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Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Radio Times

For the front cover of my soap magazine (your tv) i did not want it to be compared to soap magazine such as 'Tv Choice' and 'Whats on tv' as i wanted a more sophisticated contemporary look, therefore i used 'Radio Times' as my main influence.
Magazines such as 'Tv choice' have a varity of bright bold primary colours, a main eye catching image superimposed over the background with spoilers and teasers for othe sopas and tv dramas included in the magazine, they also have pictures of famous characters to attract the audience.
However 'Radio Times' has a modern classic magazine style. For example, the font cover constists of one image which is the size of the front cover acting as the main eye focus of the page. Like 'Tv Choice' it doesn't include other pcitures of soaps and tv daramas

the one image which is the whole page as the the main eye focus of teh cover. Th cover stays minimulistic with just the main title, main image and a strapline, although simple it is powerful enough to attract the audience and stand out from the rest.

In order to base my front cover on 'Radio Times' i had to establish what it was that made is a successful tv guide. Below are notes which i made on a what a 'Radio Times' front cover page consisted of:

  • White bold capital letter title at the top of teh page
  • top right corner to advertise partner companies
  • large capital letter strapline running across the bottom of the page, also a smaller starapline 'RT Exlusive' underneath with a tag line.
  • A large superimposed image the whole length and width of the page also include the baftas medal in the backgroud suggesting it to be a special issue of the magazine.




Monday, 30 November 2009

First day of filming

On our first day of filming my group started filming a feature video that is going to be put onto our website, the video is the opening of the first episode of our soap.
As we had already pre discussed and planned what we were going to be doing on our fist day my group had a clear idea of the key shots, frames, sound etc needed for filming.
Thegla took on the role of the lead (Andrea) in the video so the rest of the groups shared the roles of sound, filming, mise-en-scene, continuity etc
Whilst filming we experimented with a variety of different shots and angles so that when it came to editing the footage we have a varity of shots to choose from.

We also filmed other footage that is going to feature on our website; cast interviews. Natalie M took on the role of the interviwer and Elena, Thegla and I were the 'cast' being interviewed. Whilst we are going to be featuring interviws of the cast, we also wanted to feature episode pictures in our coursework, we will display this on our website and also as the frontcover of our soap magazine and also feature images inside the magazine.

Here are some pictures that we took on our day of filming: