Shotlist The Wells

This storyboard outlines 23 scenes for a trailer of the soap opera "Walton Hill". It introduces the setting by the local pond and streets. Various characters are then shown taking part in illicit activities like taking drugs, lying, adultery, and covering up a murder. These scenes are intercut with a woman baking a cake. The cake is then violently destroyed, with the soap opera's logo revealed inside. The board ends by announcing the air time and channel for the soap opera. The storyboard uses various camera shots and transitions to portray the drama and intrigue of the fictional show.

Mind map (Trailer)

This document outlines a plot for a multi-stranded narrative that explores the themes of adultery, conflict, lies, drugs, and murder. It considers using a love triangle as the central story and parodying the TV show "The Great British Bake Off" by having a woman make a cake with the themes as ingredients and showing the themes in flashbacks. It also considers recreating the trailer format of the TV show "EastEnders" but decides that option lacks originality. It introduces five central characters and reflects that the Bake Off parody is the best direction to demonstrate an original idea.

Primary research (survey monkey)

The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted to gather information about the target audience for a soap opera trailer and magazine. Some key findings include: - Both male and female genders enjoy soap operas, with males in a slight majority. - 65% of respondents were between ages 13-18, indicating a young target audience. - Most respondents were not familiar with the soap opera genre. - Thriller and murder genres were most popular, followed by domestic and romance genres. - EastEnders was the most preferred existing soap opera.

Filming Locations

This document describes the technical codes and shot types that will be used at three different filming locations for a trailer. Location 1 is a park with a swing, where long shots, medium long shots, and close-ups of the swing will be filmed. Location 2 is a street near a house, where extreme close-ups, medium shots of a fight sequence, and a long shot of someone sitting on a street sign will be filmed. Location 3 is inside a member's house, where medium close-ups of an argument, close-ups of details, and a long shot of someone falling and receiving money will be filmed. Risk assessments are described for each location.

Prop list

This document contains a prop list for a media production called "Walton Hill" created by a group of 4 students - Jonny Sheehan, Dan Sgarbini, Adam Fox, and Zak Winsall. The list includes props like a personalized cake with the Walton Hill logo gathered by Jonny, a coffee mug set from a coffee shop, phones for cast members, and various cameras, tripods, and baking equipment for food scenes to be provided by the school. It also lists extras for the production.

The students are requesting permission to use elements of the song "Till It's Gone" by Yelawolf in their A-Level Media Studies soap opera trailer. Their trailer can only be 45 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds. They will be editing the song using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Once completed, they will upload the trailer to YouTube and embed it into their educational blog for their exam board to assess.

Locations For Filming

This document provides locations and potential hazards/risks for filming scenes for a media project on the soap opera "Walton Hill". Locations include Walton Road for establishing shots, The Grey Dove cafe for a conversation scene, Johnny's messy bedroom for a drug scene, the school's FoodTech room for a cake baking scene, Waltonwoods for a flashback scene, Johnny's living room for an argument scene, an alleyway for a conflict scene, and Merepond for establishing shots of the town. Each location lists potential hazards/risks such as traffic, spills, or slippery surfaces and proposed solutions to address the risks.

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St. Andrew's Catholic School media studies students are requesting permission to film at various Walton Hill area locations between 12pm-4pm on Wednesdays in November for an A-Level coursework soap opera trailer. The filming would involve no disturbance to the public or locations and actors would remain professional. They request permission to film at Walton Street, Mere Pond, Banstead Heath and the thoroughfare on the specified dates. Their media teacher, Mr. N Crafts, can be contacted for additional details.

Meeting notes

This document contains meeting notes from multiple meetings of a production group creating a trailer for a soap opera. Over the course of 17 meetings, they discuss choosing a genre and title, developing plots, selecting locations, acquiring props, finalizing scripts, scheduling filming times, reflecting on work completed, and addressing issues that arose during filming or editing. The group works to complete all necessary planning, filming, and editing to finish their trailer by the deadline.

