Development of poster!!

 i started my feature page by creating a heading. i played around with the positioning of the heading and using the tracking tool which makes the text closer and either increase or decreases the amount of space between each letter which I made the letters close together. The colour scheme I used was Red, Black and white just like my poster. Which I made my own colour swatch of the Red using the swatches tool on the right hand side and clicked on new colour swatch.

 I Then decided that i wanted my background to be black because of the feature pages i analysed they all has used white background so i challenged this and decided to be different. i am doing my feature page on Vivienne so i added a photo , i used the the quick selection tool to highlite around the image to cut around his body.if i didnt cut completely around it, i used the Alt button to deselect an area, once i got the image perfect i refined the image by changing the radius and smoothing image. i am now going to add my article and interview to the feature page.

I added in my article which i broken up the text by the interviewer being in the red and the person being interviewed in white text which made the poster stand out but also made it clear and understandable. i also made changes to the heading by using commas to make the sentance more clear and correct instead of using ...

I added page numbers and the title of the magazine at the bottom which was the radio times i used radio times to follow the forms and conventions of radio dramas. i added in a image in the middle of my interview/article to follow the forms and conventions of the magazine ELLE which i researched and decided to follow as it breaks up the text and makes the feature more interesting.

I used the following image of showing stephen (Vivienne) in heels to create comedy to the interview and make it panto style as in the article i made Stephen look like a fun guy rather than the guy he plays on air Vivienne who plays evil.  i only cropped the image as the image was quite bright, i didnt cut around the image as i thought it would not look right on my feature page although this image looks like it was took in the studio.

Rough Designs

These are my rough Layout Designs I will be following the forms and conventions which are shown in magazines such as:

• Big headings
• Introduction
• colour scheme
• columns of text
• pictures
• page numbers/date/magazine
• interview style.. Q:, A: or breaking up text with different colour

My first layout design shows a big heading  and a image below it and an image which will be on the left hand side and then i start my article with an introduction leading into a interview which the question and answer would be broken up with colour , the colour scheme would be red,black and white linked with my poster. On the opposite page i would have text and have an image in the center like the elle feature page to break up the writing.

My second design shows a big heading and the text below the bold heading and on the right hand side it shows a big image like how the Kimberley Walsh interview was layed out. The colour scheme would be Red,Black and White linked with my poster.

Ancillary Task 2- Magazine feature Analysis

Now I have finished my poster advertising my Radio Drama, I now need to proe duce a double page feature for a magazine to promote my radio drama and interest my target audience. I am thinking of Advertising my Radio Drama Feature page in the Radio Times or a Fashion magazine, which would be better for my Target Audience as its targeted to a female audience.
I have looked at feature pages in the magazines ELLE and Cosmopolitan to get ideas and see the forms and conventions in these magazines:

In the Cosmopolitan magazine i did an analysis of an interview with Kimberley walsh which would traditionally shown the conventions of a big headline instead it shown a massive P at the start of the article which is usually done in magazines but not that big. The magazine editor  may of done this  because on the opposite page there was a huge picture of Kimberley Walsh and she is famous so there was no need to introduce or headline what this article was about. At the start of the interview their was a paragraph positively talking about Kimberley Walsh career and how great she is, then it goes in to a interview style which is broken up to be understood by the question in pink and the answer in black which is a form and convention in magazines. They also have the name of the magazine at the bottom of the page with the page number and the date and in the top left the have a little heading which say "Women we love".  The colours scheme is traditionally a set of three colours which has been done in this magazine of Pink, white and black which makes the feature page fun and girly.

In the Cosmopolitan magazine i did an analysis of an interview with Ant and Dec which  traditionally shown the conventions of a big headline  which said "Britains most wanted" the font is quite bold on the wanted more formal and the britian most less formal which is done in quite a comedic way ,which links well with the images behind it of them standing side by side in black and white photo.  They show a quirky intro to get the reader to read more. The use a colour scheme of Red, white and black which shows the forms and conventions in a magazine. Theyre layout of a interview is set like this question in red  which is cosmo talking ,then A:.. to show Ant talking, then D:.. to show Dec talking.They also have the name of the magazine at the bottom of the page with the page number and the date which are forms and conventions in magazines.

In the Elle Magazine i did an analysis of an interview with Johnny Knoxville  which has a little heading in the center saying Elle interview and then a heading which is a bit bigger saying ELLE Q&A Johnny Knoxville and then underneath is an introduction positively talking about the celeb.The article begins with a paragraph about his career and then it goes in to the interview which is very different to cosmos layout as they have ELLE:... then JohnnyKnoxville:.. set out like that and they break the conventions of the colour scheme as it just black writing on a white background which looks quite bland although they, have an image of Johnny which is also a black and white image in the center of the article. This breaks the writing up and gives the magazine a sophisiticated look. They still do the same forms and conventions of a page number and magazine title.

