Magazine Cover

There is also a plan for our magazine cover which you will find here. My input in this was discussing with the group what would look good where and where abouts we would place these on the cover. Furthermore, what other story lines we would include on the front was also discussed. Here is our hand drawn cover which we were planning ideas around and I also contributed to this.

Poster Plan

I was responsible for creating the bases for our poster, which you will find here. We discussed as a group what we picture on our poster and where.

The first poster is generalised more towards the family moving in to the street and this is much broader in reaction and includes all aspects of a soap. We would be able to see the different characters in the background, but Helen would be forefront which relates to the male gaze theory.

In the other poster, it uses much more of the male gaze theory as we would sexualise Helen and she would be more appealing to males and we would want her in a dress and with devil horns. This would also relate to the 'Hell' aspect of our slogan.

Auditions

Here is our audition video.

My contribution to this task was creating a poster to advertise our auditions. We also were responsible for the filming and directing of our auditions and we also discussed who we think may be fitting for the role. I also helped with the editing of the video and also had an equal contribution to the voice-over analysis we used.

Costume, Location and Lighting

This is the costume section.
This is the Location Scouting section.
This is the lighting section.

My contribution to these sections was offering advice if needed.

Final Props

As we were only filming a trailer, we found that we didn't use any significant props. A trailer is often kept minimal, with the set and characters established. The most important prop we used was the car:

We wanted it green to connote the envy the female getting out of the car feels towards Helen. We decided to not use the props we were intending to use because of the complexity of getting the specific objects we required and also with problems with our casting, we didn't have enough members to play lots of different people.

When looking at trailers, the set is very minimalistic. For example, the trailer for the return of Eastender's Kat and Alfie is minimalist and doesn't include many props and relies heavily on the set.

All we can see of the set is the pub, which is the focus of Eastenders and features in a lot of trailers.

Props List

Props

Here is our props list as it currently stands. This has helped us to plan what we shall use and what style we are going to get them in and how they will be used in conjunction with our actors. I put this list together on my own with inputs from members of my group if I required it. Whilst we are preparing to commence filming, I will put together another list with the pictures of the actual props we are using and how they relate to the ones we first thought of.

Second Analysis of a Poster and Magazine Cover

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