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

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Before creating my print products I looked at how other films in the same genre have chose to portray their narrative. I found that many of the crime-thrillers had very simple print products that focused on the main character, with a prop, such as a gun, to indicate that it was a crime thriller. Many of them were fairly dark and had most emphasis on the main character themselves, so I know I would need to take thought and consideration into how I was going to potray the hitman character and get this accross to the audience. I also found that all of the professional print products I studied had similiarities, which meant I could clearly tell they belonged to the film. I knew I needed to incorporate what I had from my trailer, into my print products in order for it to be successful and create an indentity for the film.

Looking back, I think I could of included more photos of perhaps the wife, gang members or boss to give people more of a clue of what the film was going to be about. I did however, chose to include the names of the actors - which I know is something many films do to attract an audience. The photos I intially took of Ishaan were moderately easy to work with, I editted much of the background and swapped it for black to give the illusion that this is a dark film and to remain emphasis on the hitman himself. I chose to include the name of all of the actors on each of my print products and made sure I included when the film was coming out as this is the main reason for print products existing.

The house style, font and general graphics of my print products were carried through into my film trailer. I have included the same font for the title, so people will recognise the name itself. I have also tried to make my trailer seem dark and thrilling, with the use of simple black and white intertitles. This gives the audience a serious impression of the film, as oppose to colourful intertitles with an informal font (which would give off an inserious impression)

The props and mise-en-scene were also something that I incorporated into both my print and film products, the gun itself was a key prop in the film because it shown the audience exactly what this film revolved around. The gun has been used in my print products to show the audience it is a crime-based film and at this point in the film you see the moment the hitman takes the gun out of the briefcase. I included this in the middle of the film because this is where the disequlibrium occurs and it is a key turning point in the narrative itself. I wanted the audience to focus in on this gun which is why I chose to include so many shots and build up the tension with the phone call prior to this event.

 I chose to put him in dark clothing that would often be worn by teenagers of that age, to give the audience the impression he is a somewhat normal boy but also to foreshadow the forthcoming events that occur. The mise-en-scene and costume of the hitman also links with the costume he wears in the print products. The use of this dark clothing in both the print and film products shows the link between them both well, as you get a clear indication of what this boy is like from the way he dresses and it becomes more apparent as you watch the trailer and see the narrative progress.

All of my print products all follow the same house-style and theme, I chose to include the colours orange black and white as I found this worked well with the images once I had manipulated them. By creating a consistent house style I was able to create professional looking print products that my audience liked. The feedback I received on these were heavily positive, however upon reflection I think I could have used more photos rather than just the one. The font that I used was also incoporated into each of the print products to give the film a solid identity and was carefully chosen to give connotations of crime.

In conclusion, I think each of my print products and both trailers work well and the effectiveness of the combination is good. If I were to do it again, I would have considered more about other characters, however I made this decision based upon research and wanted my products to be simple. I think this has worked well and you can get a real sense of what type of a film this is. I chose to include smaller images, taken directly from the trailer in my DVD cover to link these two together which I think has worked well too.