Our groups posters!

These are our posters which we have done individually:

This is Jo's Final Poster



this is my Final Poster



Audience Feedback

To get Audience feedback I uploaded my two posters of the Male version and Female version of Vivienne. The Posters which are promoting my Radio Drama i uploaded to Facebook  so i could get feedback on what one the audience preferred, thought looked best and more professional . heres the linkhttp://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/photo.php?fbid=10150137903723342&set=a.59032173341.71706.554013341&theater
 i had comments of "its comedy" so i think my audience feedback went good

 

Final Version of Posters & Ad Placement

Scott Mills

Placement of drama: My idea for my radio drama to be on Radio one as it is a very popular radio channel which doesnt usually have radio dramas on, so i thought i would break the forms and conventions and have my drama played on a popular radio channel. I decided on every tuesday at 5.30pm in the middle of scott mills show which would be before newsbeat and it will be the time when people would finish work so they would listen to it on their way home which hopefully would hook the audience in especailly as the genre is comedy it will draw people in and make my drama popular . Although this may not work and draw my audience in as it is usually a music radio channel  so i followed the forms and conventions of having my radio drama on Radio 4 Extra, i did this as many people who enjoy radio drama would listen to the drama so it would be better to advetise my drama and engage with my audience.

This is the channel my Radio Drama is going to be broadcasted

Advertising/Ad placement: I would want my radio drama to be advertised in the Daily Mail Newspaper as on my poster they quoted what they thought  of my drama, so the advert could go in their newspaper. I also would want my poster to be advertised in the radio times as people who read the radio times are obviously interested in radio dramas so i think it would fit nicely advertised in there. i would also want my poster to be shown in many female fashion magazines which would challenge the forms and conventions as Radio is a popular than what it was not many dramas are advertised in female fashion magazines as more people are interested in TV drama so i would challenge the conventions but as my Radio Drama is aimed at a female audience and most women are interested in fashion etc it would be advertised well in womens magazines such as the magazines , more, company, cosmopoliton, elle, vogue would make my drama advetised positively
.Although this may not work and draw my audience in as it is usually shown in newspaper so i followed the forms and conventions of having my poster in the Daily mail as they quoted my poster positively  so it works togther nicely having it advertised in their newspaper, i did this as many people who enjoy radio drama would listen to the drama so it would be better to advetise my drama and engage with my audience.


Final Versions of  Posters:

These were my final version of my posters advertising my Radio Drama although as i have changed the channel from bbc 1 to bbc four extra, i changed my posters.

 when i get my Audience feedback i will choose one of these posters as my official Radio Drama poster.

Development of poster

Development of poster:For my poster i have decided to do two posters of a male Vivienne Version and a female Vivienne version which i will get feedback on facebook which i will find out what poster people liked the most. i took photos for my poster and here are my images to show my development of my poster.


before i edited..



After i edited..



quick selection tool i used to edit photographs

  This was my image to start with which was going to be Lauren using the program photoshop i used the the quick selection tool to highlite around the image to cut around her body.if i didnt cut completely around it, i used the Alt button to deselect an area, once i got the image perfect i refined the image by changing the radius and smoothing image. i then save it and clicked on the image to realise that the picture had a very low resolution (the pixels) so it become blurry so i had to change my image and do the same process i did previously.

before..

After..

This is the male version of Vivienne which i used him wearing a handbag to create comedy to my poster which fits and shows the genre. i edited this image like the other images using the program photoshop i used the the quick selection tool to highlite around the image to cut around his body. if i didnt cut completely around it, i used the Alt button to deselect an area, once i got the image perfect i refined the image by changing the radius and smoothing image.

image before i edited it on to my poster



My poster with the edited pictures

 This is my female version of the poster developing, The photo of Vivienne i cut around the image and refined the image and made the image quite sharp like the other images.The image represents Vivienne as fierce and significant with the use of props like the smart, deep red coat to create a fierce look compared to what Lauren looks like, more plain jane which represents there status which I added text which I did in a Fancy Font to give the poster a classy look I also made the text closer by using the tracking tools which changes the amount of space between each letter which I made the letters close together. The colour scheme I used was Red, Black and white which I made my own colour swatch of the Red using the swatches tool on the right hand side and clicked on new colour swatch. I also included images of logos of designer labels which will draw the audience in and it shows the audience that it is linked to fashion. I also had to cut around the stars using the quick selection tool place them on different layers- i did these stars with a quote which is has been done on many posters

This poster is adevetising a film but i have used this as an example of a poster which has used quotes from Newspapers and Magazines although this poster dosent have star ratings only quotes/revies from the magazines or   newspapers they have used a score 10 out of 10 instead of star ratings but i have used stars as it gives it a classy look to my poster and matches well with the font and genre where as this film is advertising to children/teens so they have used there rating/review in a more fun, bold way.

