Ben Trant

ANCILLARY TASK 1

RESEARCH

GHOST WATCH

Picture of the main cast or presenters, usually in-front of the location or a set

Text usually starts in bold with an opening paragraph

Consistent paragraphing throughout

Picture of a previous front cover from series 1

Title of show next to the logo or title card, with a brief intro beneath designed to entice the reader in

Selection of picture giving some but limited insight into show

THE TEENAGERSThe picture is clearly staged to show the three protagonists posing in a stereotypical ‘teenage’ position

There is a coloured box at a slight angle which gives a reader and potential viewer a brief run through of the bits they ‘need to know’

The title stands out and comes across the picture slightly to give a modern and cool lookThe paragraphs are formatted around the quote and picture which has a short pun caption beneath it

There is a quote from an interview within the text, likely to be a highlight or best quote to draw in the reader

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING

MORRISSEYPicture of the main cast or presenters, usually in-front of the location or a set

The text here is layered into three long columns. This isn’t a nice way to present the information and makes it a very difficult read.

A rhetorical question followed by a brief purpose of the documentaryA few different pictures give some insight into the documentary. Here, there is a small caption describing the pictures.There is a small text box with additional information regarding the production

DOCTOR WHO

A large picture of the cast and the infamous Tardis

A cut out of the Doctor in an action pose with a pun of ‘New Who!’

The text is very small and concise

Two small pictures show the crew maintaining the scene with small captions beneath

The two main actors are seen reading the script for the new series

UNITED

Picture of the main cast or presenters, usually in-front of the location or a set

The title is made bold to stand out however they use the words ‘we stand’ below it to show unity of the football team and reference the title

Text is minimal compared to size of picture, suggests the text will be vague and give little away

Based on a genuine tragic event, they have included photos to match the actors and real players

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

A quote from the review, different colour and bold font for key words

A box containing other films suggesting if fans liked these, they’ll love this

Picture of the main cast or presenters, usually in-front of the location or a setText is

positioned around a graph showing ‘predicted interest curve’

Ending paragraph sums up the review in about 20 words

Film title is more central and not designed to be the attention grabbing title

AVATAR

Main characters are shown together in a key scene – seemingly emotional

The film title is in capitals and bold in a red text box

Two pictures at the bottom of page, neither revealing much about the film

Text is kept to just two small paragraphs at bottom left of page

A facts box detailing the films budget, release date, director and starring actors

A small circular box gives the film a rating out of 5

ETHIOPIA The text in columns are surrounded by small pictures of Ethiopia

A faded map of Ethiopia is visible behind the text

Quotation is used as the central title in order to appeal to a wider audience

An array of brightly coloured pictures makes up the bottom