How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I think that our ancillary tasks complement the main product as they represent and emphasise the main theme of the product. The key aspects of the media product which we have carried through into our ancillary tasks include the movement of the train, the distinct colours (i.e. red and white), and the villain, which can be seen below.

The movement of the train could represent the appearing and disappearing of the villain, as the trains take a very direct route to their destinations, which could be likened to the villain who unexplainably appears before our main character.

It could also be interpreted that the movement of the train is symbolic of the main characters repeated attempts at escape.

Another aspect which is present in both our media productions and ancillary tasks in the distinctive two-tone colours.

I think that we have definitely made the most of the red & white colour scheme in all of our products. This is most prominent in our magazine cover, as it appears in the title, the magazine features, and the picture itself. By keeping a simplistic colour scheme of only two colours, I think that we have pulled off a professional looking cover.

This is present in other films such as Raging Bull, in which both the magazine cover and movie poster have a very distinctive colour scheme of black and red.

Also, these colours conform to the conventions of the horror genre, as the red is symbolic of blood. Arguably it is more often red and black rather than red and white, however I believe that the white provides a sinister and clinical aspect, which is featured in horror films such as Saw, and The Human Centipede.