Ancillary Task : The Big Review of Moments...

Through my research into the conventions of a film poster and after choosing to base my review on the layout of the reviews and pages within 'total film' magazine, I have finally put my drawing into action so to speak and through many solid hours of sitting in the media suit (as I do not have the software at home) I have finally produced my review. The review itself is on a single page however I have created a double page layout, with additional reviews and box office listings on the other page in order to make it seem less like "a review created for the mark scheme" and more like a review of which could be part of a whole film magazine. I have used the name 'Streamed' at the bottom of my page, as to show that it is part of a magazine but also to ensure that a connection was seen between my ancillary tasks and the workshops we carried out with James, as it was within this workshop that I developed my own magazine named 'Streamed'. So here is my review!

I decided to use publisher as a hub for my review whereby I could pull together all the separate elements. I chose this programme as it is one that I am familiar with and although unable to edit images on the programme effectively, I had decided that the editing would be done on photoshop and then I could import my images into publisher. This I also did for the chart which I originally created on word and imported to my final review. In order to be able to upload it onto my blog, I re-saved it as a PDF and then opened this within photoshop allowing me to then save it as JPG image which I could then easily upload onto my blog. I used margins in order to help me place each object in line with another and used three columns for my actual review as this was a common theme I found in many single page reviews in total film, that the majority were in three columns. Overall I am pleased with my review, and feel that it is an exemplar of how research can defiantly pay off in creating a professional looking piece of work.