OCR 6324Advanced

Production

Centre 33435

Natalie DunworthCandidate 4265

The Brief

A promotion package for a new soap opera, to include a TV trailer, together with two of the following three options:-A listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap-Two hyperlinked web pages(with video extract) for the soaps website-A poster for the soap

Evaluation Questions

1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

3.What have you learnt from audience feedback?

4.How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Although covered by the stars head the way the writing looks automatically tells us that this is a fabulous magazine

There is limited colours so not to distract away from the star. The colours used are neutral and stay matching throughout the cover.

The star fills the page and eye contact on the first 3rd is essential to draw the reader in and make a personal feel to the cover

The words that relate to certain articles are touching something of that to show the reader this is what belongs to what and the reader therefore knows what to expect when reading the magazine/certain articles.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?Conventions of existing soap opera magazine

Colour Scheme

Star

Anchor

Header

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?My Soap Opera Magazine

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?Existing Soap Opera Billboard

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?My Soap Opera Billboard

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?THE SOAP OPERAS WHICH RELATE HEAVILY TO MINE

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?DEVELOP

MY TRAILER

I used a variety of shot types from Close ups to two shots. This shot isn’t a shot you would conventionally see in the trailers like mine(slide..) I chose a variety of

locations that the demographic(see moodboard) would be able to relate to (car, house, restaurant, town centre)

We chose a costume that would portray a sense of glamour but we still wanted the feel that our demographic could relate. With some characters having a more relaxed costume but still the fresh precise look.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

DEVELOPMENT IN STORYLINES

Along with the storylines relating to issues such as romance and cheating we added this extra character to create depth to the soap. Taken from a US series Gossip Girl the idea that this character has dramatic irony and knows and sees more than the character, its as if she knows what the audience is thinking throughout. Something we haven’t seen in a British soap opera yet.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

DEVELOPDOES THE COMBINATION OF SOUND AND IMAGES TELL THE AUDIENCE HOW TO FEEL?

The song I chose was Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. I chose this song as I felt it portrayed the emotions portrayed by the characters and also a hint to what the soap opera would entail.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

USE

DOES THE EDITING CONNOTE THE EMOTIONS SHOWN IN THE TRAILER?

I started the trailer with a flashback which introduces the Gossip Girl character to the audience from the start. Just the diegetic sound is heard to show the importance of the line she says. The music kicks in when the door shuts to show the flashback has finished.

Develop American theme gossip girlSingle shots isolate the character. Know all see all. Talks to the audience. Dark colours, last character you see and irony! Link to the end of gossip girl. POV IS HERS

The lighting used here creates a mysterious feel to show the importance of the text message. The darkness of the scene, the message on the phone all contribute to the mystery of who is sending the message and the reason behind this.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?DO THE LIGHTING, PROPS, LOCATION AND COSTUME REINFORCE AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT YOUR PROGRAMME?

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The characters hair and make up are fresh and done to look glamorous showing the class and status of the trailer.

Her clothing is smart yet black showing the mystery and the isolation from the other characters

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

NON DIEGETIC SOUND – DOES IT ADD MEANING? ARE THEY APPROPRIATE?

WE USED A NON DIEGETIC SOUND OF A CLAP BY AN OFF SCENE ACTOR TO CREATE THE SOUND ON PANDORAS FACE. THEY WERE STOOD IN CLEAR VIEW OF THE ‘FAKE SLAP’ AND CLAPPED WHEN IT TOOK PLACE. THIS ADDED A DRAMATIO EFFECT AND SHOCK WHEN THE AUDIENCE SAW IT.