INITIAL IDEA 4

Another idea I have would cover brief 5. I would create a TV trailer for a new soap opera, along with a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap and a poster for the soap.  I would create the trailer so that it consisted of main, dramatic elements that you would see in the soap, such as typical story lines like adultery, teen pregnancy, arguments and even something as dramatic as murder. I would take clips of these ideas using a TV camera from college and a microphone to pick up all of the speech, and I would have a small group of people play certain roles, showing their personality and role in the soap in a matter of minutes. For example, I could have a young girl or boy showing that they are the 'rebellious teenager' of the programme, in contrast to an older male or female showing how they are the more wiser character in the soap. Hopefully this would make the target audience create an image in their mind of what they think the programme will be like and how the characters will be portrayed. As a trailer, it may only last 1 minute / 1 minute 30 seconds long, and only showing main points. When I create the listings magazine front cover, I would take a photograph of the main characters from the trailer and if they are rivals, possibly have them facing back to back or if they were friends, have them smiling and facing the camera, however if I did the latter I think it would not seem dramatic and appealing enough to soap audiences. I would make it the main focus of the page, however having cover lines for other TV shows along the side and other conventions such as a price, barcode, date, masthead etc. The poster would be similar, however instead of coverlines there may be a slogan or a dramatic pull quote from one of the character's lines to entice the audience. I would use bright colours to make it stand out and possibly a coloured background, instead of black or white. To help me decide about the poster and magazine cover, I would research already created ones for well-known soaps such as the obvious Eastenders/Coronation Street.