How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
These are my production pieces all together.
I have used similar fonts, colours, mise-en-scene and layout in all 3 media products to produce a house style and link them all together.
Fonts
The font that I used throughout all 3 anciallries was LUCIA SANS. I think that this was a good choice, as its not over complicated and is easy to read. I made the 'Ellen Goulder' part in bold, to make her name stand out as that is the main part in which the audience would be looking for in particular. I used this technique throughout also to catch the viewers eye, and allow them to be able to recognise that they are all advertising the same product.
I posted these onto facebook and asked people what they thought about the fonts.. these were some of the replies which I got..
Colours
The colours that I have used mostly are: Blue, Green and yellow. These colours are really earthy colours, which connotes being outdoors, and in a romantic setting. This was the effect that I was going for. The blue tint can also be seen as a sort of hint that it wont be all good, and there will be some bad times with tears involved. The colours of the fonts were also chosen to match my photographs, which I think they do very well. I also added a small vignette effect to the photographs, with black on the bottom, and white on the top. This links in well with the video, because in the flashback scenes, there is a romantic effect around the edge, where the picture goes blurry. I have used black and white effects also, but only in my video as this connotes sadness, and I was not trying to show sadness, nor happiness through the ancillary tasks. Through doing so, I leave the audience wanting to view the video and see what the narrative is behind the photographs.
I posted these onto facebook and asked people what they thought about the colours.. these were some of the replies which I got..
Mise - en - scene
The mise-en-scene of the products really establishes the link between them all. I think mainly through the use of the bridge, which you can see in all of the products. This bridge is a symbol of thier love, as in the flashback scenes, they are on the bridge most of the time, where they are happy. I think that the fact that the bridge is featured in all 3 of these media products is very effective, especially in the album cover when she is looking straight towards it. I have also included in the album cover, the pathway with the fence, in which the couple walk down and dance along. The fact that she is pictured on her own in the photograph sitting on the same fence highlights that there might have been a split, and creates a sort of enigma before the audience have even watched the video.
I posted these onto facebook and asked people what they thought about the mise-en-scene.. these were some of the replies which I got..
Overall, I think that my products link well together and are all very successful. I posted onto twitter to see what people thought about my pieces all together. These were the replies:
