Jack's TV Listings Magazine

 

Chris's TV Listings Magazine

In order to create the TV listing magazine I used Microsoft Publisher as it was the most efficient program at my disposal as I had prior knowledge of the software.

Despite not being as professional and advanced as Photoshop, it allowed me to create a simple design using various different shapes, fonts, colours, etc. I used a copy of TV Guide as a template to prevent deviating from the conventions of a TV listings magazine.

I used images from the internet to such as www.google.com and www.photobucket.com to copy and paste into publisher where I applied them appropriately on the cover. I then used a camera and took a picture of the three main characters within our soap opera, which include: Benjamin, Michelle and Hayley.

It was vital to ensure the picture had significant lighting in order to the picture to seem professional thus using a torch and projecting it onto the characters. Once finished I took a screenshot of the cover and dragged it into paint where I cropped it and then saved it as a .jpeg.

In order satisfy the conventions of TV listings magazine i must achieve the house style which includes:

• Colour
• Images
• Typography
• Language
• Layout

The colour used within the TV listings magazine are very vibrant in order to attract the attention of potential buyers whilst on sale, also the colours are attractive to the eye thus making the headlines, coverlines and pictures stand out significantly more. The main image on the TV listing magazine includes the characters features within our soap opera thus advertising it significantly more than the other cover lines. Also the characters within the image are looking directly into the lens of the camera thus addressing the reader. The typography/font is extremely bold as the text (masthead) has to be clear in order to convey potential narrative, advertise a new soap, etc. In our case the main coverline introduces the new soap opera, otherwise known as 'The Street'. In addition the text above the picture stating 'She's Back' partially introduces the narrative for the opening episode which attracts potential viewers. The language used on the TV listings magazine cover is very colloquial in order to address all readers in a user friendly way. The layout of the TV listings magazine is asymmetrical, possibly messy, although this is a convention of these particular types of magazines as they are cheap yet presentable presentable in a contradictory way.

The Street Trailer

Copyright Free Music

Finding copyright free music was extremely difficult due to the fact the majority, if not all of mainstream music is copyrighted thus unable to use as we could risk copyright claim. Initially we used http://www.lgfl.net/Pages/index.aspx as it had a few copyright free songs that were available to students, however the music seemed to lack the pace and tone we were looking for within our soap opera ‘The Street’. Instead I researched further into copyright free music in order to find the most appropriate soundtrack for our advanced production. Therefore I utilized popular search engine such as www.google.com to find various sites offering copyright free symphonies and instrumentals.

Eventually I found http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels%5B%5D=Suspenseful&Search=Search which contains copyright free music.

The advanced search engine within the website allows the user to filter the music in significant depth, for example I searched for ‘suspenseful’ as this was the type of emotion I wanted to evoke from the viewer watching the trailer.

Therefore the copyright free music was found after researching into several websites, I found one song from www.incompletech.com called ‘Constancy Part One’. This soundtrack is a very basic song which primarily features violins in a suspenseful tone, which builds anticipation for the arrival of Michelle Michael returning to her family in ‘The Street’.

Storyboard Re-Draft

 

Shooting Script Re-Draft

Shot	Timing	Description
1	2 seconds	“Welcome Too”
2	2 seconds	“The Street”
3	3 seconds	Benjamin arguing
4	4 seconds	Car pulling into the road
5	2 seconds	Hayley arguing
6	4 seconds	Jerome and Dwayne looking at car
7	4 seconds	Jerome and Dwayne watch car drive past
8	5 seconds	Benjamin arguing again
9	3 seconds	Car driving down road extreme long shot
10	3 seconds	Two shot of Benjamin and Hayley arguing
Q	3 seconds	Newspaper hitting the floor
12	3 seconds	Benjamin walking off
13	4 seconds	Couple kissing watching car driving  past
14	3 seconds	Car driving past
15	4 seconds	Benjamin pointing at Hayley
16	5 seconds	Car pulling up outside a house
17	4 seconds	Opening door and Michelle exits
18	4 seconds	Dog barking at Michelle
19	3 seconds	Michelle opening gate
20	3 seconds	Michelle walking towards front door
21	3 seconds	Michelle drops her bag on the floor
22	4 seconds	Benjamin and Hayley open the door to Michelle
23	2 seconds	Michelle looks into camera
24	3 seconds	“Welcome Back”

Storyboard