In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of

real media products?

Film Poster and Film Review

Real Media Product

Ancillary Task (Film Review)

With my film review I used the same layout and structure that most film reviews use; I did this so that it would be easy to recognise my work so that the target audience are able to recognise that it is a film review.

How I managed to develop some of the conventions of my film review was having some things in different sections or area’s. with the “did you know” section, I decided to put it outside the main image area as I felt it would be better if the image was on its own. With most of the things on my magazine review. I decided to keep it to the conventions and not change it too much; like the title , verdict and most of the layout.

The conventions that I did challenge were the placement of the name of the film and image effects. With the name of the film I decided to have it on the edge of the image as I felt it would blend in nicely with the rest of the review. The title of the film is usually written in small but I felt it was important to have it big and visible so that people would remember the name. With the image I decided to add a few effects to it and also use the image from the film. Rather than using a main focal image or an image from a photo shoot, I decided to use it from the film and it it where the image is slightly blurred but the main character ’Arran’ face isn’t blurred. Bu using an image from the film it would give a better message to the outside.

Real Media ProductThe conventions that I used and stuck with were the font of the credit and having a simple background so that it didn’t look like there was too much giving on in the background. The other conventions that I used and stuck by were the quotes from magazines; I decided to keep that simple and the same so that it had some familiarity that it was a film poster.

Some of the conventions that I developed from a real film poster were with the cast names; I placed them above the film title and in small text. I felt that by having it in a small font it would be appropriate as there were not big eye catching names to present the film. I also had a filtered background so that rather than having it plain; it would look better if I added an effect to it.

With my film poster I decided to change it and challenge the conventions of a poster. With the structure and layout in general I changed it, I had the two main images split on the top and bottom of the poster; I did it like that so that it occupied the space and used it well where I challenged the conventions were I had the credits and title going across the middle of the poster; slanted. I laid it out in that particular way as I felt it would convey the message better and it would fit the genre well. With the tagline for the film poster I split it into two separate sections above and below the title and credits. I felt as this would convey the genre well and look more appealing.