Alison Park Media Coursework Year 1

  The plan for my thriller is going to be a murder mystery thriller following the story of an investigator group following the murder of their leader. The leader’s best friend is in-charge of the investigation, to track down the mysterious killer, who is believed to be posing as an ordinary citizen – or a member of the group itself. Each episode will focus on investigating each person, saving the new leader and their co-leader for the last episodes , where the truth will be revealed.   For my print advertisement, I will be making a murder mystery style thriller which complies with the rules of the ASA. The pictures will try to avoid content which can cause viewers fear or distress but will likely include implied but limited violence to ensure it sticks to the genre. This means there will be limited blood, and some weapons, though the se weapons will not be in use. The poster will not contain imagery that condones violence to ensure it complies with the rules set out b...

  NOTE: The final product is different to the drafts to make the poster more visually appealing. While I like the original concept of this draft, the style of it didn't work well with my images, so I had to change it to a different style. The images in the poster also convey a different narrative to originally intended, which would confuse the audience. I would have preferred to keep some of the layout from the scrapped drafts, but it was difficult to work with when layering with the new style.

  NOTE: The final product is different to the drafts to make the poster more visually appealing. While I like the original concept of this draft, the style of it didn't work well with my images, so I had to change it to a different style. The red in this draft is also quite excessive, and doesn't convey the idea of the thriller particularly well. I would have preferred to keep some of the layout from the scrapped drafts, but it was difficult to work with when layering with the new style.

NOTE: The final product is different to the drafts to make the poster more visually appealing. While I like the original concept of this draft, the style of it didn't work well with my images, so I had to change it to a different style. I would have preferred to keep some of the layout from the scrapped drafts, but it was difficult to work with when layering with the new style.  

 

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