Soap Opera Genre –

Ancillary Product Analysis

Name: Chloe HaynesCandidate Number: 1141Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic SchoolCenter Number: 64135

OCR Media Studies – A2 Level

Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio

Cover lines – These lines engage the readers because it tells them or gives them a preview of what they will read about in the magazine, which also promotes the soaps featured in the magazine. The capital letters in the cover lines signify what the most important content will be in the the magazine.

Masthead- The masthead is big and eye catching to the reader to advertise the magazine. The color red is used to represent this magazine warns people what is going to be coming up on TV.

Main Headline-The headline is pink and yellow which is in a very bold and big font which catches the readers attention.The exclamation mark used in the verbal code ‘Callum's the Dad!’ emphasizes the shock of the story or something bad is going to happen.

Main Image- The main image is a medium close up of two female characters with serious faces which connotes something bad may happen to them or there is conflict between them. The main image anchors with the headline, which connotes that both of the characters may pregnant with Callum’s baby.

Strapline - The strapline encourages people to buy the magazine because it says it is 'The best TV & Radio guide ‘ .It is also in the right hand corner of the page so it is in the eyesight of the reader when they turn the page to continue to read.

Date

Cover Images -There a multiple images surrounding the edge of the left hand side of the cover to make the readers aware of what characters will be featured in the magazine and from their facial expression you can tell whether the stories will be about something happy or sad.

This main headline image- This image represents who Callum is, it could also represent there is a love triangle between the 2 women in the main image and the image of the man below, as they are all linked to the main headline.

Puff Promotion- The puff promotion draws the readers attention because it has in big font ‘free’ which appeals to the reader because they are getting something for free within the magazine, it especially appeals to a reader who is a fan of Peggy.

Price

Verbal Code-The word ‘Bumper’ connotes that the magazine offers more to read about or gives out more gossip than usual soap opera magazines which largely appeals to the audience who are very interested in soap operas because this magazine is offering more.

Strapline- The strapline stands out because it is in capital letters and the colours of the text are very bright and eye catching. It also tells the reader that they can find out lots of secrets about the soap every week which is important for people who like a weekly routine.

Masthead- The masthead goes across the page in large bold writing and is in front of the main image so it connotes the importance of the magazine title. The colour red denotes anger love and danger which readers will read about in the magazine.

Headline-The headline is written in the largest font on the page which connotes to the audience it might be the biggest story this week. The words ‘to die’ are in a bigger font which signifies the importance of the death of Peggy.

Cover stories and images-These give the readers a preview of what to expect to read in the magazine and what soap operas they will read about.

Main Image-The main image is of Peggy but Peggy is in front of Phil, which connotes that Peggy is the one home to die, Phil’s dark clothing also connotes death. Furthermore, the facial expression of the characters contrast as Phil looks angry and Peggy looks happy.Because of Peggy's happy face to die it could suggest she wants to die.

Non Verbal Code-This non verbal code persuades the audience to buy the magazine because they will be able to see pictures that haven’t been shown yet in other magazines, so they will buy it to see them first.

Non Verbal code -This catches the readers attention as it is placed in the right hand corner so they look at it when they turn the page they will then want to read on to read the story.

Analysis - ConclusionI intend to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale 1980) a masthead that is written in a colorful bold font so it is very visible and it stands out to the readers.

I Also intend to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale) a main image that takes up most of the page and clearly shows the characters facial expressions.

I intend to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale 1980) a headline that is in a big ,bold ,colorful text central to the page to get the readers attention and make them buy the magazine.

I think it is important to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale 1980) cover lines and images so the readers know what soap operas they can expect to be able to read about in the magazine before they buy it.

Finally I will ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale 1980) a Puff Promotion because it persuades the reader to buy the magazine because they have a chance to win something or get something for free in the magazine which appeals to many readers.