The first ancillary task we completed was the poster face peel of Chace our protagonist peeling away part of his face to show that there is something underneath the skin that others cannot see or if they do as the trailer shows they end up being brutally killed. The poster an the trailer work well together as they both hint towards the plot line and hit the genre on the dot but leave an air of mystery as neither make a direct statement that shows plot twists or ruin key aspects.
The tag line of the film as seen on the bottom of the poster “what he doesn’t know could kill you” also features in the last seen of the trailer to add a bit of a chill to the spine of the viewer, the two work to gather for a sense of fear but intriguing at the same time as the public would wish to find out what is meant by the statement. The font used on the title “pendulum” was done in the chosen font and the colour red to make it look as if it’s bleeding and dangerous to reflect the character of Gabriel as he is the murderer being dangerous and leaving a trail of blood in his wake.
The second of the ancillary tasks the magazine cover we revel some extra characters from that seen on the poster as the Doctor and Joel’s character now appear. Also unlike the poster Chace and Gabriel have separate photos but Gabriel is still just above with his hand stretched out to connote that he has the power and he is placed on the cover in this place has he is sat on Chace’s shoulder like the evil side of his conscious. This works with the trailer as in the last scene both Chace and Gabriel are present with Gabriel above Chace on wall and pouncing on to him much like animal and showing he has all the power over Chace
The Doctor’s photo has been darken to give a hint to a viewer that there might be something evil about him as much like Gabriel’s character darkness connotes evil and both dark irony to them as Gabriel is named after an angel and Doctors are normally seen as the healer so in the light. As heard in the voice over of the trailer the doctor brought Gabriel to the school so evil but is now frighten that he cannot control him.
Bobby Watt’s the other character on the cover has been lighten as if the entire film had been made then it would been made clearer that Bobby is a key good character in the fight against Gabriel but as shown in the trailer he ends up dead we have linked this to the cover of the magazine by the darkening the watch above his head to show his impending doom.
The pocket watch background was selected as it has the mechanics on show and also it relates to the ticking at the start of the trailer and how time is running out to stop Gabriel.
Matt
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