How we organised our actors

We held auditions to find the actors/actresses suitable for our roles. We looked specifically at actors/actresses who have similar personality to the characters we created. My input was to film the auditions and I focused on the asking questions to each character within the auditions. Jess had wrote scripts for each character. We auditions three people for each character so that we could honestly get the best actors/actresses for the role we were casting.

Organising the actors for our trailer

We made sure that we were very organised with our actors. we wantd them to know exactly when and where we would need them to film. We mainly communicated with our actors at sixth form, texting and through facebook when sending a mass message to all of our actors explaining how to get to the filming location.

We also sent texts to each actor to let them know what they would need to bring with them so they knew what wear for their costume, some of our actors drove and this meant that we could also use all of our actors at the same time, those who couldn't drive or were unable to get a lift with the other actors got a lift from one of our group members.

Inital ideas on soap opera poster

My initial ideas on my groups soap opera Poster

We wanted to include on our poster:

• A picture that introduces the characters whilst showing a story line which will interest the audience so they are interested in watching the soap opera.
• We also wanted to show the time, date and channel the soap opera will be being played on.
• The title of the soap opera would also need to be included, preferably big and bold so the audience can see what the poster is about in order to want to watch the soap.

We wanted to show all the generic conventions of soap opera poster. These included:

• A bold heading with a sub title under or around the heading
• Showing the time and date the soap would be played on
• Having the background as a large photo rather than a plain colour so the readers knew the new characters of the new soap
• Having a tag line showingShowing main story lines

Before making our poster we will look over these initial ideas and try to make our soap opera poster fit the generic conventions as far as possible in order to make our poster to the best of its ability.

Inital ideas on soap opera magazine

My initial ideas on my groups soap opera magazine

We wanted to include in our magazine:

• Interviews with main characters in order to learn more about the casts and their characters personalities.
• Photo shoots of the main characters in order to gain knowledge of who is who in the soap.
• A Television guide of what times television programmes will  be being shown during the week, it will say what time all programmes will be on and which days.
• We wanted to include pages on all important events that will be coming up, from special soap episodes to awards evenings.

We wanted to show all the generic conventions of soap opera magazine. These included:

• A bold heading with a sub title under or around the heading
• Bar code
• Showing the time and date
• Having a weekly issue rather than a daily issue
• Having the background as a large photo rather than a plain colour
• Having a tag line showing on the front page
• Showing the reader the new characters of the new soap
• Showing main story lines
• Showing the price
• Bright outstanding colours
• Big magazine name standing out

Before making our magazine we will look over these initial ideas and try to make our soap opera magazine fit the generic conventions as far as possible in order to make our magazine to the best of its ability.

Target Audience Of Soap Operas

Soap Opera Trailer Target Audiences on Prezi

Specific Knowledge of Soap Operas

Copy of Soap Operas on Prezi