Name: Victoria Bellairs
Candidate Number: 6069
Centre Name: Aquinas College
Centre Number: 33435

SOAP BRIEF

SOAP 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 soap’s website;
- a poster for the soap.

Final Trailer - Park Avenue

Front Cover Final Draft

How we reacted to 'audience feedback'

Myself and Catherine Tansey attempted a second draft of our ancillary Front Cover. I think the changes we made helped us achieve the conventions of a TV Magazine. We used the colour YELLOW to accent the magazine more and make it stand out. We took out borders that covered the characters face and inserted the name of our soap under the soap star. Finally we added the price to make the magazine realistic.

Final Billboard

How we reacted to 'audience feedback'...

Myself and Catherine Tansey attempted a second draft and adjusted our billboard to fit our soap criteria. We made our E4 strap using the 'E4 Style Guide'. This gave us the chance to measure where the logo should go. We also used the correct font and edited the photo on photoshop to help the billboard look better. 

Question 1: USE, DEVELOP and CHALLENGE

Question 2: How effective is the combination of your Main and Ancillary texts?

Question 3 - Audience Feedback

Question 4 Continued...

DSLR Camera

At College, we have 2 Canon EOS 550D DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera's. My group used a DSLR to shoot the passage way scene as it was the most steady and clear camera for quick edits. I also used the Canon too shoot all my ancillary shots on the green screen. 






Green Screen

During the photo shoot for our ancillaries we decided to use the green screen as a background so that it was a block colour that would contrast with the characters and not give them a shadow. This made it easier to edit on PhotoShop. We also used extras to help the image like reflectors and lights.












PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is useful for presentations, including text, videos, hyperlinks and clip art. I used powerpoint as part of planning to annotate existing Magazine Covers. I also used it for my evaluation question 1. It is smooth and presentable which is why I used it.

PhotoShop

                                                                                 After uploading the photo to the computer, Iimported it into Adobe Photoshop and used the background eraser tool so Beth was left in the picture. After using this I then used the Brush tool to smooth off the edges, then the eraser to remove any small green particles and then I used the burn tool around Beth's hair so no grey was left and it looked realistic.

Question 4: Technologies in Research and Planning

Blogger

This is the blogger dashboard where I can view, edit, share or delete my posts. I find blogger very productive and easy to work as you can adjust times and dates to rearrange the order of your posts. You can also re-post old posts, leave others in drafts so you are able to edit them at another time.

YouTube

This is the YouTube upload page. I have learnt how easy it is to upload your videos and then embed into your blog. Either drag and drop or click to select from finder / my computer. Whilst the video is uploading you have the chance to change the name and add tags to your video so its easier to find on the search bar. You can add a description and set your video to public or private. After the video has been uploaded, you can process it to make sure of no copyright infringement. After that a link will be given so you can enjoy your video online.

Twitter

Whilst uploading drafts of my Trailer and Ancillaries onto Blogger, I used the social networking site 'Twitter' to share my products and ask for feedback on them. This helped me to constantly communicate with my teacher in a quick and easy way. Twitter was the best way to do this as it also gave me the chance to communicate with my group which I worked with. They had they chance to see my work and also feedback on it. 



SlideShare

I used SlideShare to upload Publisher documents too asPDF's and PowerPoints too, in order to embed them onto my blog.  

Question 4 - Screen Recordings

iMovie, GarageBand, KeyNote

Trailer Feedback

Positive

• The music fits in really well with the trailer
• I like the edits and camera angles they help tell the story very well
• Order is great and music works well
• Good variety of shots and soundtrack works well
• A good use of steady and handheld shots to add to the tension.
• The soundtrack used helps create suspense and links to the storylines used.
• The edits make the trailer look professional and the audience is left wanting to watch more.
• The transitions work well and the music fits in very well with the story
• The order and soundtrack tell the story really well and create a lot of suspense
• There is also a really good variety of shot types.
• Really good story line thats easy to follow
• Music helps create tension and makes audience want to watch the show as it is intriguing

Negative

• Make the characters voices louder over the music
• If you want put the E4 logo in.
• Make sure the backing music doesn't drown out the dialogue to much
• You just need to make sure the characters voices are louder so we can here them more clearly
• Just make sure that the characters voices can be heard clearly over the soundtrack and add a title
• Dialogue could be louder
• In some scenes make the dialogue louder over the music so it is clearer to the audience
• Dialogue is hard to hear at time so make music quiter in the background

I have learnt that the music is clearly a distraction to audiences so I need to reduce the level of the soundtrack and increase the volume of the actors voices. I also think the audience appreciated the soundtrack as it fit well with the mood of the scene. The order has also benefitted them as they have said they are able to understand the storyline clearly. I could also add the E4 logo.

3rd Draft Trailer

2nd Draft Park Avenue Billboard