Planning our parody.

Me - Lucia
Grace - Lily
Sophie - Scarlett
Kate - Blaire
Cason - Oscar
Kieran - Harry

Before we decided our our final names, Lucia, Lily, Scarlett, Blaire, Oscar and Harry. We researched names that arent very common and sounded 'middle class', just like the names in Made in Chelsea. We made a list of names such as, Victoria, Felicity, Penelope,Clifford and Rupert but decided on the names above.

The names we chose are not heard often and some of them are very old English names, giving connatations of middle class wealthy families, just like the names on Made on Chelsea.

Girls/boys hair and make up
-Natural look but look completely flawless, not too much make up.
-Lipstick either pink or nude.
- Hair in either an updo, straight or natural curls.
-Look tanned, not orange.
-Groomed.

Make up had to look flawless, and perfect to imitate the Made in Chelsea characters and make sure we still looked middle class.

Costumes
-Big bags
-Ballet pumps or heels
-Leggings or skinny jeans
-Blazers
-Shirts
-Smart jeans/trousers
-Leather Jackets

Costumes also had to imitate the Made in Chelsea characters and look expensive and as if wearing heels and over sized bags was something we did everyday.

Locations
-Picadily train station
-Picadilly gardens
-Victoria train station
-Costa coffee or Kro bar
-Selfridges

We decided to film around Manchester just like Made in Chelsea is filmed around Chelsea.

Parody Writing

In our groups we decided we were either going to do a Scripted Reality or a Parody. If we were going to do a parody we would need to research on parodies. We would need to find their conventions and find examples of them so we would be able to create a successful trailer.

We found that conventions of parodies was to mock a programmes style, character and work. As we decided to make a parody of Made in Chelsea, we decided that to make a successful parody we would have to properly over act our accents and the costumes we were going to wear.

Soap Opera sub genres.

Soap Operas all have different sub genres which are suited to different audiences. Below i have listed the most well known sub genres and given an example of a soap and their target audience.

Melodrama- Example-Hollyoaks. Target audience- Middle class aged around 15-30.

Scripted Reality-Example - The only was is Essex. Target Audience-Working class aged around 18-30.

Realism-Example- Coronation Street. Target Audience-Working class aged around 15-60.

Australian Soap-Example- Neighbours. Target Audience-Working class ages around 20-50.

American Fantasy-Example-Dallas. Target Audience-Middle class aged around 20-40.

 

Soap Operas.

Soap operas are 'continuing dramas' as there episodes are not grouped into a series but continue to run day to day all year round. The scenes in soap operas tend to be quite short to make sure the audiences do not get bored and keep watching. There is always several stories running at the same time with soap operas and plots are left ongoing to next episodes which keeps audiences watching as, storylines end, other storylines are still continuing, and so there is no end to soaps.

British soap operas are different to American/Mexican storylines because British soaps are based on everyday life. The longest soap that is still running in Britain in Coronation Street which has now been running for 52 years. There is around 8 soaps in Britain now. They are: Coronation Street, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Holby City, Casuality, Emmerdale, Doctors and Waterloo Road.

Soaps all tend to follow similar story lines which usually are: family affairs, love affairs, murders/crimes. Also, soaps always have stereotypical characters which are: the gangster, the gossip, the 'tart' with a heart, the bully, the victim.

Why are Soap Operas so popular?

Essay from Paula Lewis.
Key points in my opinion.
Fourteen people stated that they liked soap operas as they are relaxing to watch, and don't require too much concentration to follow the story-lines. My 'household' observations backed up what I had found, as on a number of occasions, social interaction took place during the soaps without anyone losing the story-lines. Everyone seemed to be relaxed, taking each event as it unravelled-indeed, no-one seemed at all tense or nervous while watching, perhaps indicating enjoyment.  Most of the people who chose relaxation as a factor for watching soaps were female, with the exception of one male. Either the males didn't want to admit that soaps made them feel relaxed, or they weren't aware that this was the case. Here, the male-female ratio of 1:4 must also be taken into account. Secondly, six people said that they watched soap operas as they were on at a convenient time. This certainly seemed to be the case, as my house-mates always made tea in time to see the soaps. In fact, I occasionally heard some of them (including males), plan out their time so that they could sit down to watch the soaps. Again, mostly females were aware that soaps were shown at a convenient time, whereas most of the males didn't see time as being such an important factor.

Soap sub genre powerpoint

Soap realism presentation from LauraKatieM

Unwanted Images

There was some images we took but did not use.

Unwanted Image 1:
This image was rejected as the cover stars are too close to the camera. This means the front cover would be too crouded and would look unprofesional.

Unwanted Image 2:
This image was rejected because the female star was too far to the left which meant there was space at the end right next the male star.

Creating my anciliary
I created my anciliary in a few steps which i will explain.

Flatplan:
Before i made my magazine i made a flatplan, which made it easier for me to make my anciliary as i broke down where i was going to put the different parts of my anciliary, such as my masthead, cover star, features etc.

Photoshoot:
The main stars of the soap trailer were put in the middle of the green screen and we put them in different positions which we thought we suit the story line. We used two light reflectors to ensure the best photo was took. I used view-finder to make sure the shot was in focus.

Extras:
I used a neautral background so the focus was kept on the features stars, and used colours which fitted in. As i based my anciliary on TV&Satellite week, i made sure minimal colours were used.

Rejected Images.

I rejected the following images for different reasons. As we did our photoshoot we took a number of photos so we could show different characters and body postions and then decided what images worked best.

 I rejected this image as the female character doesnt appear in the shot enough making the shot look odd. The male character is also too far forward which makes the female star look far away.

 I rejected this shot as there is too much space around Rob which would made it hard to make my front cover. The lighting is also quite dark.

 I rejected this image because the all the actors faces do not appear to be serious and look odd together as they are all postioned in different ways.

I rejected this image as one of the actors is laughing, making the shot not look serious, and so if we were going to use this postioning a retake would of been needed.

Soap front cover deconstruction

To create my Hollyoaks magazine i had to deconstruct other soap magazines, so i could understand the codes and conventions. I did this in Microsoft Power Point. It was important to deconstruct the magazines, so i could see which style of magazine i liked best, and encorporate the codes and conventions in my own magazine. By doing this on powerpoint i could highlight the features, and the different features of the different style of magazines would be clear. I found that most magazines have similar features, such as, mastheads, cover star, subheadings etc. But the different magazines had different colour schemes and fonts to suit their genre.
There are two types of soap magazines, 'classy' or 'trashy'. I deconstructed both so i could see the difference in them.