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

First- lets discuss my teaser trailer:

My teaser trailer is sci-fi thriller genre, it features four different characters in the trailer- two of them are antagonists and two of them are protagonists!

So.
How does my film poster relate to my trailer?
My poster- as I've said in previous posts - is one face made up of different people's faces- this is to represent there is many different main characters in my teaser trailer!

Hopefully the combination of my poster and the trailer will make people want to go see the film because I think that they are both have an enigmatic element to them- what are the masks on the poster? what are the people in masks doing on the tv?

I have used connatations of my film in both my trailer and my poster:
*Tick and Tock Masks
*Clocks
*11.11.11

This is why they both work well together, because the audience can easily remember that if they see the poster for this film, then see the trailer, they'll instantly be able to think whilst watching the trailer- 'ah! this is for that new film Glitch, the one that has a poster of mismatched faces!'. This is what I'm often like for films that I see myself. Both the trailer and Poster have given a specific date of when the film is out, they both have the tagline 'Time is Ticking' on it, and of course, the clocks and Tick and Tock!! So all together the combination of them both has proved very effective!

Here is a few opinions from other people about my poster:


How does my magazine cover relate to my trailer?
My magazine front cover has the green text at the bottom, which matches the film poster style of text and colour! The magazine front cover carries on to relate to my trailer by the recurrance of the clock- except this time it is a grandfather clock to match the length of the image. There are three hands which grip around the door of the clock- this gives connatations of being trapped- you can relate this to my trailer in the last few images of the girl who is in the empty room, being watched. You also see the image of a notebook next to the girl saying leave me alone. This can also give connatations of being trapped. Also, the cover shows one of the antagonists within the clock face- Tick. The aim of this poster is so people will double take at the cover and each time will notice something new about it!

Again, the magazine front cover features the tagline- Time is Ticking- thus matching the trailer!

Overall, the combination of my main product (teaser trailer) and ancillary texts (magazine front cover and film poster)provide a clear, but enigmatic effect that will make you want to find out more about the film! They provide the balance between giving enough detail for people to want to see the film and not giving anything away. Therefore, encouraging people to go pay to watch the film!