evaluation question 2- How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

For my postcard I used the image of the magnets on the left as an influence for the front of my design. I believed that the use the magnetic letters was a symbol of the film as they play a vital role within it. Another influence was the vodka bottle as it was one of the reasons for lucas' downfall and that by using it on my postcard the audience might begin to question what the film is about by the objects they are presented with on the postcard.
Also I believed that the use of magnetic letters was original and that by using such a simple thing to give the title to my film on the postcard added suspense and mystery. For the back of the postcard I used a picture of a vodka bottle on its side. Again I believe that it added mystery to the film and presented a lot of questions to the audience. I kept to the conventions of a postcard as my layout is representive of nearly all the back of postcards that I have seen.

For my film review Iused this picture as the inspiration for my film review picture. I believed that it summarised Lucas' plight and also begins to let the audience know that he is in trouble. I didnt like the shot from our film, however luckily we had taken a still fo him drinking as a potential picture for my postcard, however I didn't go along with that idea with the postcard.

Using this picture helps the audience to establish who the main character is. Also all he is doing is drinking so it doesn't give away too much information about the film, however there is still a dark and mysterious look about him.

With the film review itself I believe it works well with the conventions of Empire Magazine. The layout is typical of Empire Magazine as there is a dominating picture, the main review of the film and also at the bottom of the article a star rating for the film.

When I wrote the article I wanted to stick to Empire's style of writing as that is what I believe the audience remember most. I kept focus on the plotline and talked about the actors and what they bring to the film and I always kept it in mind that it was a short film, not a feature length film. I also kept the tone of writing similar to Empire as their tone is normally quite funny and never to serious or mundane.