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

2. My poster

3. My
magazine
front cover

4. Links between My film poster and Film trailer
screenshots
At the beginning of my
film trailer, we have a
long birds eye view shot
of Ella scrubbing the
floor. As Cinderella is a
well known fairy tale
involving a ‘glass slipper’
my audience will
hopefully make a
connection between the
scenes of Ella scrubbing
the floor as Cinderella
does and the shoe on
the front of my poster.
This image shows the contrast between Ella when she is living with her
auntie, and when she falls in love and begins to really ‘live.’ Although before
watching the film the audience would not know this, the glamorous shoe on
the film poster suggests that some form of glamour (her boyfriend) will enter
her life and change it for the better. These enigmas will hopefully entice the
audience to watch the film.

5. Links between My film magazine front cover and Film trailer screenshots
When comparing this shot and the
magazine front cover we can see that the
girl in the screenshot is unrecognizable on
the front cover. This is because I want the
audience to feel they are being given a
sneak peek into the actresses life, which is
why I have used the words ‘exclusively
reveals her secret’ to show this.

6. Links between my film trailer, iconography and
typography
The fact that in my film trailer we see the boy and girl
bumping into each other raises the enigmas that they
may be about to fall in love, especially as this long two-
shot pan shows them bumping into each other when
they least expect it, followed by a shot-reverse-shot of
the couple close-up, to emphasize their instant
attraction to each other. This links to the background
image of love hearts in my film trailer titles which omits
the clue of the romantic genre, whilst the love hearts
and swirly writing on the poster also supports these
things. I believe the fact that everything links together
will benefit the audience as they can clearly identify the
genre as well as some of the plot by looking at the
iconography and typography before even being played
the film trailer and having the aid of sound, dialogue
and video.

7. Links between fonts
As my film is a teenage, girly
romance, I decided to conform
to conventions such as flouncy
font, which can give the
impression of a girl scribbling
about her lover in her diary etc.
Therefore, as well as using italic
‘handwritten’ font in my film
trailer titles, I also used the
same style of font on my film
poster and magazine front
cover. I believe by doing this I
have created a clear link
between all three of my
products as they are all
similar, while clearly displaying
the genre to my target audience.
The addition of small love hearts on my text on
the film poster links to the wording of the film
trailer titles, ‘experience the magic of love,’
therefore both products clearly show my genre
and the plot of the film.

8. Links between colours
As you can see, there is an obvious
colour scheme within all three of my
products, consisting of pink, red and
purple. All of these colours contain
connotations of love, romance and lust.
The pink is more of a flirty, romantic
colour which reflects the genre of a
teen romance as well as the innocence
of the protagonist which is why I believe
it worked well on my film poster, as well
as being the main font colour of my
titles. However, the deep shades of
pink-red I used on my magazine front
cover represents more of love and
passion, which is why I have used it to
represent the actress, to show that
maybe she is more mature than her
character while still linking to the
iconography and genre of the film.