Justifying themes in my ancillary tasks

Throughout my ancillary tasks there are themes that connect them to each other, I will talk about these in this blog post.

To start, the font throughout my digipak is consistent. Its the American Type Writer font. I felt it was suitable to use because it looks quite old - not very modern, which is the look I have been going for across my ancillary tasks.

Mollie's initials are constantly in purple throughout the tasks as its bolder, yet matches the colours and theme throughout them. Other text, such as titles, are in white outlined in grey as I believe this helps to brighten each image from the tasks up whilst still being bold.

In each image for my ancillary tasks, throughout the digipak and magazine advert, I used the 'Oldish' filter from the editing application 'PhotoWizard'. The filter makes each image look old and slightly battered, giving it an antique effect which is more that suitable considering my music video is all about reminiscing and memories!

The polaroid theme is also something that comes across quite strongly throughout my ancillary tasks, this is again, because polaroids are known for being an old fashion photography trend and are coming back into fashion today. Polaroids are also time capsule photographs, they're unchanging and instant, picturing a moment exactly how it is, which i think relates to the lyrics of the song 'Photograph' perfectly.

Due to the fact I rebranded Ed Sheerans original song 'Photograph', making Mollie Walker the artist instead, I decided that Mollie 'stage name' would be 'M.W' - her initials, and this is how her name would appear on her products. This is why her initials appear on the ancillary tasks rather than her name, I also think this factor helps make the product that bit more original and quirky.

Finally, another theme throughout my ancillary tasks is the way I have portrayed Mollies character, she is ready for the future, but is slightly nervous and thrown by the fact she can't be certain about what the future will hold for her. This emphasises her worry for moving away in the music video too, particularly as we see her write in her diary that she is feeling better after seeing her friends, telling the audience she wasn't 100% ok before. For example, in one photo she is hiding behind her hair. I have also portrayed mollies character to be one that reminisces and appreciates her memories, particularly in the front cover, as it is meant to be a point of view shot showing her looking down at all her memories as she crosses her fingers.