1. Forms
and
conven-ons
Trailer
In
what
ways
does
your
media
products
use,
develop
or
challenge
forms
and
conven-ons
of
media
products?
Our
media
texts
used
a
variety
of
real
life
media
to
convey
a
Youth
offenders
ins-tute.
Our
trailer
had
a
song
called
‘we’re
the
young
offenders’,
these
lyrics
are
sung
and
heard
clearly
in
the
trailer
so
conveys
where
the
young
adults
are
and
what
they’ve
done.
During
our
research
we
iden-fied
codes
and
conven-ons
such
as
community
and
the
characters
are
based
in
one
loca-on.
The
trailer
conveys
the
stereotypical
image
of
community
in
a
youth
offenders
ins-tute
by
a
new
character
having
to
be
introduced
into
the
already
‘-ght
community’.
We
also
have
an
establishing
shot
of
a
prison
therefore
immediately
conveying
an
ins-tu-on
of
the
law.
We’ve
not
completely
followed
conven-ons
of
a
typical
soap,
however
we
feel
we’ve
followed
channel
4’s
‘defini-on’
of
a
soap
such
as
Hollyoaks,
because
it
is
aimed
at
a
younger
audience
(15-­‐24
year
olds).

2. TV
Lis+ng
magazine
We
used
audience
research
and
ques-onnaires
to
help
plan
our
magazine
front
cover.
We
found
that
we
were
to
use
the
characters
in
the
images
of
the
front
cover,
not
the
actors.
Meaning
the
images
were
to
be
in
character
and
posed.
The
channel
4
logo
was
the
same
throughout
the
whole
media
project
to
show
consistency
of
the
network.
TV
magazine
name
Image
of
actors
posing
as
characters.
Drama+c
vocabulary
including
the
text
and
exclama+on.
Price
clearly
on
display

3. Poster
With
our
poster
our
main
aim
was
to
show
the
character
clearly
and
simply
adver-se
the
date,
-me
and
channel.
We
used
Photoshop
to
create
this
and
took
ideas
from
other
posters
.
This
was
one
of
very
liUle
images
of
posters
for
soap
operas,
this
was
promo-ng
a
specific
story
line
in
Eastenders,
however
was
s-ll
good
inspira-on
when
needing
inspira-on
for
our
own.

4. How
did
you
use
media
techniques
in
the
construc+on
and
research,
planning
and
evalua+on
stages?
Research
In
our
research
we
used
the
internet.
We
used
several
search
engines
and
websites
to
research
codes
and
conven-ons
of
soap
operas.
We
used
‘YouTube’
to
find
our
main
music
song
of
the
trailer.
Planning
‘Google
street
maps’
to
find
our
local
prison
to
film
an
establishing
shot
to
convey
an
ins-tu-on.
Construc+on
We
used
‘FinalCut
pro’
to
edit
and
create
our
final
media
product.
We
also
used
‘Soundtrack
Pro’
to
create
the
music
at
the
beginning
of
our
trailer
so
that
is
original
music.

5. How
effec+ve
is
the
combina+on
of
your
main
produc+on
and
ancillary
texts?
As
throughout
all
our
products
we
used
a
consistency
with
the
channel
4
theme,
we
feel
all
our
products
are
combined
and
compliment
each
other
well.
We
used
the
same
main
characters
and
actors
throughout
all
the
products
so
again
crea-ng
con-nuity
within
our
project.
As
the
actors
pose
in
the
way
they
would
portraying
their
characters
therefore
there
is
consistency
with
ge[ng
to
know
the
characters
and
can
be
iden-fied
throughout
all
the
projects
within
the
produc-on.
As
seen
on
the
BBC
example,
the
BBC
Logo
is
embedded
in
each
radio
logo
and
can
easily
be
iden-fied
as
a
BBC
sta-on.

6. What
have
you
learned
from
your
audience
feedback?
I
have
learned
that
although
we
created
an
effec-ve
and
successful
texts
it
is
difficult
to
convey
all
aspects
of
a
soap
and
make
every
scene
explicit
without
giving
away
too
much
as
to
no
longer
be
a
tease,
therefore
leading
to
too
much
confusion
by
audience
viewing
as
our
feedback
suggested
that
40%
understood
it
was
a
TV
show
and
a
further
20%
understanding
it
was
a
new
soap
and
only
10%
knowing
it
was
a
youth
offenders
ins-tute,
so
where
it
was
understood
to
us
we
may
not
have
made
that
aspect
as
explicit
as
we
could
have.
A
TV
Show
This
therefore
An
Upcoming
Seires
about
a
YOI
shows
that
we
A
Teen
Soap
conveys
channel
A
New
Soap
4’s
soap
opera
conven-ons
well
A
TV
Drama
and
they
were
recognised.
Our
audience
feedback
proves
promising
to
us
that
our
music
as
a
success
and
complements
our
theme.
Also
as
our
dialogue
was
clear
we
feel
that
any
unclear
meaning
Out
of
all
the
scenes
we
would
have
coming
from
our
edi-ng
and
not
our
ini-al
produced
only
2
were
unclear
actors
and
script
wri-ng
so
we
have
an
evalua-ve
point.
to
20%
of
our
audience
TRAILER
therefore
we
feel
we
conveyed
our
storylines
very
well.

7. What
have
you
learned
from
your
audience
feedback?
From
these
comments
we
can
see
that
there
are
several
evalua-ve
and
posi-ve
points
We
found
from
our
research
planning
that
the
audience
wanted
bright
colours
for
the
magazine
and
duller
for
the
poster
however
in
the
evalua-on
they
stressed
the
opposite,
therefore
we
now
appreciate
that
audience
preference
can
change
very
quickly
and
drama-cally
so
POSTER
planning
has
to
be
made
to
compromise
audience
changes.

8. What
have
you
learned
from
your
audience
feedback?
Does
the
TV
Lis+ngs
look
like
a
real
product?
Yes
Overall
our
audience
feedback
was
posi+ve
with
Sort
of
evalua+ve
points
so
we
feel
we
achieved
a
good
No
response
and
only
minor
points
were
picked
up
on
within
our
feedback
nega+vely.
Although
a
mixed
Is
the
colour
scheme
for
the
TV
opinion
we
feel
that
as
Lis+ngs
appropriate
for
a
TV
Lis+ngs
long
as
the
majority
and
for
the
target
audience?
were
happy
with
the
Yes
colour
scheme
we’ve
No,
It's
too
bright
realised
that
not
everyone
will
be
pleased
with
a
product
and
other
elements
should
impress
them
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