Music Permission

The document is a letter from A Level Media Studies students at St Andrew's Catholic School requesting permission to use elements of the song "Broken Crown" by Mumford and Sons in their soap opera trailer for a coursework project. They explain that the lyrics and melody fit well with the themes of the trailer. If approved, only a short excerpt of up to 1 minute 30 seconds would be used after editing in audio software. The trailer would be posted online for their exam board.

Soap opera genre target audience task1

This document analyzes two trailers for British soap operas - EastEnders and Hollyoaks. It discusses the target audiences for each show based on factors like gender, age, socioeconomic class, and psychographics. Both shows target working class viewers and aim to provide diversion and allow personal identification. EastEnders viewers are generally older while Hollyoaks viewers are typically teenagers dealing with relationships and education.

Music permission email evidence

Storyboard The Wells

The document is a shot list and storyboard for a television show trailer titled "The Wells". It includes 22 numbered shots detailing the camera angles, movements, focus of each shot, soundtracks, and durations. The shots depict scenes showing the seven deadly sins like a girl being attacked ("Pride") and a father discovering his daughter was kidnapped ("Sloth"). It also includes an end title screen and notes that additional shots of a girl on a swing will be added later. The purpose is to dramatize the seven sins for the trailer of the new BBC show called "The Wells".

Production log

This document contains notes and analysis from a media studies student on soap opera codes, conventions, and textual analysis of soap opera trailers and episodes. It includes: 1) Discussion of codes and conventions common in soap operas like romance, family relationships, focus on working class communities, and multi-stranded narratives. 2) Analysis of trailers and episodes from soap operas like Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Hollyoaks identifying examples of codes and their impact on audiences. 3) Notes on the purpose of trailers, benefits of multi-platform promotion, and conventions like character dilemmas and personal identification.

The Wells -Script

This document contains a script for a television production titled "The Wells". It describes 14 scenes involving characters Holly, her parents Gloria and Alex, and a murderer. The scenes show Holly playing with a toy, being threatened by the murderer, dropping her toy in shock, her parents arguing, her mother putting on lipstick, her father receiving a ransom note, the murderer taking money, Holly's father watching his wife go to the murderer's house, the murderer being unmasked, the murderer walking away from a swinging playground, and the murderer sitting on a street sign. Intercut between the scenes are title cards for the seven deadly sins with music from Mumford & Sons playing.

Meeting notes

Filming permission

A Catholic school is requesting permission from Surrey County Council to film at the Wells Estate in Epsom on November 5th for their A-Level media studies project. The school wants to film from 8am to 4pm to create a fictional soap opera trailer, and assures the council that filming will cause no harm or disturbance to the public, location, or environment. Contact information is provided for the school's Head of Media if needed.

Pre production planning

The document outlines a timeline and shot list for a media production called "The Wells". It includes descriptions of camera shots and angles, lighting, effects, locations, costumes, props and characters involved in various scenes related to the seven deadly sins - greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, envy and hate. It also lists props gathered by group members for the production and names the four student group members working on the project.

Script walton hill

This document contains a script for a short film called "Walton Hill". It describes 23 scenes that establish the setting and introduce characters and conflicts through flashbacks. The scenes use music and visuals to show issues like drug use, lies, adultery, murder, fighting, and baking a "cake" representing the conflicts. The final scene announces the film as a new soap opera coming to BBC with the tagline "It's time to turn up the heat".

Question 2

The document discusses how the combination of a main product and ancillary texts can be effective. Specifically, it analyzes how three media products - a trailer, magazine, and poster - work together to promote a new BBC soap opera called "The Wells". Synergy and cross-promotion were created between the products by using consistent taglines, hashtags, imagery, and story elements. This unified branding and interlinking of the products helps generate hype and awareness for the new soap opera franchise across multiple platforms.

