As our group had decided to challenge the conventions of soap opera, in order to compete with Hollyoaks; we deicied to use a wide variety of editing techniques which where provided on Final Cut Pro.
As editior and storyline creator I wanted to really emphasise the drug storyline; I achieved this by usign many editing technique which include a spinning flash, vignette and zoom effects; all of these affects challenged soap opera conventions as they are not natural. The other scenes which are featured within our trailer included basic editing techniques such as cuts, crossdisolves, and title screens.
The sound which we used within our trailer was non-dieget, as we used East Ender Long from Final Cut Pro as our theme song within the trialer. We planned to use Prodigy - Firestarter for our drug which we purchased from Itunes, however this was copyright material; without the song it felt like the theme song was too joyous for the mood of the scene; this I why I had chosen to add non-diegtic sound of a police siren as it create a negative connotation for the scene.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Group Planning: Scripts
As director of the trailer, I made the decision not to implement diegetic sound within our trailer; for this reason we did not include a script which was used within our trailer footage.
Despite new soaps using trailers which feature diegetic sound, in order to show the location through speech dialect; I felt that we didn't need to include these as we featured various locations where shops could be seen as well as phone numbers which included the area code (01480) - this can be seen within the mise-en-scene of the drug scene as the local florist is in the background.
Another reason why I chose not to feature diegetic sound wihtin our trailer was because Philip our drug dealer has a speech impediment which would have made it hard for viewers to understand; I also did not want to change the actor of Philip's role in order to solve this problem as I wanted to feature an unsterotypical drug dealer.
We featured speech wihtin the trailer in written form by using props (phone); we used this as it is modern technology which helpep signify that this is a modern soap, as well as it was a way around not involving diegetic sound.
The text message stated:
Meet @ 4 in alley..
The only use of a script within our soap trailer which we used was in order to record the voiceover; the script which we created was short in order to quickly deliver the needed information for viewers and used a tag question in order to gain their attention.
The script for the voice over stated:
How would you solve your issues? Bargroves Coming Soon to BBC One and BBC HD
Despite new soaps using trailers which feature diegetic sound, in order to show the location through speech dialect; I felt that we didn't need to include these as we featured various locations where shops could be seen as well as phone numbers which included the area code (01480) - this can be seen within the mise-en-scene of the drug scene as the local florist is in the background.
Another reason why I chose not to feature diegetic sound wihtin our trailer was because Philip our drug dealer has a speech impediment which would have made it hard for viewers to understand; I also did not want to change the actor of Philip's role in order to solve this problem as I wanted to feature an unsterotypical drug dealer.
We featured speech wihtin the trailer in written form by using props (phone); we used this as it is modern technology which helpep signify that this is a modern soap, as well as it was a way around not involving diegetic sound.
The text message stated:
Meet @ 4 in alley..
The only use of a script within our soap trailer which we used was in order to record the voiceover; the script which we created was short in order to quickly deliver the needed information for viewers and used a tag question in order to gain their attention.
The script for the voice over stated:
How would you solve your issues? Bargroves Coming Soon to BBC One and BBC HD
Monday, 25 February 2013
Group Planning: Shot Lists
Above is the shot list which our group used in order to shoot our scenes for our soap. When planning the shortlist we focused on a range of close ups which would be used in order to introduce the characters within our soap. As I took over the role of director when we was filming I decided to not go by the shortlist as I felt that some of the shots did not suit the scenes, as the previous footage for our drug scene used many mid and long shots and had very bright lighting as it was shot in the sun; I decided to change this as it did not focus on the drugs or the issue. I also chose not use the shot list as we chose not to film our pub scene, which was also a main scene within our soap. The reason for this was because their was too much risk involved within the scene. As we did not use the shot list myself as director and Seb Hall as camera man,decided what shots to use for the footage whilst recording on set. Despite the late change, I feel that we manage to capture very good shots which provided realistic lighting which met the soap opera conventions.
Soap Trailer: First Draft & Feedback
Above is the our groups first draft of our soap; Bargroves. No audio is within this footage of our draft as the orignal draft included Prodigy: Firestarter, which we did not have permission to use from the record company; so we removed the audio to aviod copyright.
Group Planning: Institutional Information
In order to air our soap on BBC 1, we looked at the schedules of other popular BBritish television soaps that are being aired. The main focus for this planing was to analyse Hollyoaks; as they're our main competition. and Eastenders; as this is on the same channel (BBC 1) which we plan to air ourr soap on. Below are the soaps airing schedules which we have analysed:
Coronation Street:
Coronation Street:
Monday- (7:30-8:00) (8:30-9:00) Double Episode
Tuesday-
Wednesday- (7:30-8:00)
Thursday-
Friday- (7:30-8:00) (8:30-9:00) Double Episode
Saturday-
Sunday-
Eastenders:
Monday- (8:00-8:30)
Tuesday- (7:30-8:00)
Wednesday-
Thursday- (7:30-8:00)
Friday- (8:00-8:30)
Saturday-
Sunday-
Emmerdale:
Monday- (7:00-7:30)
Tuesday- (7:00-7:30)
Wednesday- (7:00-7:30)
Thursday- (7:00-7:30) (8:00-8:30) Double Episode
Friday- (7:00-7:30)
Saturday-
Sunday-
Hollyoaks:
Monday- (6:30-7:00)
Tuesday- (6:30-7:00)
Wednesday- (6:30-7:00)
Thursday- (6:30-7:00)
Friday- (6:30-7:00)
Saturday-
Sunday-
We noticed the pattern with Eastenders airing schedule, as there was a variety of times which Easetender is aired (8:00 & 7:30). As a group we decided to follow a similar pattern to Eastenders as these may be regulations of BBC 1. As Hollyoaks is aired at 6:30 - 7:00 we decided to aim for the same airing times as they do; this is because they are our main competition and they're likely to have the same target audience as we have based our soap around. This played part in our final decision of our airing schedule as we thought our target audience would already be viewing their television as Hollyoaks is being aired. Our final airing schedule is below:
Bargroves:
We noticed the pattern with Eastenders airing schedule, as there was a variety of times which Easetender is aired (8:00 & 7:30). As a group we decided to follow a similar pattern to Eastenders as these may be regulations of BBC 1. As Hollyoaks is aired at 6:30 - 7:00 we decided to aim for the same airing times as they do; this is because they are our main competition and they're likely to have the same target audience as we have based our soap around. This played part in our final decision of our airing schedule as we thought our target audience would already be viewing their television as Hollyoaks is being aired. Our final airing schedule is below:
Bargroves:
Monday- (6:00-6:30)
Tuesday- (6:30-7:00)
Wednesday-
Thursday- (6:30-7:00)
Friday- (6:00-6:30)
Saturday-
Sunday-
Group Planning: Roles
Before we began to shoot the footage for our trailer we had already assigned ourselves roles within our first group meeting, the roles which we had chosen are listed below.
