whole which I wanted. I also included information such as actors name and director and producer however i fetl with this idea, it has a lot of writing in one corner which is a not a strength. The release date has been included at the top of the poster. This is vital information however it needs information beside it because it looks out of place. The font in comparison to the first one is 'Impact' and potrays the title of the film very well. Through the image you are able to see the protagonist which was wanted to make clear to our audience.

With this film poster, i decided to change the image as the lighing of the image wasn't working with the text . This image came from a significant scene in the short film and we felt it showed a different side to the charcaters. The title has been moved to the left of the poster and in a small fon in comparison to the the first two drafts. The releases date is underneath it which doesnt make it look awkward and through research of film posters, the releasr date is normally near other informaiton on the poster for example the poster. This was a good convention of a film poster. The text is all at the bottom. I felt this imagee was strong however, the writing has to be reviewed as i feel the text takes away from the image, and i wanted the image to be the main focus. Also through the image you are not able to clearly establish who is the protagonist which is confusing to the audience. The title font i would have preferred it to be larger to make it more bold. I knew elements of the film poster needed to be edited as a new image needed to be used for the film poster to go well with the title of the film.

After carefully analysing the images we had to choose from for our short film poster i decided to have a seperate photoshoot with our cast members and this photo is the one i felt was appropriate for our short film. I began to edit this image and referring back to the conventions of a short film poster.

I decided to edit the background of the image. I felt that the background potrayed the feelings felt through out the short film. However i decided that the black background didnt add anything effective to the poster and the natural lighting from the image worked well with the image.

The image was edited on photoshop. I carefully added a dark cloud on Camerons side to convey his emotions. A tagline was also included on this film poster which was not included on the previous drafts. The lighting in this image and the font size all go well together and portray the various emotions through out the film which is shown on the image. The realse date and producers names need to be added on to the poster.

The film poster also has infrormation of where it will be screened which is eyecatching which lets them know where they can view the short film which is informative.

After receiving audience feedback on the film poster at its half way stage , i received feedback on where the release date was located and it should be bigger in a different position.I edited the release date at the bottom on the left but it being underneath the film title was appropriate. Less text was included on the film poster and it was in the corner which still can be easily read by people.

Final product.

This shows the different stages on how we completed our short film poster. It made us evaluate what conventions we wanted to include in the film poster but also eliminate unwanted information which helped us complete the film poster.

Tracy Kimani 8108