In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Q1

Date and price

Barcode

Large masthead

Conventions of a front cover of a real life soap magazine

Specific colour scheme.Very bold colours to draw attention.

Characters written by first names

Rhetorical question to involve reader

Canted heading Capitalisation to enhance text

Variety of soaps included

Button

Main image in centre of cover

Conventions my front cover of a soap magazine

Button

Date and price

Characters written by first names

Canted heading

Variety of soaps included

Barcode

Main image in centre of cover

Rhetorical question to involve reader

Capitalisation to enhance text

Specific colour scheme.Very bold colours to draw attention.

Large masthead

Conventions of an existing E4 billboard

Clear e4 logo

Basic information on programme

All main characters

Large clear image

Conventions of my E4 billboard

Clear e4 logo

All main characters

Basic information on programme

Large clear image

Soap forms and conventions

Soap Conventions

A variety of narratives are used to make sure all audiences are entertained at the same time.

Many close ups are used in order to express the characters emotions

Actors have little make up and are made to look as realistic as possible, depending on what their character is like.

Multiple main characters used to allow a variety of storylines to take place at one time, therefore the audience will not get bored.

Natural lighting is used to make the scene as realistic as possible.

Most soap operas have a recognisable theme tune and is one of their unique selling points.

British soaps most often feature common, ordinary, working class characters to add to the realism of the soaps.

Conventions of existing soap trailers

Long shots used to capture the main characters but to also give the audience a sense of the mise en scene of the scene.

Reverse angle edit allows the audience to see the emotions portrayed by two particular characters in a certain scene.

Establishing shot allows not only the mise en scene to be clearly seen, but it also allows all of the characters and their different emotions and personalities to be portrayed.

A big close up allows a clear presentation of the characters emotions and their facial expressions.

Conventions of existing soap trailers

Similarities and differences in my trailer comparing to existing products

Becky – Coronation Street, High Angled Shot

Georgina – Nangreave Road, High Angled Shot

I have decided to compare the shot of Becky in Coronation Street and a shot of Georgina in Nangreave Road. I chose these two screen shots because they are both high angled. The only difference is, is that Nangreave Road has two people rather than one and it is indoors. The Nangreave Road shot has been edited to look like a security camera whereas the Coronation Street is just a plain high angle shot.

Title card – Nangreave Road Title card – X-MenBoth of these title cards show a clear use of the e4 logo, making it clear to the audience that the show is a pert of e4. The typical purple colour scheme has been used in both examples of title cards to make the image as recognisable to the audience as possible. Both advertise the time and date of when the show is aired to inform the audience. However the X-Men title card shows a use of an image in the background to further advertise the show.

Nangreave Road - Transitions Hollyoaks – Transitions

In both of these trailers, transitions are used not only to provide the audience with information on the trailer, but to also edit from one scene in the trailer to another. However whereas the Nangreave Road trailer is simple with a black background, the hollyoaks trailer is more colourful and fun. This relates to the storylines of the soap trailers as the Nangreave Road trailer is very eerie and mysterious, Hollyoaks is more exciting and bubbly.