How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I believe there is some strong links between my main product and the ancillary texts,. My teaser trailer has text transitions that have black backgrounds and red text, my Film poster uses red text for the title at the top ‘Sinister’, my Magazine cover uses a colour scheme of red and white.

All three of my products have a strong link using the colour red, I choose the colour as it helps to put across the genre it adds a scary atmosphere. Also I use red mainly on the important texts as it is an ‘alarming’ colour, it grabs your attention. I think to make this link stronger I should have used the same text for the teaser trailer and film poster.

A very important link is my main character, he is in all three products(my main product and the ancillary texts). To make the link strong between the three I tried to capture him in the same location and costumes so it is obvious and not confusing for the audience. The location is in a subway, and all three products have this link of the location and it is a clear background so audiences can notice this link.

‘Sinister’ the name of the film links the three as well, because the name should be promoted and all three task advertise the name.

When making the products I new I had to make the name clear and distinctive, by having the name bold and clear on these products it helps the audience to remember the name and advertise it. If I was to make the link stronger I’d make all the fonts the same so people will realise the font being the same and realise the name by the distinctive font itself.

My film poster and teaser trailer have a link between the dark atmosphere they both give, as this is a horror movie it is important to show the audience the right atmosphere. My teaser trailer has dark locations and my film poster is aimed to be a viewpoint of someone chasing the main character these two link up well to put a frightening atmosphere across. My magazine gives off a frightening atmosphere by the main image, but I would say the Film poster and teaser trailer are better linked.

Overall I believe all three of my products link and come together really well. One of the main links is the main character as audience will be quicker to recognise the character then text.