HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN

PRODUCT AND ANCILLARY TEXTS?

Danielle Ferrier

My documentary 'Inside Of Me' is a participatory mode

(Bill Nicholls) following a very sensitive narrative. In my

main product I confront my parents, which makes it

personal as its based on sensitive subjects related to

myself and family. I wanted the narrative of my

documentary to reflect in both of my ancillary products;

the ancillaries I created were a listings magazine and

radio advertisement.

I integrated sound clips from my documentary into my

radio trailer. The method behind this is that for those that

hear the advertisement and then watch the documentary

they will be able to remember particular clips that they

heard on the radio trailer. This allows the audience to

relate the radio advertisement to the actual documentary,

as well as being able to associate with the events that are

discussed. Using my own voice for the radio trailer is

effective as it shows I've created the documentary myself

and also arranged any advertisements, highlighting that I

want people to hear and watch my story as I created it for

a purpose.

My listings magazine gives the audience more depth into the

documentary as it asks further questions to my step dad and myself. This

is effective as the audience who do watch the documentary can gain more

knowledge about why I created it and the reasons behind my step dad not

taking part. Yet again these create effect as for those who haven't seen

the documentary but have read the article this may persuade them to

watch it to find out the story behind these interviews. The star ratings

and reviews included in my newspaper article are another effective

method on influencing those who haven't watched it that it is worth

watching, as the audience are more likely to believe opinions of those

from the general public as they are less biased. The images used are both

screenshots from the final product and images in which I took myself;

therefore this reflects the documentary and family life outside of filming.