25th and 26th February Filming

25th February- in order to let my target audience properly connect with character, i have decided to include more close ups and mid-shots into my opening. In addition, i have decided to re-shoot the scene in which the characters greet each other- the framing was not central. However, i also need to make the introduction of character more 'personal' instead of always as a group.

26th February- i have decided to shoot a frame with 3 of my female characters together- as a close-up/ mid-shot. This will hopefully make my target audience feel more connected to the characters on screen. Also, i will need to edit the images so that they run alongside the non-diagetic sound.

magazine cover analysis

Although this magazine is only generaliseable to females it gives me an idea on how children are targetted through magazines.

- Bright colours, stereotypically 'female'.

- Main star/ protagonist is the focus.

- Image overlaps the masthead.

- Teasers are also colourfull and appealing to the eye...

- Competitions & quizzes

dvd cover analysis

-Style is fairly 'childlike' again hinting at target audience.

-Bright colours that hint at the personality of the protagonist.

-Picture of the protagonist.

- Title in bold font.

-Rating & TV channel.

-Season?

IDEAS- ANCILLARY TASKS

Magazine Cover:

- Characters together, with fades & layering
- 'Skool Dayz' title in graffiti style?
- Include school logo?
- Bright colours- target audience

DVD cover:

- Again, bright and colourfull
- Similar to magazine cover
- Maybe just protagonist?

First attempt- photoshop

This is one of my first attempts regarding photoshop editing. I took an image of Jonny Depp from the internet (my images within my coursework will be original) and, similar to the image of Amber i layered it onto a color of choice and added text. Within the piece of text, i added a 'shadow' to make it look more appealing. I will use all of these factors within my ancillary tasks.

However, in order to improve i will need to layer more characters onto my production- therefore providing the target audience with an appealing magazine/dvd cover. Furthermore, the color is too dark, and therefore distracts the audience from the main image. In addition to this, the white box underneath the text looks fairly unprofessional, and in the future i will layer the text straight onto the image.

Good points include, the image in general, i feel that it is a successful image- which looks professional. Furthermore, i like how the image fades into the background, and if this was my ancillary task i would layer the other characters on top- role- wise e.g. main character.

Developed photoshop editing

Within the production of this image, i had to capture an successful image of a character from my children's TV drama. Here, i used a mid-shot so i did not show too much of the character and followed codes and conventions of magazine covers. In addition, i also cropped and cut the image so that i could layer it onto a color background and edit the 'fade' to make the image more pleasing to the eye. However, to make this image even more successful i would need to add text and other pieces of information regarding my children's TV drama.