Job roles (Planning before pitch):
Seb - story boards, film, camera man.
Dalian - storylines, lead editor, director.
David - location photos, music.
Philip - project manager.
Actor Roles (Selected in group planning):
As we did not have our actors before our pitch we had to go back and plan which actors we would use for our storylines which we had planned. Below is a list of the actors which we used within our trailer, what role they played and why.
Edward - Teen: We chose to use Edward as he is within our target audience age group and we felt people would be able to relate to his character.
Dalian - Teen: We chose to use myself in the soap as I too am within our target audience age group, and I also have a White-Black Caribbean ethnic background. (I was unable to be in the recording so we planned to use David within the trailer; however we did not shoot the pub scene so David's did not appear in the trailer).
Philip - Drug Dealer: We chosen to use Philip as a drug dealer as we felt that he was not a stereotypical drug dealer, this was in order to connote the unexpected.
Martin - Parent (Arguing)
Penny - Parent (Arguing)
We used Philip's Parents in order to show family issues; unfortunately our cameraman Seb was unable to shoot the argument scene of the parents. we feel the shot recorded by Philip of his parents argument was poor filming as it did not feature shot reverse shot, and looks like they're washing up.
Mark - Bet Maker: We used Mark as a bet maker within our soap trailer as we also if from the our target audience age group. Mark was also a good actor to use for this as role as he was able to show the frustration which emphasised that he had lost a bet.
Alexander - Drug User: We chosen to use Alexander as a drug user as we also felt that he was not a stereotypical drug dealer, this was in order to connote the unexpected.
Job roles (Planning before pitch):
Seb - story boards, film, camera man.
Dalian - storylines, lead editor, director.
David - location photos, music.
Philip - project manager.
Actor Roles (Selected in group planning):
As we did not have our actors before our pitch we had to go back and plan which actors we would use for our storylines which we had planned. Below is a list of the actors which we used within our trailer, what role they played and why.
Edward - Teen: We chose to use Edward as he is within our target audience age group and we felt people would be able to relate to his character.
Dalian - Teen: We chose to use myself in the soap as I too am within our target audience age group, and I also have a White-Black Caribbean ethnic background. (I was unable to be in the recording so we planned to use David within the trailer; however we did not shoot the pub scene so David's did not appear in the trailer).
Philip - Drug Dealer: We chosen to use Philip as a drug dealer as we felt that he was not a stereotypical drug dealer, this was in order to connote the unexpected.
Martin - Parent (Arguing)
Penny - Parent (Arguing)
We used Philip's Parents in order to show family issues; unfortunately our cameraman Seb was unable to shoot the argument scene of the parents. we feel the shot recorded by Philip of his parents argument was poor filming as it did not feature shot reverse shot, and looks like they're washing up.
Mark - Bet Maker: We used Mark as a bet maker within our soap trailer as we also if from the our target audience age group. Mark was also a good actor to use for this as role as he was able to show the frustration which emphasised that he had lost a bet.
Alexander - Drug User: We chosen to use Alexander as a drug user as we also felt that he was not a stereotypical drug dealer, this was in order to connote the unexpected.
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Group Planning: Evidence of Permission For Use of Pub
Letter used to ask for permission at:
Pig and Falcon Pub, St.Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AE
If you agree and would allow us access please sign on the line below.
The Owner of Pig and Falcon; John, contacted Philip back and granted permission to use the pub for filming our soap trailer. Philip and John later arranged a time which we would be able to use the pub to record our footage. However as we had enough footage and was running out of time to record we decided to miss out the pub scene as there were also high risks involved in the and run scene.
Pig and Falcon Pub, St.Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AE
Dear Landlord
We are writing to you to ascertain whether you would consider allowing us access to film part of our A-Level Media coursework on your premises.
The filming should only take a maximum of 10 minutes as the scene is only brief part of our trailer showing a man walking out of your pub onto the pavement from inside your pub.
Thank you in advance
Philip Gatward Project Manager
If you agree and would allow us access please sign on the line below.
_________________________________
The Owner of Pig and Falcon; John, contacted Philip back and granted permission to use the pub for filming our soap trailer. Philip and John later arranged a time which we would be able to use the pub to record our footage. However as we had enough footage and was running out of time to record we decided to miss out the pub scene as there were also high risks involved in the and run scene.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
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