How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary

texts?

By Emma Willcox

Both my Documentary and ancillary tasks play an effective role on the audience. Both the ancillary tasks (Advert, Newspaper Advert and Radio Trailer) and the Documentary are professional and could be similarly compared to a professional piece. All sections link with the use of the ancillary tasks including the same date, time and channel the Documentary will be premiered on. This is to ensure that continuity is upheld to maintain a professional status. The font used is the same throughout for the title ‘Custom Vs. Traditional’ this is to emphasise the importance of continuity for an audience. The combination of both my main product and ancillary tasks are very effective due to all products being identified by audiences as being associated with each other and therefore an effective combination.

Advert

Strengths:-Contains relevant information. -It’s an effective advert as it contains pictures, the correct title as the documentary, uses a book as the structure of the advert – highlights the theme of the documentary.

Weaknesses:-Could have contained stills from the documentary instead of the ones used.-I could have used more eye catching and colours that appeal to the audience.

Placing advert in context(Newspaper)

Strengths:-It is relevant to the documentary uses logos associated with the themes used.-Looks like an advert placed within a Newspaper.

Weaknesses:-Not very appealing to the audience – lack of colours used and pictures.

Radio Trailer

Strengths:-Contains relevant information -A male voice is used as the voice-over of which is seen to have more authority than using a female voice.

Weaknesses:-It could be more relevant to politics in general, by maybe using music that is associated with politics.-Audio levels could be improved.