2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

I think the poster would attract people to see the film because it would grab their attention because of the bright colours but with the expression on the main characters face seeming upset. I think from the poster the audience would be able to tell what genre it was because of the scenery as a background and the fonts used and images. I tried to get the same effect with the magazine cover but switch it around so that the main character looks happy but the image is in black and white which can seem quite negative colours so I think the audience would be interested by both as they both contrast each other aswell. The trailer would attract people because they would want to know how it ends or will he survive and complete his list?.
I would change quite a lot of the production stage. For a start I would have liked to have been more organised with what to do, when and how but I found this difficult because I was working on my own so I only had one opinion to choose from instead of a few people contributing ideas. I would have liked to have a better image for my poster and my magazine but being a drama I wasn't sure what to have whereas I think other genres would have a more obvious picture on the front. I think the trailer should have had more varieties of camera angles.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In my film I have tried to follow the usual codes and conventions of a drama film. Dramas are usually realistic and beleivable compared to real life. The disruption of the equalibrium in a drama is usually the main characters life suddenly changing which is what happens in my film with my main character getting diagnosed with cancer. I have made my film different to other dramas by having the main character recieiving cancer and instead of dying from this he manages to survive which was one of the things on his bucket list. I wanted to stick as close to the usual codes and conventions as possible to make it obvious it is a drama but I wanted to change it up a little bit so that it wasn't too typical and the same as a lot of other dramas. I think my film would have a message unlike a lot of other dramas which are mainly focused on emotion, my film is about making the most of life while you can and not missing oppertunities. My film trailer doesn't have a voiceover because I didn't felt it needed one because I think it is fairly simple to follow what it happening. I have kept my film to the usual drama forms but it is less emotional and more about the story itself because a lot of dramas are full of emotions and feelings but the storylines are usually very predictable and I think people would prefer a film with more of a story and unpredicable things to keep them interested.
I think the film would appeal most to adults from about 30 upwards. I was going to try and make it appeal to a younger audience but I didn't think that there was much I could do to it whilst keeping it serious other than have younger characters.