Ancillary Products - My Posters

This is the first poster I produced. On the poster it shows all the characters that are shown in the trailer. I took an individual picture of each character, which enabled me to position the characters where ever I wanted and what looked best. The language on the poster is the name of the soap opera 'FACES' in the font which is shown on the trailer itself, i did this for continuity, and I think it really establishes the name of the TV soap opera because it is used throughout therefore becomes recognisable to the audience. I used the colour of orange and black for this title because it links in with the Hull city football team, which has the colours black and amber. The background colour going from dark blue to a lighter blue I chose because Hull as a city is stereotyped as a dark place, therefore because of the issues that the soap opera would show, could be very dark issues. The date is put on the top right of the poster in the same colours as the title of the show, for the same reasons. I think this poster works well because it shows all the characters, however gives little information to the audience, such as what time and what channel the soap opera will be shown.

This is the second poster I produced, unlike the first poster it only shows some of the characters not all of them. I did this so I could see what works well, and what effect it would have on introducing characters to the audience. However I dont think it works as good as the poster with all of the characters positioned on the poster. As well as
the amount of images placed on the poster, this poster also has a difference in the position in which the title of the soap opera and date are placed, across the bottom. This poster also includes more information such as the channel that the soap opera is being showed on and also when it is going to be shown. However i have kept the colour scheme of the title and date, being amber and black as this is what is shown on the actual TV trailer. The background colour is another difference compared to the first poster, I matched the colour of the title 'FACES' to the colour of the background to see what it would be like with a matching colour scheme. In my opinion, the colour scheme does look good, however because the all of the characters are not on this poster I think it could be more sucessful in showing the audience all the characters but because of this it allowed the images of the characters to be positioned closer therefore the audience can see the faces of the characters. Another fault of this poster is the small font information, showing the channel that the soap opera is being showed on and also the day and time that it is shown, does not stand out that much. Because this is key information it needs to stand out because the audience may find it difficult to see therefore the audience will not be able to watch the soap opera. Overall I do not think this poster is as sucessful as the first one because it has many faults, and could be made better.

This is the 3rd poster I produced. It combines elements from the 1st and 2nd poster together. This poster shows all the images of the characters like the 1st one and some are positoned differently to both. It still contains the same style and colour of the title 'FACES' as it did in the 1st and 2nd one, and also the date that the soap opera starts is the same as the other ones. This one also highlights the channel and time the soap opera is shown unlike the 2nd one were it was hard to see. I did this by adding a black border around the wording so it stand out more, even though it is smaller than the title and date. I think it sucessful put across the information that is needed to the audience so that they are able to watch the show. I also changed the colour of the background of the poster, I did this because I think the colour grey is shown in the footage of around Hull in the TV trailer and also that the stereotypical opinion of Hull is dull, and the colour grey has connotations of grey. Overall i think this is the best poster as it has all the elements that it needs to be a sucessful poster in promoting, advertising, pursuading and giving information to the audience so that they can easily watch the TV soap opera that I have produced.

This is the 4th poster I have made. It is different to the other three as it a verticle A4 poster. This poster shows three images of the characters, it is very dark and the images are in black and white. The only colour on this poster is the title 'FACES' the same as the other posters and the date. It also tells you the channel which the soap opera will be shown but doesnt tell the audience the time. Unlike the other posters it has a headline 'welcome to the dark side', this is intertextual as it is taken from the film star wars. I decided to put this on the poster as it goes well with the dark colour scheme of the poster but also links well into the images and the facial expressions of the characters on the poster, as they are all pulling serious expressions, hints on the issues that the soap opera may focus on. The 'dark side' is used as a metaphor of Hull because it is stereotypically noticed as a dull, dark place, where there is alot of crime and not many things to do. I think this poster is a good poster however it doesnt show all of the characters and put a dark mood on the soap opera which may not encourage viewers to watch the new soap.

After analysing each of the posters I have produced, I think the best one, that meets the conventions of posters and also establishes the purpose of these posters well is the 3rd poster, with the grey background. It features all the characters so that the audience can recognise these characters from the TV trailer. This poster also gives all the information that is needed to the audience so that they can watch the TV soap opera, making it sucessful.