Candidate Name: Amy Jones
Candidate Number: 6480
Centre Name: Aquinas College
Centre Number: 33435
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Soap Opera Brief
Soap Brief
- 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.
Soap Opera Trailer - Final
How I reacted to audience feedback;
I have added 3 title cards throughout my soap opera trailer; 'Fractured Friendship', 'Infidelity' and 'Betrayal'. These were added to help the audience understand exactly what is happening in my trailer. These keywords add drama to the video clips and will make the target audience become interested and hopefully want to watch the soap opera once it comes out. I have re-added some video clips into iMovie and trimmed them down again but not too much so that the lines were no longer cut off at the end. I have removed some background noise from mainly the 1st clip so the diegetic dialogue can be heard from the soap opera characters. I have not been able to reduce to background noise completely as the scene was filled in the city centre and noise pollution cannot be helped, but characters can now be heard much more clearly. From adding the new soundtrack I have also managed to get the edits (mainly the title cards) to match with the beat of the music.
Soap Opera Billboard Poster - Final
How I reacted to audience feedback;
I have changed the background to the billboard poster from a soft grey to a brick background covered in graffiti, this was done to represent a stereotypical working-class area. I have also changed my strapline so it directly targets the main storyline of the soap. I have indivudually used photoshop to put all of the characters from the soap together, this was done because in the images where all characters were all together some characters had a shadowed glow from the people infront; so I used the individual photos of each of us so this was no longer a problem. I have also made sure the characters 'Harriet' and 'Abbie' are in the center of the characters as they are the characters displayed in the main storyline. These changes overall have improved the quality of the billboard poster making it more realistic and professional.
Soap Opera Front Cover - Final
How I reacted to audience feedback;
By using Photoshop and cutting the main stars into two different layers I moved them closer together, this was to distinguish more of a relationship between the characters, whether it be good or bad. This was also done so I had more room to fit my other features on the page and attract a wider audience. I have minimised the barcode, this was done as it is not an attraction, I don't want something that is not important be the thing the audience see first; I want my other features to pop out on the page. I have enlarged the blue feature box, this was done to make it more noticable to the target audience and they want to find out what 'Trouble In Paradise' is about. The straplines on my features have been cut down a lot, this was done as the target audience would only glance at the magazine on the shop shelf and this would need to attract them straight away. I have also changed the background colour from a murky grey to a soft blue, this was done because although my main stars come with a negative storyline, this magazine needs to stand out from the rest on the shelves. I have changed my subtitles from the main feature to having the same coloured font, this was done to make it easier for the audience to know that they are grouped together. A 'More Channels' logo was added to my main strapline of the front cover, this was done to attract a wider audience and this is a way of competing compared to other soap magazines. I have now made my 'Plus' and 'New' feature buttons with the same font (Arial For Autograph) and the same colours (black font with a yellow box) this was done to keep the magazine codes and conventions consistent; they have also been measured out to the same width all the way around. I have also removed the black outline on the 'TV Weekly' title, this was done to keep with the colour scheme and it just didn't look 'right'. All of these improvements have been used to increase the quality of the front cover; this was useful as this now looks more professional and will attract a wider target audience.
Evaluation Question 4 - KeyNote
I have practiced making a Title Card for my Soap Opera Trailer on KeyNote. This title card was created as a sort of advertisement and promoting my Soap Opera Trailer. This included the date and time 'Affleck's Palace' would appear on television.
Evaluation Question 4 - Photoshop
Photoshop was also used to edit my ancillary images. As they were from a green screen, my background colour needed to be changed. I began by using the background eraser to go around and erase the green and zooming right in to make sure the characters didn't have a green glow.
After it has all be erased, I can then go about changing the background colour. But first, I zoomed right in to the characters hair, especially on the girls and used the smudge tool to smooth out their hair as originally it was obvious that this image has been edited; this made the characters look a lot more natural. I chose a background image that would link to how I want the billboard poster to come across. I chose a murky grey as this would reflect the 'dark' I was going for, but this background colour would be changed at a later date as the characters just blended into the background.
I then went to edit, fill to confirm my chosen background colour.
I then changed the fill option to background colour and pressed ok.
As my billboard poster has developed this has now been changed to a brick wall covered in graffiti background, this has been done to connote the typical working class stereotype in the main storyline of the trailer.
My characters have also been switched around to keep with the theme of my other ancillary (front cover) and the trailer. As both of my main characters are the main star image (Harriet and Abby), it would best fit that they are also in the limelight on the billboard poster.
After it has all be erased, I can then go about changing the background colour. But first, I zoomed right in to the characters hair, especially on the girls and used the smudge tool to smooth out their hair as originally it was obvious that this image has been edited; this made the characters look a lot more natural. I chose a background image that would link to how I want the billboard poster to come across. I chose a murky grey as this would reflect the 'dark' I was going for, but this background colour would be changed at a later date as the characters just blended into the background.
I then went to edit, fill to confirm my chosen background colour.
I then changed the fill option to background colour and pressed ok.
Now I have an edited image with the background colour I wanted.
As my billboard poster has developed this has now been changed to a brick wall covered in graffiti background, this has been done to connote the typical working class stereotype in the main storyline of the trailer.
My characters have also been switched around to keep with the theme of my other ancillary (front cover) and the trailer. As both of my main characters are the main star image (Harriet and Abby), it would best fit that they are also in the limelight on the billboard poster.
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