1. By Daniel Brewster

2.  We was set a main task which was to create a short film
which would last the duration of five minutes.
 Alongside this task it was our job to complete the
individual ancillary task which was to create a film review
and a poster to help promote our film.

3.  The main objective of my ancillary task was to promote my film, get
people interested in watching my film, this was harder than I first
thought as my whole idea was to set out in making something that had
never been done before, however by search around in my genre it was
evident that every idea I was coming up with had already been done.
 Another objective of my ancillary task was to mainly attract my target
audience, as they are the ones who I have targeted and any subliminal
messages within my film, directly correlate to that age group or type of
person.
 My main purpose was to attract my target audience from the little
preview they could see on the A4 sheet of paper, whether it be my Film
review or Poster, it needed to be creative and original in order to want
people to watch it without seeing anything else but my poster or film
review.

4. Here I opted for a black and white
look which contrasts with the main
USP of the film, the black and white
colours around the face foreshadow
bad things to come alongside the
name ‘Behind Closed Doors’ it
creates an idea of mystery for the
viewers to come and see what
happens.
The title is black on RED the red
meaning love however also shows
anger and greed, which is shown
in our film as Mr Wicks is angry
towards Lucy with the death of
his wife and rapes her in order to
satisfy himself.
The facial expressions show lack
of emotion and the dark tones
are highlighted with the sadistic
look given by Mr Wicks. As this
picture is in colour it shows the
contrast between the two
characters and shows to the
audience that there is something
going to happen between these
two characters. The picture is in
colour which shows that he is the
main character, the protagonist
and his type of clothes (Vest)
indicates that there may be some
form of sexual content within
this film.

5. The overall colour scheme is
red and black, these two basic
colours contradict each other,
as RED shows passion and
love where as black shows
lack of emotion and care, this
was a good way to conform to
the drama genre as it creates a
believable world of people
who are not really as they
seem.
‘Not everything is what is seems’
This quote connotes to the
audience that the two characters
may be showing a persona which
isn’t what they really are like, and
when watching the film the
audience will be able to find out
what they’re really like, relating to
a verisimilitude.
The lamp shade shows that the
main scene in the film will be
located in a room, with the title
‘Behind Closed Doors’ it
connotes that something will
happen in that room which
shouldn’t happen, creating a
sense of unknown within the
minds of the audience which
would make them want to find
out more.

6. The font I used here is called ‘Coolvetica’ I used this font because it’s a simple
font which has a massive effect, the font doesn’t give anything away in terms
of what type of film it is, as appose to (see below) to this font which clearly
indicates the film is of the western genre, this font I've opted for keeps the
audience in question to what really is the genre?
The font I used for the billings is
called ‘Univers LT 39 Thin Ultra
CN’ I used this font because I
wanted to give my poster that
authentic and realistic look to it,
If the font wasn’t correct my target
audience would have second
thoughts on going to watch my
film as it would have looked
budget from the start, this builds
the audiences expectations from
the film and entices them to go
watch it.
Another reason why I used
this font was because the
font doesn’t mix up and of
the letters and they don’t
overlap each other and
make it hard for the
audience to read, it keeps it
clear and simple for the
reader to read and intake
any information one wishes
to take from the poster.

7. Again I opted for the font
‘Coolvetica’ this font was
brilliant in my Poster so I
decided to use it again, the
font clearly shows what
you’re trying to explain to
the audience, the text
doesn’t overlap which
creates a good image and
is one which would be
used in a professional film
review magazine and or in
a newspaper. This font
also is good to use because
even though it is small you
still can see everything
clearly and easily visible.
I opted for this text
because it is bold and
eye catching, this was
my intention to draw the
readers attention and I
believed it would be
effective to use on my
film review and I chose
the black colour scheme
on the white
background, again with
the bold text it really
highlights and captures
someone's attention
quickly and the title
‘Behind Closed Doors’
doesn’t give the audience
a lot of indication of
what’s going to happen,
this is why it will give
them an added incentive
to read on.

8. With Lucy being classed as a vulnerable girl who is sexually attacked by her father, the image shows her in the
exact emotion, the picture is really good because although you cannot see her face you can still gather the
emotions from her, as the shadow in the background enhances the facial features to create this emotion
My film is a drama which
needs to have conventions
which needs to show the
emotional and relational
development of realistic
characters. The text of my
film review creates an
ideology of Mr Wicks which
shows him as a sadistic
character, from this the look
on his face in the picture
shows he’s not someone to
get with, as the text unveils
his plans the picture helps
create the verisimilitude
within the film.
I had chosen to use this image for my film review because it really highlights everything which is needed in
order to promote my film. The shadow in the background connotes a sense of unknown and the dark
background behind Mr Wicks again shows darkness and indicates something back is going to happen. The
hair across the eyes of Lucy bring a scary factor towards the film, her body posture, slanted away from Mr
Wicks connotes that she is afraid of what is going to happen next.

