The Grove

2) How effective is the combination of your

main product and ancillary texts?

3) What have you learnt from audience

feedback?

4) How did you use media technologies in

the construction and research, planning

and evaluation stages?

Price/

button

Masthead

barcode

price

Lots of vivid

bright colours

are used.

Other storylines

Realistic

characters :

character

names used

not actors

names.

Big, bold text

Emphasis

on certain

words to

draw the

reader in.

1)

1)

Large, clear image to

capture audiences

attention.

Main

Characters

E4 Logo –

brand

identification.

1)

Purple

tape

E4 logo

Brand

identific

ation

Large clear image to

capture audience

attention

Main Characters

1)

Soap forms

and

convention

s

Camera

as the

fourth

wall.

Big close up to

show

emotions.

On a set, not on a

location.

Casual clothes

(costume) creates

realism.

¾ storylines in

trailers and

storylines : Keeps

the viewers

interested and

allows the

multiple to be

spread across

multiple

episodes.

POV over

shoulder shots :

involves the

audience,

makes them feel

like they are

there,

experiencing the

characters

emotions.

Multiple main characters :

Allows for multiple parallel

narratives and

convergence. Keeps the

audience interested.

1)

Use of various

shots : Close

ups, long

shots, two

shots, shot

reverse shot,

etc.

Soundtrack

emphasises the

characters emotion.

Fade out at the

end for title card.

Fade out for

soundtrack.

Use of

costumes and

props

emphasise

characters

stereotypical

appearance

and style.

Locations in which the

demographic can

appeal to e.g ; a

domestic setting (a

house)

Various different

storylines are used to

make the trailer more

interesting.

There are 7 total

• I started my trailer

with a scene to

immediatly grab the

audiences attention,

the shocking scene of

the car crash.

• As the trailer

continues, we

continue to get

shocking images of

death and conflict

between the

characters.

• I used fast paced

editing all the way

through my trailer

apart from the end

which i slowed right

down in order to make

the audience reflect

on the events.

We used natural lighting to give

our soap a natural look.

The natural lighting also helped

make the soap look realistic.

We did however use the night

effect when editing this was to

make the scene look as though it

is dark and creates a negative

atmosphere.

The soundtrack i used for my

trailer was a Bullet For My

Valentine song called Say

Goodbye (also called Say

Goodnight).

I chose this song as the lyrics

matched the theme for my

soap opera trailer.

The song reflects some of the

themes covered in my trailer,

including: love, death and

pregnancy.

(above) In Coronation street

we see a lot of close ups

similarly we wanted to include

these in our trailer, this is an

example of one.

(below) We used two shots in order to

show the relationship between the

two characters, we used this two shot

from coronation street to show us how

we could do this.

We used the E4 style guide to create an

authentic logo and banner for my

poster.