This is the male version poster of Vivienne which is the same as the other poster apart from the model of Vivienne although I did one change to this poster of the information of the time, channel etc. which was  i added a  transparent box which I done by creating a box which was black and i created a new layer,and on the layer I decreased the opacity which made it transparent. the box has made it look quite proffesional.

Ideas and rough designs for my Newspaper Advert

Ideas:For my poster I have been thinking of doing a poster in the colour scheme of Red, Black and White like the Devil wears prada poster as it gives the poster a sophisticated look. I have also thought of doing a image of lauren and Vivienne behind lauren this will show there relationship especially as i will have Vivienne posing with a fierce look. I then thought of having the title, time,day and Radio channel of my radio drama on the poster as i dont want to give to much information to my audience. From our focus group people suggested Vivienne to be a male as their are many fashion designers with unique names so i am going to decide whether to have vivienne as a male or female.
Here are my rough design layout for my poster:

I show the forms and conventions of a poster which doesn't show to much information. i am only going to show images and the title of the drama, time.day and channel of my radio drama. I also  thought of having two images of the main protagonists Vivienne and Lauren which so binary oppositions(Levi Strauss) Good Vs Evil with vivienne wearing a red coat suggesting danger and a colour scheme of Red, White and black influenced by The Devil wears Prada poster and it gives the poster a sophisticated look . 

I thought of having a image of lauren who is getting paparazzi, so images of camera flashes also using props of bags of shopping suggesting fashion which will draw in the audience. I also thought that as it women that are our target audience , that the colour scheme to be pink to draw the viewer in to looking at the Advert. 

Ancilllary Task 1:Newspaper Advert-Analysis of posters

I am researching posters to develop an idea of what I should aim for when creating my own advertisement of my radio drama which may either be in a newspaper or magazines.i have mainly researched film posters which show the same conventions that I should usein my poster such as: boldtitle,fonts which fit with the genre,images which link with the drama,different layouts for ideas of positioning and the details of the Radio release-date, channel etc.

I chose this poster although its advertising a film, called 27 dresses and even though it is not a Radio Drama it helped me think of ideas which I could do for my poster .The film 27 dresses almost fits with the genre of my Radio Drama of comedy, although this film is a romantic comedy but it is linked to Fashion. I really like the layout of this poster with the women posing in a dress which has actually been edited with the text/information inside the dress. I also the like the back ground white as the text stands out and the poster looks classy. The font they used looks handwritten which could suggest its a comedy especially as the text is inside the womens dress. The title of the film 27dresses is in pink suggesting its aimed at a female audience. The poster doesn’t really give away much about the film. It’s more like a teaser poster advertising the film although it will make the audience drawn in to it more as they don’t know everything about it .

I chose this poster although its advertising a film, This is the film called Confessions of a shopaholic which is linked with my genre of fashion and shopping. The colours are really bright and the image clearly shows that this film is set in the location of New York also with her getting in the stereotypical yellow taxi with lots of bags of shopping. Which could be an idea for my poster of lots of bags of clothes to show the topic of fashion. the colours clothes the model is wearing at pink and she is positioned in the middle and underneath her is the title which is in the same colours of her clothes linking the shopaholic to her.

This is the film poster for Devil Wears prada which the film inspired my radio drama.I really like the colour scheme of red, white and black it gives the poster a sophisticated look. the font is even sharp and devil horns on the edges fitting with the image of the shoe which is shiny and the Red heels which are devil shape creates a fierce look to the poster too. This poster is a teaser poster as it just shows the title of the film,and shows the names of the two main characters real names Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, so the poster dosent really give away much of the film.

This is the film In her shoes which is about a women who is a lawyer and has her head on her shoulders where as her sister is party animal who isnt responssible in life and she moves in to her sister which she tries to take over her life. On the poster there is a Quote from company magazine which is to encourage the audience to watch the film. The clothes the women on the left is smart well dressed compared to the girl on the right dressed in young party style clothes. The position, the girl on the right taking up the sofa suggesting shes in control and the The shoes on the right side match the title suggesting that she is wearing her sister and the texts of shoe is in a Bold Title- which is a metaphor, (thinking of being in her shoes/life and her sister taking over her life.) The colour pink stands out.