Ancillary Task Final

Ancillary task drafts

After conducting research into our ancillary tasks, we produced two draft hand drawn designs of our double page spread.   

Billboard:

Bus stop: 

Ancillary research

Before I could begin to construct my ancillary pieces, I needed to do some research into how certain adverts are conventionally constructed. We chose that our documentary would be aired on Cannel 4, I thereSince we have chosen for our documentary to be aired on Channel 4, I therefore research how Channel 4 format their billboard advertisements. I have concluded that Channel 4 conventionally keep their billboards simple, with just one image on the board with a small amount of text. Furthermore, the text is enclosed in boxes; also every billboard has the white Channel 4 logo on the right side of the ad. In addition, I will included the date and time that the documentary would be airing.

Channel 4's bus stop advertising campaigns seem to consist of similar conventions as their other areas of advertising. The advertisement likewise uses one one image, boxed text (a title and air time for a programme  and a Channel 4 logo on the right.    

In class we looked at the  mark scheme for our supporting pieces and looked at  and analysed examples several different examples in order to see what we need and how previous works could have been improved, and the common features which were in all of the examples.

Ancillary tasks introduction

Draft/Final Product

Here is our first draft, we are currently having problems with out sound; however we wish to have resolved them by out next version. 

Final product:

Including a hashtag #

Hashtags are now commonly used in all media productions, especially in documentaries; our research indicates that programs with a target audience between twenty and thirty use the hashtag. This is because the institution wants to create a rapport with the audience. Furthermore, ten to thirty year-olds are most inclined to use social media states such as Twitter and Facebook- both use the hashtag. We therefore wrote our different variations of the # we could use, while keeping in mind that is should be short and memorable. The hashtag is an extension of the program as it will allow viewers to comment and feel more involved.

We decided to use #London Riots. 

Being organised

Ed and I used several methods to communicate, namley: WhatsApp, Facebook and text.

What’s App-

We created a 'group' on What’s App, it allowed us to text messaging, to send each other images, video, and audio media messages as well as our location using integrated mapping features. Using the program proved extremely beneficial; the image on the right demonstrates how easy and efficient it was to communicate on. The reason we used WhatsApp more often than Facebook is primarily because is allowed us to communicate 'on the go'.

Facebook-

We also used Facebook to communicate. It provided us with the same service as WhatsApp i.e. real-time communication; however we could send documents i.e. Storyboards. We also used Facebook as an alternative to e-mailing.