Ancillary Task Research

We have began looking at other students ancillary products to get an idea what we will need to produce and the standard it needs to meet. We looked at a magazine front cover which was a level 3 and a poster which was a level 4, and I have learnt a lot form this task. The front cover used one image which was framed well and very effective, however the poster got more marks because of their use of different images and their IT skills when editing them, which is something to bare in mind. Both were very good, and the main issues were in meeting the conventions of the product they were. The magazine front cover for example had quite a small title which does not meet the typicality of that specific magazine, and the other stories within the magazine were not large enough. The poster was not clear which type of poster it was as it featured a credit block but no release date so it could have been a teaser poster or a film poster. This is something I will need to focus on to make my own products effective.