How effective is the combination of your main project and ancillary texts?

Fonts

The font used here was the font I felt was most science fiction based, as was the final title card, to get across the point that this is a science fiction comedy.

I used the same font for the title as on the poster and magazine covers, to create a uniform nature, and to make them feel as though they are all for the same film.

Effects

I used free stock footage of the earth, gained from the website videvo.net, to also get across a science fiction feel, as if you are seeing the earth, you are not on the earth, therefore, you are in space.

Setting

I originally intended to film my trailer on location in London, to gain a feel for a busy, hectic lifestyle, and large amounts of technology, linking to the genre of science fiction. Whilst this was not possible in the final shoot, I created some shots of a motorway, to create some of the same feel.

Setting

I found that romantic moments in typical romantic comedies typically happen in calm, ‘happy’ places, to create the impression in the mind of the audience that this romance will be happy and will last. To link to the genre, I filmed my romantic scenes in a quiet, empty park.

Costume

In the alien encounter sub-genre of science fiction, it is important to create a distinction between the normal human and the alien, even if the alien in question is humanoid.

Because of this, the human character is dressed normally, in everyday clothes, whilst the alien is dressed in clothes that a human would recognise, but would not expect to see everyday, a tophat and a cloak.

Costume

This cloak became an icon of my film, shown prominently in my trailer, my poster, and my magazine cover as a recurring symbol.