The document contains hand-drawn drafts for a poster and magazine cover promoting a soap opera. The drafts demonstrate an emphasis on visual imagery and taglines to convey the soap's narrative themes of stalking and drama at a school setting. Key elements included are main images showing a male character lurking or staring at a female, cover lines containing words like "stalker lurks" or "school scandals", and incorporating the soap's name and social media handles. The drafts aim to entice audiences through hints of romance, relationships and location provided in the visuals and text.

1. Hand drawn drafts
Name: Phoebe Regnault
Candidate Number: 1212
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135

2. Poster draft 1
Main Tagline- This tagline relates directly to my main
narrative theme of ‘stalking’ and Lucas being the
‘villain’ (propp). This verbal code gives the audience
an insight of what the poster is trying to connote.
Point of call
information
Social media
indents- this
connotes that
my soap is
available on
multiple media
platforms.
Main image- The main
images connotes that the
male character is staring
at the female and the
female is trying to hide
herself with her hand
highlighting that she may
feel scared.

3. Poster draft 2
Main image- The main image is
of a man following a woman in
the woods. The male character
is wearing all dark colours which
connotes that he doesn't’t want
to be seen or recognized and
could be trying to hide within
the trees. This idea of stalking
within the image is anchored by
the main cover line.
Point of call
information
Cover line- The verbal code
of ‘stalker lurks’ gives the
audience a clear message of
what the poster is trying to
connote and what narratives
it includes.

4. Magazine draft 1
Masthead- By having
the name of the
magazine include the
verbal code of ‘soap’
this reinforces the idea
that this is a soap
genre magazine.
Main image- By having one main
image, it highlights to the audience
the biggest story line within all the
soaps and what to look out for
when watching. This image
suggests a romance which can be
associated with drama filled
relationships, suggesting what
could happen within my soap.
Thumbnails- These smaller images
suggest other storylines within my
soap and other characters
included.
Main cover line- the
verbal code of ‘school
scandals’ connotes a
location within my soap
and gives the audience
some idea of what to
expect.
Barcode

5. Magazine draft 2
Date and price
Quotes- This gives the
audience a taster of
what's to come to entice
them to watch the soap.
Cover line- By the cover
line including the verbal
code of ‘new school’ it
signifies to the audience
where the location is
set.
Social media- By
including an ‘@’ sign it
suggests to the
consumer that you can
search the magazine
up via social media.