1. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? 2. I made a film trailer to go with my two ancillary texts, a magazine cover and poster. The genre I have chosen is horror and have included codes and convention of real media products with the inclusion of challenging conventions. I have done this to make my three products effective by having the same theme throughout, same main character and title in all three products. This attracts and gains audiences attention which will make them more inclined to watch the film if all three link together. Introductio n 3. An example of this This is Paranormal Activity 4, a trailer I have analysed already. As you can see this character is featured throughout the trailer and is featured on this poster. By having this link it is able to be effective in promoting its film to the audience. This is not only because it has the same characters as in the trailer, but also the same tag line featured in the trailer and poster as well. The tagline reads, Is closer than you think. When the audience reads this theyre able to see a clear connection between the two and by posters and because it doesnt have the same characters on the poster the audience will still be able to recognise the film being advertised. 4. Trailer & Poster My trailer and poster has four main links: 1. The main title of both my trailer and poster have the same name and colour. This shows the audience that this is The Abandoned. By having the same colour and text also helps the audience identify the two products rather than if they both looked different in terms of colour and name, making the audience think it was two different products altogether. The colour red conveys, blood, death and danger. These conventions are used in horror related products because of these connotations. Conveying that the audience will realise from the colour of the titles in both products that the genre is horror. Also the name The Abandoned sounds like a horror title because of The making the audience know he is the one who was abandoned 2. The same main character features in both products. Again this helps link the two together and show the audience that this is The Abandoned. Whereas, if I used a different main character for my poster, than in my trailer the audience would be unable to link the characters to the film. This is because they would be unaware that theyre advertising the same product, therefore less likely to watch it. So by having the same character throughout reinforces the film to the audience which would then persuade them to watch the film because of the effective advertising. 3. In both products the main character is wearing the same hoodie. This use of costume is effective because there is another link that the audience can draw from the trailer to the poster. 4. The audience can recognise the same weapon that is featured in both products. This is Trailer Poster Traile Poster 5. Trailer & Magazine Firstly the main character is used again as he was in my poster. This already gives me a direct link between my two ancillary texts. It then becomes enhanced when the same main character is wearing the same clothing and is holding the same weapon as he was when he featured in the trailer. Thus making it more effective to the audience when they see two or more of my products as they will be aware of who he is and the film he represents. The main cover line in my magazine is Serif just like it was in my poster and in the trailer. Also has the same colour and font as it had in the trailer. Again another link between the two products that the audience can identify. However what is ineffective between the two is in the magazine it has Loulla Aroti on The Abandoned, however in the trailer she isnt mentioned at all. Whereas in the poster she is mentioned with the other two actors and director. This makes it ineffective as there is no direct link between the two products as there is with the two ancillary texts. Despite this I still believe and so does my audience feedback that there is a direct link between the two products making it effective. Moreover making my product advertise to the public more successfully.