Q2: EVALUATION

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COSTUMES

These are an idea of the costumes that the characters will be wearing.

GIRLS:

The left hand side of this image gives an idea of what the girls will be wearing. They will be caked in makeup, false eyelashes to show the fakeness of them and their lifestyle. They will be wearing big, exagerrated jewelry to emphasise the fact that they think they are rich and can afford these things yet they are all cheap versions. They will constantly be in heels to show the glamourous life they live. The fur coats will also be a representation of this.

BOYS:

The boys costume, on the right of the image, connotes a very metrosexual, modern man. They will wear lots of fake tan and drawn on 6 packs, this will show the humour of this soap and reinforce the fact that it is a parody. They will wear sunglasses as if they are famous and trying to hide their eyes. They will also show the TOWIE style by wearing blazers and short shorts.

Q3. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

To recieve audience feedback I shown friends and family my trailer and they told me what they liked and disliked about it and gave me ideas on what to change and improve.

1ST DRAFT:



"the lyrics of the song dont fit in where Luke is singing"
I did notice that this was the case therefore we have decided to remove this from the trailer as it was either early or too late with the transitions between each clip. We used 'Garageband' on the Macs to loop the beginning of the track. The track is still recognizable and works well with idea of the soap.

FINAL DRAFT:
"some of the transitions between clips are missing"
I realized after this was brought to my attention that some of the transitions between each clip were missing. I didnt want them after every clip as it wouldnt look professional but I wanted them between each storyline so the viewer knew when a storyline ended and a new one began.

POSITIVE COMMENTS:
"the song really works well with the idea of the soap"
"it's hilarious!"
"you've shown the characters from TOWIE really well, yet added humour"

FINAL TRAILER

1ST DRAFT OF MAGAZINE COVER

This is my attempt at making a magazine cover. I was trying to make it look more like the TV Choice style magazine rather than sophisticated. These style of magazines are more for gossip which is also what this type of soap is based around, rumours and gossip.

I have stuck with the conventions of this type of magazine by having a day by day guide down the side of the page which is colour coded, this makes it easier for the reader to find what they are looking for. I have also featured many other soaps on the cover to make it look busy and eye catching to show there is a lot in the magazine. I have looked at front covers which feature 2 or more stars on the front and placed my 3 stars in a siilar way.

I chose not to go with this design as it doesnt look as professional as the one Dan made.

FINAL BILLBOARD POSTER

This is our final banner, we chose to have the Louis Vuitton background as it reflects the wealth these characters think they have and they think they can afford this brand. This brand in recent years has become of a lower status as many fakes have been made and it has been associated with 'chavvy' people.

The composition of the characters on this is slightly different to the one on the first poster. In this one the main characters in the trailer are theones in the centre, Dan, Alice and Emma. They all anchor one another so the audience knows that they all relate to eachother somehow. We all anchor eachother in some way to show to show that we all know eachother and are in the same circle of friends.

FIRST DRAFT ANCILLARY

This is the first attempt at our billboard poster ancillary. By using the grand staircase as the background it represents the wealth and status that these characters think they have. The word 'REEM' has a crown on it, again to imply that they think they are of a higher class, that they are like royalty.

The composition of this ancillary doesn't work that well as me and Dan are centred and yet I am not one of the main characters in the trailer, therefore it doesn't reflect the trailer very well. This was done so that Alice, Emma and Dan are all anchoring one another as they're part of the same storyline.

The poses that we are all doing are similar and the boys poses are quite over-dramatic which is one of the conventions of a parody. This is one of the things that makes our soap funny, appealing to the audience and meets the convetions of our genre as the boys are going against the male stereotype and showing a more metrosexual side.



FRONT COVER EXAMPLES

These are examples of existing TV magazine front covers. I have shown examples of two types of TV magazines. The top four examples are of 'TV & Satellite week' magazine. This is a more up-market and sophisticated magazine compared to 'TV Choice' or 'We Love Telly'- which are shown in the bottom four examples. I have chose these magazine covers as they have more than one star on the front. In our soap we plan to have a more dominant storyline which will feature on our magazine front cover therefore we will have more than one character on the front. In all of these example there is one character that is more promenant than the others which shows that they are the main character within the storyline, again this is something we plan to do.
If we choose to create a more sophisticated magazine such as 'TV & Satellite week' then we will most probably have a grand entrance to a mansion as the background. This is one of the conventions of this magazine as in the 'The Apprentice' cover we see a sky view of London in the background and the 'Monroe' cover we can see a doctors theatre in the background.
On the other hand if we chose to make more of a trashy magazine we would have an attention grabbing headline rather than the name of the soap. This makes the audience who enjoy this magaizne want to buy it more as it is more scandalous. We would also use bright colours, mostly primary colours as they clash and stand out against one another, again to catch the audiences attention.

