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

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2. • FOR OUR SHORT FILM POSTER WE HAD USED A PICTURE THAT WE HAD TAKEN OF THE STAIRCASE WHILST FILMING THE SHORT FILM. THE OF THE STAIRCASE WE HAVE INSERTED IT INSIDE THE INFINITY SIGN. HENCE THE POSTER HAVING AN INFINITY SIGN- THE INFINITY SIGN IS A NEVER ENDING SYMBOL. • IN OUR SHORT FILM WHEN THE PROTAGONIST IS STUCK AT THIS NEVER ENDING STAIRCASE, ‘SPIRAL OF GUILT’, AND HE CANT MANGE TO GET TO GET AWAY FROM HE 5TH FLOOR NO MATTER HOW MANY FLOORS HE RUNS DOWN HE WILL ALWAYS BE ON 5TH FLOOR. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE CHOSEN THE INFINITY SIGN, TO SYMBOLISE THE CHARACTERS MENTAL STATE, BEING STUCK ON THE SAME FLOOR BECAUSE HE FEELS GUILTY OF KILLING HIS BROTHERS MURDER.
3. • MAJORITY OF THE FILM POSTER THAT WE HAVE SEARCHED USUALLY USES A PICTURE OR A SCREENSHOT OF THE FILM OF THEIR PROTAGONIST. THEY USE THAT PICTURE TO BE THEIR MAIN IMAGE ON THE POSTER. WE USED THIS CONVENTION METHOD FOR OUR FIRST VERSION OF THE POSTER, WE USED AN IMAGE OF THE STAIRCASE (ONE OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE SHORT FILM) AND A SILHOUETTED IMAGE OF THE PROTAGONIST. HOWEVER, WE DECIDED AS A TEAM THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO FOLLOW THIS METHOD OF CREATING OUR SHORT FILM POSTER. THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON TO FOLLOW THIS IDEA AS OUR FILM IS A SHORT FILM AND NOT A HOLLYWOOD FILM. ALSO THE ACTORS ARE NOT FAMOUS ENOUGH TO BE NOTICED BY THE AUDIENCE. • ALTHOUGH OUR FIRST POSTER WAS A SILHOUETTE AND THE MAIN CHARACTER FACE IS UNSEEN BY THE AUDIENCE LIKE THE POSTER ‘MUST PEETER’. WE DECIDED TO MAKE OUR POSTER SIMPLE BY ADDING ONLY ONE IMAGE FROM THE FILM RATHER THAN ADDING THE MAIN CHARACTER AS WELL. BY DOING THIS IT WILL GIVE THE SHORT FILM POTENTIAL AUDIENCE SEEING THE POSTER. THIS WILL HELP THE AUDIENCE TO SPREAD THE FILM ABOUT THE POSTER WHILST TALKING TO THEIR FRIENDS.
4. • THE FONTS THAT WE HAVE USED ON OUR FINIAL POSTER: WE USED A FONT CALLED ‘IMPACT’. WE DECIDED TO USE THIS FONT FOR OUR POSTER BECAUSE IT GIVES THE POSTER A SERIOUS LOOK TOWARDS THE POSTER. THE FONT MATCHED THE SERIOUS FEELING THAT WE CREATED IN OUR SHORT FILM. • CHOOSING THE COLOURS: THE REASON WE CHOSE THE COLOURS BLACK AND WHITE IS BECAUSE OF THE MEANING OF THESE COLOURS REPRESENT. THE COLOUR WHITE INTERPRETED AS INNOCENCE AND PURITY. WE FELT THAT THIS COLOUR REPRESENTED THE MAIN CHARACTER IN OUR SHORT FILM AS HE TRIES TO AVENGE HIS BROTHER BY KILLING HIS MURDERER. ALSO THE COLOUR WHITE REPRESENTS THE UNBORN BABY THAT THE BROTHER IS GOING TO HAVE – WHITE, LIFE. • WHEREAS, THE COLOUR BLACK RELATES TO THE HIDDEN, THE SECRETIVE, THE UNKNOWN AND DEATH. IT ALSO CREATES THIS MYSTERY TOWARDS THE POSTER. THE COLOUR BLACK IS REPRESENTED BY THE MURDERER AS THE AUDIENCE DOES NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS CHARACTER APART THAT HE HAS KILLED SOMEONE. THE COLOUR BLACK IS OFTEN WORN AT FUNERALS WHICH IS A METAPHOR FOR DEATH.