9. This image for Mr Wicks does conform to the drama
genre, I decided only to use the upper body of Mr
Wicks to show off his strong physique, with him
showing such an angry emotion through his eyes he
automatically becomes the villain in the film.
I had used the brush tool within Photoshop and the
level tones to create a darker face and a more lighter
body, the ideology behind this was to show a little
contrast within his character which is evidently
shown within the film, as he is seen to be a normal
everyday teacher however when he gets home he’s a
sick and twisted individual who will do anything to
satisfy his needs.

10. Precious 2009 was the main
influence on my poster as I
wanted to recreate the same codes
and conventions as Precious
comes under the same genre –
Drama (Tragedy). The use of the
darkness in the face of both
Precious and Lucy were to create
the sense that they’re not loved,
the light tones and colours of
Precious and Mr Wicks really
highlight the two with only the
upper body used in both posters, I
decided to locate the billings and
the actors names in the same
locations as I didn’t want to
distract from the main picture
and title of the film.
The main difference of my poster compared to the poster of precious
is that I have more going on in the background whereas Precious
poster is more plain, I opted for this because now in 2013 it is more
advanced and common in the modern day posters.

11. 
Throughout this production process my group wanted to create continuity and sustain it
throughout the ancillary tasks, we did some research and saw film posters such as;
Precious 2009 and sleeping with the enemy 1991 and the main colour which was used
throughout these posters were black, although this is a commonly used colour
throughout most posters no matter what the genre is, however the colour black connotes
pain and suffering which is apparent throughout our film. The use of Red and Black in
‘Behind Closed Doors’ indicates that the juxtaposition of these two colours represents
the tension between Mr Wicks and Lucy. In the poster I used Black and White and
Colour to represent my characters giving them personalities with the roles they play
within the film, however I decided to put a spin on things and use Mr Wicks with colour,
who would normally be in the black and white, contrasting with Lucy who I opted to put
in the black and white by decolourising her in order to move away from the typical
stereotypes and conventions seen in a drama. For my film review I opted to go with the
standard Black and white with hints of red, the ideology behind this was to create a
normal film poster and have the red indentify love which contradicts the death and
suffering of the black to try and give the audience that question before viewing the film,
as to ask them ‘Is Mr Wicks really a bad person?’ this creates a relationship between both
the audience and the characters before they watch the film, which makes it easier for us
in the production side of things to help sway their opinion on the characters in the way
we want them to.

12. 
I decided to go with a one page film review rather than a two page
spread in order to keep it simple and easy to follow for the consumer. I
went for a black, red and white colour scheme as they all counter each
other to create a sense of unknown in the film. The white symbolises
purity which is thrown out the window when Mr Wicks rapes Lucy,
the black highlight greed and suffering which are apparent within the
film and the red connotes the love and intent of the characters which
is contradicted by the black. I went for this colour scheme in order to
confuse the audience, when seeing this they may not be sure of what
is going to go down until they start reading it, after coming up with a
conclusion they would realise they would want to see what is really
going on within the film and go and watch it.

The review gives the film a three out of five which means that the film
will be a good watch, the text highlights that the film is only five
minutes long, which clearly indicates to the audience that with it
being three out of five it most definitely should be something that you
should go to watch.

A convention which is unique to my film review is the talking point, a
brief description of something to do with a character within the film
to help create realism within the review, my talking point goes on to
talk about the director and his plans to distribute this film on a larger
scale, this alongside the ‘See this if you liked’ gives the readers an idea
of what to expect in the film and if they liked those films then they
should definitely go watch ‘Behind Closed Doors’.

13.  Overall, I believe that the combination of both my ancillary tasks and
my final product help to set up for a brilliant film, the ancillary tasks do
the job they’re intended to by promoting the film, this creates a sense
of acknowledgement for the audience by seeing what they’ve seen
before and by doing so creating a more professional look towards the
film. I thought that the colour scheme could help create a relationship
between the actors and the audience and thus when going to watch the
film it creates a verisimilitude which is necessary for a genre such as a
drama (tragedy). I believe that this has made my work more effective
and original showing continuity throughout the film.