How like film posters and magazines are your ancillary texts?

Do some comparisons of your own compared to examples of real versions.

Our Film Poster was successful as it approached the conventional displays of a real film poster. We applied reviews and star ratings to create a professional look. We created our own names for the review such as "Kingdom Magazine" and "The weekly post". The blown up phrase of "Heartfelt and Hilarious" reviewed by "The Pinewood Informer" suggests that the movie was successful and highly anticipated. This was also progressed in the poster for "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" of which had multiple reviews, and additionally doodles and drawings, also evident in Marmalady. We also used credits beneath the protagonist, common in movie posters, and also evident in "TDOATG". We placed the main characters above the film title, showing importance to those actors, and suggesting their role in the movie, being the main characters. The use of a "Coming Soon" was also a key part of suggesting it was a film poster, as this makes the audience aware that this is a production and you will soon be able to see it, either in cinemas or online.

Movie Poster for A2 Production "Marmalady"

Our Magazine cover was the part of the production I was most proud in making as I put a lot of effort into the professionalism of this cover, trying to target a large audience, as opposed to just film fanatics. I decided to name the magazine with a one-worder that sounded fancy and looked sleek. We decided upon the name "Vivienne" because it was similar to Vogue and looked professional in this graphology. We thought that approaching a magazine that specialised in culture and arts would appeal more than just a film magazine, thus showing the films independence. We used a photograph I previously took and posted onto instagram where Lola is on the grass looking into the distance, quite similar to the ending scene in our trailer. I enjoyed editing this Magazine the most as I am quite skilled in graphic design so it was fun to attempt this project. I used a software called "Paint.Net" which i use very often as it is simple and capable of Photoshop techniques. We Made the title of the magazine the most noticeable and used a vibrant colour so it would stand out from the rest. We used a slim font that was common in fashion and photography magazines. Above the magazine title we came up with a slogan that would be shown in the rest of the issues "The very best in culture and the arts" thus suggesting that this isn't just a film magazine, but overs all aspects of media. Between the letter "N" in Vivienne, we subtly placed the issue number, conforming to a real magazine, and beneath, we placed the date of the published issue, which subsequently made it look more professional, and viewers were able to see the release date.
I downloaded brush stroke images which i layed over the left hand side of Lola and covered this with a pre-downloaded font that fit the general atmosphere of the magazine, stating the actors name. Many film magazines use the line of *ACTOR NAME* IS *TITLE OF MOVIE* we progressed this idea in our magazine and said "Luiza Paulielo is Marmalady" which grips the viewers attention and makes the viewer want to buy a copy and read on. Another aspect in suggesting the replication of a magazine cover was the bar code and price, we simply downloaded a non-copyrighted bar code and estimated a price for the issue and placed them beside eachother, in the right bottom side, usually where they are placed. The Clash magazine was a different type of film magazine as this was the film issue, that portrayed a quote/ slogan, in which we also approached in our magazine cover.

Vivienne Magazine Cover Promoting upcoming Movie "Marmalady"