Final Trailer

Final Ancillary 2

Final Ancillary 1

Evaluation Question 4- Part 2

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Evaluation Question 4- Part 1

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Evaluation Question 3

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Evaluation Question 2

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Evaluation Question 1

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Ancillary 2- Front Cover Final

The ideas for our magazine front cover came from the existing TV Easy magazine. We thought that the use of bright colours and bold text would suit best our parody. The pink background around the main story simply emphasises the humour that is still present, even though it is a serious storyline. The other images on the front cover are drawn from different soaps that our fellow students have created.

Front Cover Images

Ancillary 1

We also decided to make a second billboard poster, involving the main storyline between 'Chandelier', 'Mickey' and 'Rhino'. We used a dark background to emphasise the negativity of the storyline, and giving the billboard a gloomy look. The eye-contact between the two characters with Chandelier in the middle shows the conflict is over the female character. The slogan used on the billboard links to our magazine front cover, as this is the quote that anchors the main feature.





This was our finished product.





                              



                                 

 We took our billboard photos against a green screen allowing us to edit out the background colour and set our own. The photos were edited using photoshop, and kept with the E4 branding. When assembling the the ancillary we decided to choose individual colours for each character, allowing the audience to famliarise themselves with them.

























We decided to use a billboard poster similar to the Ugly Betty one shown above. We chose a similar style because Ugly Betty is aimed at a similar target audience and is also shown on E4. I also think the way the billboard is set out, shows the different personalities of the character and this is what we were aiming for.


The E4 style guide gave us the conventions that our branding had to follow.

Ancillary Planning-Billboards

Ancillary Planning- Billboard Poster


Our second ancillary product is showing the main storyline within the trailer. We made sure that the poster will have a clear narrative to the audience and that the characters are easily recognisable.

We then drew a clear layout for our first ancillary product, deciding to display clearly all the characters and how they will be portrayed. The poster also included the brand name, days it is shown and time its on clearly making it stand out.

We drew up a rough plan of how our ancillary products will look, and the content that will be within them. We ensured that each poster would be clearly understandable and have a clear narrative to the audience. We also decided to promote the parody by using different social media groups, e.g. Facebook and Twitter

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Ancillary Planning

Ancillary Planning



Once the group had decided on a name for the magazine we drew up a clear plan of how the front cover should hopefully look.





The group got together for the planning of the magazine front cover, giving ideas for names, layouts and branding etc. We also used existing TV magazines for inspiration and to gain a greater understanding in to the codes and conventions.

























 Front cover conventions: weekday tabs, masthead in the top 3rd of the page, cover star anchored to main feature, other soaps included in the corners of the page, strap along the bottom.

Parody Trailer Rough Cut

Preparation for Trailer

Preperation for Trailer




Once the original planning of the scene was done, we drew up a story board for each scene, and how it should look. Within our story boards we included all the different shot types we would use and what each character will be doing.


The group got together and decided on three main storylines that would feature in our trailer. Writing a full description of what characters are involved and how the scen will pan out.

Soap Trailer Preperation

Kate Trollope, Kerrianne Tatton, Katie Henderson, Matthew Ewing, Matthew Beckwith.

Characters:

·         Matt B: Mickey

·         Matt E: Rhino

·         Katie H: Kim

·         Kerrianne: Angel

·         Kate: Chandelier

·         Laura: Rosé

Storylines:

-         Mickey is a cross dresser and likes to dress up in Rosé’s clothes when she isn’t at home. She is unaware that Mickey likes to dress up as a woman and is soon to be married to him. Rosé finally walks in on Mickey wearing her favourite dress.

-         Rhino is known as a player. Chandelier is known as a stereotypical ‘dumb blonde’ but also a bit of a slag. Rhino has a one night stand with Chandelier at a party and she ends up pregnant. Rhino doesn’t take the news well and finds out via the text, ‘I’m preggers. LOL!’

-         Kim is the local drug dealer and is trying to persuade Angel that taking drugs is good. Angel thinks she is a born again Christian and tells Kim to turn to the Bible for answers.

 Costumes:

-         Matt B, A.K.A. Mickey: Sequin dress/skirt, tights, heels, boob tube, caked in make-up.

-         Matt E, A.K.A. Rhino: Fake tan, bling, fur coat, low cut top.

-         Katie, A.K.A Kim: Burberry trackies, trainers, plait hair, runny eye liner, bruises on arms.

-         Laura, A.K.A. Rosé: Massive engagement ring, takes care in her appearance.

-         Kate A.K.A. Chandelier: Pony tail on top of head, bright blusher, and big hoop earrings. Fake baby bump, fake tan, fake eyelashes, caked in make-up.

Ancillary: Soap Poster

Dallas Trailer Review

Dallas 2012 Trailer

• As the camera zooms in towards the city we see many modern glass buildings showing wealth and representing todays wealthy soceity.
• Dramatic non-diegetic score builds up to a crescendo where a modernised version of the old soundtrack kicks in. This is instantly recognised by the audience as the theme tune is so unique.
• Quick cuts from different story lines creating an interesting and exciting trailer to attract their target audience.
• All the characters are well presented with their faces well lit up and very well presented showing very wealthy lifestyles.
• A mixture of ages throughout the clip reinforcing the family feel to the show, "us" and "this family".
• "I dont want them to be like us", "You will never be a Ewing Christopher!"
• There is a lot of panning from above and medium close ups and close ups, emphasising emotions and facial expressions.
• There is also the use of over the shoulder shots and symmetrical shots showing conflicts and conversations.
• Words flashing up at the start reinforce what the show is all about and what is important.
• Each shot is no longer than 2-4 seconds long.
• The weather and mise en scene creates a wealthy environment. Big houses, nice cars and lots of money.

American Soaps

American Soaps

• “cheesy”
• Dramatic

• Exaggerated

• Reality becomes à unrealistic
• Non- diegetic scores in scenes to create atmosphere + tell audience how to “read” the scene

MES:  

• Glamorous= rich characters

• The American Dream  à big houses, expensive costumes, perfect hair + make up

•  Unattainable lifestyles 

Dallas

TEXAS:

• Oil à power + wealth

• The Ewings- family feuds, affairs, murders etc.  

• First aired in April 1978 up until 1991

• Ran in seasons

Opening credits 1978:

Estabalishing shot, flying over city

Cows, fields, the city, DALLAS

Funky, up beat, cheesy soundtrack

American football ground "Cowboys"

Introduce characters

Ranch

Opening credits 1991:

Theme tunes become modernised

Hoarding cows like cowboys

All about making money from oil

Old characters flash up but dont need to be introduced, as they are so familiar

New characters are introduced, new sexy modern look, to attract a younger generation.

Soap Trailer

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Practice Ancillary

Conventions of front cover

• The strap I made for my front cover is located at the top of the page similar to the TV & Satellite magazine. This will be the first bit of information that will draw the audiences attention.
• The masthead is at the top left corner of the page to draw the readers attention. Also I chose the colour red for the first half of the name to create a brand identity and make the magazine stand out.
• The picture is anchored with the largest text on the page showing the reader the meaning behind the image.
• The main features of the magazine are down the left side highlighted with the brand colour of red and yellow.
• I also added extra information on the right hand side and highlighted the 'plus' to draw the audiences attention and to act as a unique selling point.  

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