Results from Questionnaire

After making our questionnaire we asked the Year 12 Media Students to watch our soaps and give us feedback on them. Some of the feedback isn't as detailed as I would like but I still get an idea of whether people liked my product and what I could do to improve.

Questions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 10;

This table shows the results for the questions 1-7 and 10. Most of the people who filled out a questionnaire said that my product looked like a real media product and there was only a small percentage that said that it wasn't a trailer of a soap. On a lot of the questions the answers were one sided however for question 4 half of the class said that they liked the text with the voiceovers, however half of them didn't.


Questions 8 and 9;

Questions 8 and 9 were slightly different because they required people to write there answers instead of saying yes and no. What is shwon in the table above is a collection of all th answers written into a passage that I am able to understand. Some people said the same points so there wasn't any need for me to rewrite some of the points. 

Questionnaire for Soap Trailer

Questionnaire

1. After watching the soap trailer, would you say the trailer is advertising the soap genre?

2. Would you watch the soap after watching this trailer?

3. Is the music appropriate?

4. Should there be text with the voiceovers?

5. Is the trailer the right length?

6. Are there enough sterotypical characters for a soap?

7. Is there enough variety of shot types?

8. Is there anything that could be improved?

9. What works well?

10. Is the editing appropriate e.g the transitions and effects?

Research: Soap Magazine

 <This soap magazine is very full compared to what magazines usually look like. There is a lot to take in which could also mean that it catches people's eye because it is so different. It is not the typical colours of blue and red.

>This soap magazine is older than the others and you can see a lot more background. There aren't as many stories surrounding the main story like there are in magazines such as TV Choices. As you can see the colour of the background is pink so the title of the magazine doesn't stand out like it does on a blue background.

This Soaplife magazine reminds me of a normal gossip and fashion magazine .ie. Ok Magazine. The main story of the magazine is pregnancy and the whole magazine seems to be focused on Eastenders which suggests that it is specifically focused on one soap rather than several soaps at once.

Research: Soap Trailer Poster

 These posters are believed to have been made by fans of Eastenders not by the production team themselves. However they are quite effective in portraying an emotion and getting the audience to feel something and to react in some way. In the posters to the left and right the word "Alive" is in red which connotes danger and blood. The floor in the posters is also red, next to a gravestone, which connotes death. The poster below is quite bland and reminds me of posters you used to see in the Old West. This style of poster could be used to highlight the message that is being portrayed.

I believe that the poster below stating "Ian Beale" 'Stunt Double', was made to shame this part of Eastenders rather than promote it. A lot of posters that came up on Google were either pictures of the characters or madeup posters so it was hard to know whether a poster was real.

This poster was made by A2 students from 2011 to promote their soap. The characters seem to be grouped into 3 different types of character which suggests that there are a few rivalries in the soap. I like that they have used blue sky in the background to make the soap seem realistic.

I was unsure whether this poster was from a movie or a soap because it was made in the sixties. Even if it is not a soap poster I like the way that there is a focus on the car and that this focus starts from the edge of the poster and continues off of the poster.

There weren't many soap posters that looked like they were made by the production team however I can use the ones I have found to help me design my poster.

Feedback: Families

Positive:

• Like the slwoing down effect when used because it makes you look at it more and it is different to what you would usually see.
• The quality of them are good - could have been done by a professional.
• Genuine acting so it doesn't make you feel uncomfortable.

Negative:

• Sometimes they wondered about the storyline but were unsure whether that was meant to happen.
• Some of the quotes need to be cut down so that it is easier to read them.

Soap Trailer: Poster Plan

These are three different design ideas for my poster plan.

1. For my first design I have tried to incoporate all of my main characters so the audience know who the main people are. I have tried to place all of the characters that are opposed to each other on opposite sides of the page as to give some clue to the audience.

2. For my second design I have again used all of the main characters however they are more spread out so it doesn't look as 'blocky' as my first design. I have also placed the title and tag line at the top of the page so that it makes the audience notice it easier.

3. My third design is slightly different because I have just focused on the 'alpha male' as I wanted the audience to feel that my soap was full of drama and appealing.



First Draft of Soap Trailer: 7.12.11