Evaluation for questions 2 and 3 on horror film in a2 media studies

1. How effective is the
combination of your
main product and
ancillary texts?

2. How my poster links to my film
 My poster links to the film because the poster is advertising the film
so it needs to give an insight on the film. The poster uses pictures
taken from the film to use on the poster, these pictures then give the
audience an insight to what the film is about.
 The font used on the poster is different to the font used in the film as
this font needs to stand out to the audience hence why it is red not
white.
 There is information on the poster at the bottom which is the credits
of the film, this links to the film as it tells the actors used in it and also
what jobs each member done on the film.

3. Poster

4. How my double page review links
to my film
 The double page review links to my film because it is a review of the
film. In addition to that the review is plain with it’s white background but
gains an effect of darkness with it’s black gradient across this could be
a reference to the film starting so brightly and ending in darkness.
 The layout of the review had the description of the film with information
and a large picture of the main antagonist on the left page, the review
is on the right hand side with a picture of the penultimate scene. The
picture used of the main antagonist is the exact picture from the poster
of him, the other picture used to show readers how the scene would
have been.
 The review itself is quite informative and humorous, the questionnaire
used after the film helped make the review as there were a large range
of opinions gathered on the film for example : there were peers who
assessed the film, staff, friends and family; this was essential as it give me
a wide range of different people, there were 35 people who filled out
the questionnaire.

5. Double Page Review

6. What have you
learned from your
audience
feedback?

7. Feedback gathered for research
 The research I undertook before planning my film consisted of
reviewing conventions used in films and how they were used and
what was so effective about them. After that I analysed one horror
movie and a variety of short horror films, this was key as I was able to
pick out what were conventions were used in each film which gave
me a trend onto which conventions were more poplar than others.
 I made a questionnaire on horror films before planning my film as I
needed to gather information on what most people enjoy
watching, I had a sample of 20 people and 15 of them prefer to
watch a gory horror film and also 12 of them like to know the story
within the film. In addition to that horror locations varied between
the audience. My questionnaire was pivotal as helped me decide
on making a gory horror film with a story to it but also in a variety of
locations hence why my film is in a variety of locations.

8. Feedback gathered on film
 I got feedback from 35 people on the finished product, about 28 of
them were impressed which is good as that is majority of the
sample. In addition to that the conventions were noticed by
reviewers who commented with “the low key lighting works well with
the whole idea of the film” and “the worms eye camera on the
buried hand was essential as it helped pull off the stunt”.
 95% of the sample said they would enjoy a sequel being made to
this film which shows positive feedback as they want to see what
else happens in the story of the film past his film.