A2 Media Coursework: Evaluation Question 2

1. How effective is the combination
of your main product and ancillary
texts?
Question 2

2. Radio Times
For my magazine cover, I made the decision to create a ‘Radio
Times’ cover.

3. Radio Times
For my magazine cover, I made the decision to create a ‘Radio
Times’ cover. This was because the target audience of the
Radio Times cover is very similar to our own from Surrey Side.
Radio Times target audience is predominantly ABC1 and ours
BC1C2, this means that we would be able to sue the magazine
as a main resource to market our new Soap Opera coming to
BBC Two.

4. Radio Times
For my magazine cover, I made the decision to create a ‘Radio
Times’ cover. This was because the target audience of the
Radio Times cover is very similar to our own from Surrey Side.
Radio Times target audience is predominantly ABC1 and ours
BC1C2, this means that we would be able to sue the magazine
as a main resource to market our new Soap Opera coming to
BBC Two. Also Radio Times as originally a BBC magazine so
there would be an existing relationship between the two
brands.

5. Radio Times
When designing my Radio Times cover I wanted to ensure that
I would be following the codes and conventions used by Bauer
in their Radio Times covers.

6. Radio Times
When designing my Radio Times cover I wanted to ensure that
I would be following the codes and conventions used by Bauer
in their Radio Times covers.
To do this effectively I researched the contemporary examples
of their front covers as they will often change their styles from
year to year.

7. Radio Times
When designing my Radio Times cover I wanted to ensure that
I would be following the codes and conventions used by Bauer
in their Radio Times covers.
To do this effectively I researched the contemporary examples
of their front covers as they will often change their styles from
year to year.
January 2014

8. Radio Times
When designing my Radio Times cover I wanted to ensure that
I would be following the codes and conventions used by Bauer
in their Radio Times covers.
To do this effectively I researched the contemporary examples
of their front covers as they will often change their styles from
year to year.
January 2014 January 2015

9. Radio Times
When designing my Radio Times cover I wanted to ensure that
I would be following the codes and conventions used by Bauer
in their Radio Times covers.
To do this effectively I researched the contemporary examples
of their front covers as they will often change their styles from
year to year.
This was to ensure that I could design and create my magazine
cover to be as close to real as possible.

10. Radio Times
Headline above the
Masthead to preview a
feature of this weeks
magazine

11. Radio Times
Headline above the
Masthead to preview a
feature of this weeks
magazine
On the front cover they
use a mix of Serif and San-
serif fonts.
On the more recent covers the
background of the image will be an on
set image from the show that they are
promoting, in this case ‘Surrey Side’

12. Radio Times
Headline above the
Masthead to preview a
feature of this weeks
magazine
On the front cover they
use a mix of Serif and San-
serif fonts.

13. Radio Times
I chose the character ‘Callum Lowe’ to
appear on the front cover of the
magazine as I felt that I could represent
his character the most effective using on
an image. So that the audience to get a
sense of his character.
I did this by having his hood up over his
head as this is usually associated with a
thug or troublesome teen, which is
exactly what Callum is.

14. Radio Times
I chose the character ‘Callum Lowe’ to
appear on the front cover of the
magazine as I felt that I could represent
his character the most effective using on
an image. So that the audience to get a
sense of his character.
I did this by having his hood up over his
head as this is usually associated with a
thug or troublesome teen, which is
exactly what Callum is.
I decided to shoot Liam with the flats in
the background, this is because these
flats are the source of all of the conflict
in our soap and I felt that it would be an
appropriate method of giving the
audience a sense of location with the
river as well.

15. Poster
For my poster I decided that I would create a 6 sheet or Bus
stop poster, this was because from my research on BBC two
and BBC posters there was a clear preference of portrait
posters over landscape.

16. Poster
For my poster I decided that I would create a 6 sheet or Bus
stop poster, this was because from my research on BBC two
and BBC posters there was a clear preference of portrait
posters over landscape.
The research was difficult however as BBC do not often use
posters as a method of marketing their TV programmes, so
there were minimal example that I could use for research.

17. Poster
For my poster I decided that I would create a 6 sheet or Bus
stop poster, this was because from my research on BBC two
and BBC posters there was a clear preference of portrait
posters over landscape.
The research was difficult however as BBC do not often use
posters as a method of marketing their TV programmes, so
there were minimal example that I could use for research.
Though there was one show called ‘Peaky Blinders’ where they
used a series of posters with very similar look and layout to
market the show.

18. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.

19. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

20. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

21. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

22. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

23. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

24. Poster
From my research I did find that BBC would use a simply layout
using a single image with usually one or many two characters
in shot.
The composition of the character however varies drastically as
some are with an Extreme Close up, with the character
addressing the camera and others Long shot with the
character looking away from the camera.

25. PosterFor my poster I decide that I wold go with an
Extreme Long shot that would allow me to
represent the character as much as I could.

26. PosterFor my poster I decide that I wold go with an
Extreme Long shot that would allow me to
represent the character as much as I could.
I had my character positioned with his back to
the river in the background as well as a slight
view of the flats, again this would help give the
audience a sense of location.

27. PosterFor my poster I decide that I wold go with an
Extreme Long shot that would allow me to
represent the character as much as I could.
I had my character positioned with his back to
the river in the background as well as a slight
view of the flats, again this would help give the
audience a sense of location.
With Alex’s costume I made the decision to
have him in a hooded jacket, but with his hood
down. This would help show that he is not a
country dweller but a townie, whilst also
representing that he is not a thug as the hood is
not up.

28. PosterFor my poster I decide that I wold go with an
Extreme Long shot that would allow me to
represent the character as much as I could.
I had my character positioned with his back to
the river in the background as well as a slight
view of the flats, again this would help give the
audience a sense of location.
With Alex’s costume I made the decision to
have him in a hooded jacket, but with his hood
down. This would help show that he is not a
country dweller but a townie, whilst also
representing that he is not a thug as the hood is
not up.
I composed him so that we could get a full view
of his costume as this was my main source of
his representation.