Existing TOWIE Ancillaries

These are some existing TOWIE ancillaries. They range from magazine covers, TV titlecards, posters and T-Shirts. The characters are in most of these ancillaries, yet the ones they are not in we still know that they are fron TOWIE. An example would be the T-Shirts with the word 'REEM' on them. We know that this is a convention of this soap therefore we instantly associate it with TOWIE, this is another reason why we are going to call our soap REEM so that poeple know it is a parody of TOWIE.

FINAL MAGAZINE COVER

I have chosen to go with this magazine cover as it looks a lot more professional than the one I created. It is more sophisticated like the 'TV & Satellite week' magazine whereas mine was more of the trashy 'TV Quick' style. Although the audience that this soap would appeal to may not read this magazine, it does fit all the conventions of both the soap and the magazine.

The characters of the soap think that they are wealthy and this magazine is aimed at people who actually have the wealth and sophistication and would make fun of these kind of people who feauture in 'REEM'.

The conventions of this magazine is to have an image as the background rather than a plain colour, we have done this with the image of an entrance to what looks like a big house. Another convention is to have the name of the programme as the headline rather than gossip- again we have done this with our soap and all the other soaps that we have featured on the front cover.

Poster plan

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This is a plan for our poster. We plan to have the boys on one side and the girls on the other, so they're split up like on the TOWIE posters. The logo will be central at the top, again like on the TOWIE posters. We will challenge the convention of this type of soap by using a designer background and over-exaggerating the 'wealth' that these characters have. The Louis Vuitton in the background will make the characters appear tacky as this brand was more of a 'must-have' years ago and now that there are so many fakes it will show how false they are in their appearance and lifestyle.

Magazine cover plan

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This is a plan for the front cover of my TV magazine cover. I will have Emma, Dan and Alice on the front cover as they are the characters that are involved in the main storyline of the trailer, therefore this is something the audience will want to read about. I will have Dan and the front of the 3 characters, Emma in the middle and Alice at the back. This is the order of importance in the storyline, this is a convention of 3 people being on the front cover of a TV magazine shown in the examples below. Dan is stuck in the middle of these two girls and he gets caught out, this will be the the story that is in the magazine.

Skins posters

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ROUGH CUT

This is my rought cut of our soap trailer. I am making changes to this one because the editing isnt sharp enough, the music doesnt fit in with the edits and sometimes the lyrics of the song overpower the dialogue and we cant hear what the characters are saying.

NEW TV MAGAZINE COVER

This is my final TV magazine cover. I have made all the changes I stated on my previous cover. I changed the colour behind the name of the soaps to blue to make sure they stand out against the pictures, keep consistent with my house-style and the audience notice them. I have also made all the text that was slanted, straight. I think it looks neater and more professional this way. I made the text smaller too, so that it didnt look too crowded at the top.

TV MAGAZINE- ANCILLARY (1ST DRAFT)

This is my first draft at making a TV magazine. I chose to re-do this because it looks a bit too crowded. The text that is slanted, isnt slanted at the same degrees, therefore it doesnt look professional or real.

The names of the soaps dont stand out as they are the same colour and size as the headlines for the other soaps so I need to change these so that they stand out and the audience will know what soaps are in the magazine and what soaps have big storylines that week.

RESEARCH

This is some research i have done into some channels i was thinking to use as my brand and that i was going to broadcast my soap on. I looked at who their target audience was and what programmes they braodcast now and whether my soap would fit in well with these programmes.

After the research i decided that E4 would be the most appropriate channel as it aims their programmes at the same audience i am aiming mine at, and they already show docu-soaps such as Made in Chelsea and Desperate Scousewives.

CHARACTER PROFILES

We will reflect Lucy in Emmas character Chanel as she will fulfill the female stereotype of being overly girly by wearing tight, strapless tops, skinny jeans to show her womanly, slim figure. Her hair and makeup will also be perfect, something society associates with being feminine. She is also protective of her boyfriend (Fred Perry) which relfects Lucy as she was protective of Mark Wright in one of the series.

Dan will mirror Joey Essex in the way he will dress

We will reflect Arg's characteristics using props



PRACTICE ANCILLARY

This is my practice ancillary. I got a screenshot from an episode of Waterloo Road, added some text, branding and the name of the soap. I dont think this is a good poster as the name of the soap is more or less the same size as the text that hints at the storyline, therefore it wont realoly catch the audiences attention. 

Soap Opera Practice

This is our practice soap opera trailer. We have copied scenes from Coronation Street and Emmerdale, including Frank asking Carla where she wants to go on their honeymoon (Coronation Street). We didnt copy this completely though, we did challenge the conventions. For example, we shot the characters as thought they were sat on a park, as apposed to in a flat, and Frank was showing Carla destinations on his iPhone rather than on a laptop, to show they are younger and more modern.