Ancillary Products: Keys and Conventions (Unfinished)

Below i have explained the codes and conventions of the ancillary products in my brief and why i have chosen them. The ancillary products i can choose from are:

• A website homepage for the film

• A film magazine front cover

• A poster for the film

Website Homepage



Film Magazine Front Cover

Film Poster

I am going to create the poster as one of my ancillary products. I believe a poster is effective and reflects a film well through how it utilises genre conventions and presenting information.

It effectively presents the themes of the film and gives some insight about the film through quotes and reviews which would appeal to a viewer and reassure them of the films worth. I also believe that the many forms and places a poster would expose the film to a large amount of people.

Job Role Research

The following table shows a few of the job roles key in the making of live action films. This helps me determine how many people i will need for this production or how many jobs i will have to take on. In this table i have researched what the jobs are, the significance of it and a few examples of people that have taken on these roles.

Here are a few more roles that i may need:

-Lighting Technician
-Sound Designer
-Title Designer
-Camera Operator


As i will be working mostly alone for this projectI will take on the responsibility for the majority of these roles, except from the actor(s).

Presentation on Trailers

Presentation on Trailers from emilyapps


Below is a theatrical and teaser trailer for the same film, Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimensions. The theatrical trailer includes the footage from the teaser trailer with added content as it was made much closer to the films release where as the teaser was made around 6 months before release.


Teaser Trailer  

Theatrical Trailer