Evaluation Question 2

Hoe effective is the combination of your main product to your ancillary texts? 

While constructing the Ancillary tasks knowing they would favor and promote the trailer I made sure to keep the conventions as well as style very similar not only to keep the house style coherent but also to make the film as well as design used recognizable and contributing effectively to the conventions the full film possess.

As such, I made sure to keep the same font and style of the title 'Soul' having the glow around it present throughout the poster, film and magazine cover as the films own trademark, causing the people who see it to not only instantly recognize it due to the title but also the style. With the font of the title I also decided to use this with the accompanying text in the poster 'What would you do with a second chance?' as well as the promotional headlines of the magazine. This was to further emphasis the style of the film and to have it distinguishable as 'Soul's' font. 

All three products also shared the same colour scheme in contributing the the thriller aspect of 'Soul' containing gray scale toned down colors, with the exception of blue, letting the audience know the serious and ominous atmosphere created from the themes of the film. Of course this was an inevitable convention to include within the construction of the trailer however in comparison to the promotional poster I decided to keep it more in the grayscale spectrum in order to make it seem slightly more on the creepy and sinister side, also representing the horror element of the film. the inclusion of a faded blue glow as well as the white luminous text exemplified the black and white element of the poster as well as bring out the blue more. I also included the appearance of Soul within the background of Faith to further capture the audience in wonder why a wolf would appear in such a place and what convenience it would have to the plot. In comparison to the magazine cover I decided to further enhance the gray scale effect upon the background and in the foreground have faith in dimmed down colors of blue and black making sure to consist effectively of the serious tone , fitting for the magazine suited for thriller / horror fans.

On both the poster and magazine I decided to have Faith's face half visible and on both occasions being shrouded in something to elaborate upon the mystery and the character and how there are two sides of her with the influence of Soul. The white upon Faith's face in the poster also brings out the innocent side of her which is present in the opening almost giving the potential audience the impression of a helpless girl falling into the wrong hands however only first builds a false impression for the double plot twists to come. As previously mentioned, I included Soul in the background to further peak the audiences interest in wondering what a wolf would have in relation to the plot and upon seeing the trailer would then perhaps begin to piece together that Soul was in fact the ghostly figure of a wolf.. This was also presented as a wolf snarling to emphasis his violent and negative side which then begins to fade away after him and Faith become closer. The evil and violent body language of the wolf juxtaposed with Faith's gray scale and plain face creates an interesting contrast of the characters further evoking a mystery or curiosity of the film.