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OCR G324Advanced
ProductionWHITE, Sophie
3856
(With Rebekah Carroll, Grace Todhunter, Moiza Butt, Fiona Tucker and Emma Richardson)
Evaluation Questions:1.
2.
3.
4.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
My Products:
Final Soap Opera Trailer:
BORDERLINE
(Click to watch)
Final Magazine
Front Cover:TELEVISION
NOW
Final Billboard:
BORDERLINE
In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?
Question 1
Colour coded words apply throughout this question1.
I have used three different existing media products to inspire and
inform me of the conventions of soap trailers.
1.
Comparing the
90210 trailer that inspired my own trailer with
my finished media product.
Click above image to see trailer.1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
Two Person
close up.
Female slightly larger and in better focus than male in shot, due to soap being
a “female” dominated genre.
Also because
she is the one
portraying the
emotion.
Lighting: Soft, warm lighting, to complement the sad, but comforted emotion in the scene
The two person close up allows the viewer to
feel like they are actually in the scene,
watching the conversation.
Main character
is wearing hardly
any makeup to show that she has her
emotions on
display and isn't hiding
anything
1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
Two Person
close up.
Lighting: Cold, bright, outdoor lighting, to
complement the threatening situation
shown.
The two characters have relatively equal spacing on the shot because they are both females, and both their emotions are equally important in the scene.
Colour coding the
lipstick shows the characters personality
and also the
emotions she is
feeling e.g: fear,
danger.
1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
The character in shot is filling the right half of the screen. He is not central because this shows that there is a disequilibrium in the
shot/scene.
The colour red is used to connote
the confusion
and negative emotions
the character
is showing.
One Person close up; off
centre.
Lighting: The lighting is warm because that is the general
atmosphere of the soap, but brighter than the previous shot because the
emotion is harsher.
The background is out of focus so that the whole
attention of the viewer is on the character.1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
The colour red is used to connote
the negative emotions the character is
showing.
The running makeup
is a audience recognis
ed indicatio
n of someone who has
been crying.
Lighting: Like the inspiring shot, the lighting is warm, but bright.
The background is plain so as not to detract from
the characters performance.
The character is looking down to signify
her storyline:
alone, sad,
hiding somethin
g.
One Person close up; off
centre.
1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
Off centre, long shot.
Body language here shows the relationship between the two people; angle, proximity,
etc.
The out of focus couple is here to show the
audience what the in-focus couple are looking
at.
The Mise en Scene of the shot is created to
show that they are in a hotel lobby, due to the
layout and features.
Lighting: The
lighting is warm
because that is the
general atmosphere of the
soap, and also quite
dark to signify
that they are
indoors.
1.
What I have learnt from the 90210 trailer...
Off centre, long shot.
The railings here are used to
reflect the negative storyline
of the character.
Lighting: The character is walking away from a very bright light, through a shady area. This is reflective of the
characters storyline.
The effect of being able to see the whole of the character means that the audience can read the body language of the character:
fast walking = urgency, moodiness.
The use of dark colours contrasts with the bright light behind, and again
is used to reflect the inner darkness of the
character.
1.
The main co
nvention th
at I to
ok from th
e 90210
traile
r was t
he fact
that m
ost of it
s sce
nes were
random flash
es of in
formatio
n, that t
o a new
viewer would lo
ok confusin
g, but w
ill entic
e
them to
watch
it to
understand it
.
1.
Comparing the
Downton Abbey trailer that inspired my own trailer with
my finished media product.
Click above image to see trailer.1.
What I have learnt from the Downton Abbey trailer...
Both: Crash zoom, medium close up
Lighting: Dark, lit from one side, to show the
atmosphere. Links with dark music.
Lighting: Not particularly bright, but cold, so as to reflect the atmosphere.
1.
What I have learnt from the Downton Abbey trailer...
All: Extreme Close up of eyes.
Extreme close ups of eyes help the viewer to empathise and recognise the emotion being displayed
1.
Much lik
e in th
e 90210 traile
r, the D
ownton
Abbey traile
r has i
nspire
d my use
of short,
effective, n
on-connecti
ng shots
to grab th
e
attentio
n of the viewer.
1.
Comparing the
Hollyoaks trailer that inspired my own trailer with
my finished media product.
Click above image to see trailer.1.
What I have learnt from the Downton Abbey trailer...
Both: Crash zoom, medium close up
The crash zoom in the Hollyoaks trailer is
used to show that the character is shocked, or suddenly worried
about something, due to the facial expressions.
I have used the crash zoom to emphasise the
anger and sadness of the character, which I think
is developing the convention.
1.
What I have learnt from the Downton Abbey trailer...
Character similarities.
In the Hollyoaks trailer, there appears to be a character
who is obsessive over another girl. She is seen in a close up
two shot with the girl, and portrayed in cleverly emphasising lighting.
In my trailer, I have used a similar character, and
portrayed her in candle light, next to a picture
of the stalk-ee. The candle-light relies on
the viewers prior knowledge to link this set up to shrines and
places of worship.1.
As in th
e other t
raile
rs, t
he main co
nvention
that I
used fr
om the H
ollyoaks t
raile
r is t
he
fast
editing, a
nd the use
of short,
unexplained shots
to ca
pture
the audience
s
curio
sity.
1.
The music used in the Hollyoaks trailer was also the main influence for my own
music choice.
The heavy distressed guitar effect targets the intended audience.
Although guitar music isn't often used in this genre, I believe that the blurring of the boundaries between soap and TV drama means that it still attracts the correct
audience.See slide 43
Click image to watch YouTube video of my chosen
song
1.
1.
1.
Similar button, red, contrasting
white.
Inspired by second existing product.
Contrasting coloursYellow
‘halo’around main
characters to highlight
White outline
around ‘cut out’characters from other
soap
Barcode
Rhetorical questions
1.
Red colour-coding
Features I have used from the existing products...
Existing soap logos that
audiences are familiar with
Highlighting important
words.
After creating our original magazine front cover, my group and I decided that it did not conform to enough magazine front cover
conventions so we created another which seemed to be more like existing products of a similar genre.
Banner
Date
Bold, clear font title
website
Barcode
Capitalised, attention-
grabbing words
In-Show pictures in
boxes
Logos of actual broadcasters
Other pictures from other soaps in buttons
and bubbles, anchored to associated
text
Eye contact with
audienceMost
important feature
stands out more than
others and is anchored to cover starsubheadin
gs
strap
FLAT PLAN
Banner
Date
Bold, clear font title
website
Barcode
Capitalised, attention-
grabbing words
In-Show pictures in
boxes
Logos of actual broadcasters
Other pictures from other soaps in buttons
and bubbles, anchored to associated
text
Eye contact with
audienceMost
important feature
stands out more than
others and is anchored to cover star
subheadings
strap
Basic colour scheme
• red to match the conventions of the main soap• blue to link in with the colour of the cover-
stars shirt• Black to link to the hair, eyeliner
and jumper of the cover star