Primary research evidence

This document summarizes the results of a survey about the target audience of soap operas. The survey found that the main viewers are aged 20-40 and that they watch for conflict and escapism. While most viewers thought soaps appeal more to women, some male respondents said including sexy female characters and weaker dependent female roles could make soaps more appealing to men. The conclusion is that an effective soap opera trailer should showcase conflict to engage audiences and include realistic but escapist elements.

Textual analysis of 2 soap opera trailers

This document provides an analysis of two soap opera trailers - EastEnders' "Week of Revelations" trailer and Hollyoaks' January 2015 trailer. The analysis examines the verbal, non-verbal, and technical codes used in each trailer. Key points included are the use of ambient sound, lighting, costumes, shot types, and settings to build tension and portray characters. The document evaluates the strengths of each trailer and aspects the author would incorporate into their own soap opera trailer, such as mysterious plotlines, dominant characters, and varying locations.

Question four

The document discusses the target audience for a rock music magazine. The target audience is teenagers ages 13 to 20, with an equal mix of males and females who enjoy rock music genres. Typical readers include 16-year-old Ria who likes Panic! At The Disco and going to festivals, and 18-year-old Keir who likes Fall Out Boy and playing guitar. The shopping and lifestyle habits of readers are also described, noting they likely shop at more affordable stores like Primark and H&M, wear dark colors and skinny jeans, and purchase band merchandise.

Question four

Questionnaire answers

Most respondents to the survey were between ages 14-21, nearly evenly split between male and female. They preferred to buy magazines monthly or weekly, mainly music and fashion magazines. The color scheme of red, white and black was the most popular choice as it fits with the conventional style of rock magazines. The results provide guidance on targeting both genders of teenagers and using a traditional rock color scheme.

Locations Recce

Esme will take photos for her media coursework portfolio in various locations around her school. She will use the drama studio as her main location, as it has plain white walls and floors that will provide a professional backdrop. Esme will take additional photos in the music department to include musical instruments. She has asked a classmate, Kier, to model for the front cover photo and will borrow a guitar from the music department. Esme also plans to take a group photo of four boys mimicking a rock band for her double page spread. She has obtained permission from those who will be photographed and does not foresee any risks from the planned school shoot.

Production plan

The document outlines the production process for magazines from start to finish in 14 steps. It begins with setting a publication date to allow time for errors. Next, a schedule is created and editorial decisions are made about content and budget. Content is acquired through in-house and external writers along with photographs. Sub-editing checks accuracy, spelling, grammar and style. Page layout organizes the visual design. Proofreading finds and fixes mistakes. The file is sent to the printer and distributed to warehouses for sale to the public.

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Esme Quantrill is creating a front cover, contents page, and double page spread for a media portfolio. The front cover will feature a mid-shot of a boy in a casual rock genre costume without props. The contents page will include a guitar to give a sense of personally identifying with a musical artist. The double page spread will feature casual rock-inspired costumes like a beanie hat, parka coat, and skinny jeans. The only equipment needed is a camera and possibly a tripod.

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Survey monkey results

This document summarizes the results of a survey about preferences for a proposed rock music magazine. Key findings include: - The target demographics of 18-24 and 35-40 year olds completed the survey as expected. - Most people do not physically buy magazines, so including a website is important. - A monthly rather than weekly publication schedule is preferable. - Readers want promotions like contests, tickets and free downloads included. - Rock is a popular genre that many survey respondents enjoy.

Audience profile

The target audience for the new rock magazine is 15-45 years old and will appeal equally to males and females. Most of the consumers will be students or unemployed, so the magazine needs to be reasonably priced between £1-£2.99. According to uses and gratifications theory, readers will use the magazine as escapism and for its ability to relate to their personal experiences through song lyrics. Maslow's hierarchy of needs also applies as readers can feel a sense of belonging to the rock genre and esteem from keeping up with trends in rock fashion featured in the magazine. Common stereotypes of consumers are expected to be indy, emo/goth youth who engage in manual or creative work.

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