Photographic Storyboard

We have created a Animatic storyboard which gives us more of an Idea about how our soap will look (compared to the normal storyboard), this is just a basic understanding of what we want.

Since doing the photographic storyboard we found our ideas changed compared to when we did the initial storyboard. Initially we liked the idea of setting it in a party environment but later realised that we could potentially find this challenging and would not be as effective for a soap trailer. We all agreed that we preferred the idea of a photo shoot setting as its an opportunity to have all the characters in one room together. We felt this was a better idea for a trailer as the characters could come across better and the storylines could be put forward as the location is a sort of blank canvas that we can experiment with. After doing the photographic storyboard we knew for definite that we wanted to carry on this idea as we felt it worked well in images and hoped for the same when it comes to filming.

Storyboard- Initial ideas

In our group we have discussed a variety of ideas for our trailer. We have drawn two storyboards to show our different ideas that we have had. By creating these storyboards we are able to see how our ideas could potentially turn out.

Storyboard 1- This storyboard shows a glamorous party that would be used to introduce the characters, personalities and possible story lines.

Storyboard 2- Here is our second idea, which is a glamorous photo shoot. We will include the majority of the characters especially the main ones. All the characters will congregate for a photo and we will use voice overs to show their real thoughts and give an insight of what their life is really like. From this we will be able to show characters, relationships and possible story lines.

As a group we have discussed our two ideas. We believe that they are both good ideas that would give the viewers an insight into the new soap and not give too much away. However, we feel that our second storyboard will be more accessible and better to evolve, as the first story would need to involve a lot of extras to give a real part vibe.

Flowchart

Millie

This flowchart shows the order of the shots that we want to include in our trailer. This is a rough idea of what we want to include and the shots we will use for each part. We like the idea of showing each character walking into the studio. We agreed this was a good way to introduce not only the characters but their individual storylines and how some of them intertwine with another. As shown in our flowchart we intend to make all the characters be a part of a storyline but think its best to leave the most outrageous and dramatic one till last. We believe this is the best way to capture audiences and to hook them with the most interesting storylines that will leave more of an impression on them due to being put last. The way we have set out this flowchart makes apparent not only our storylines but an idea of what camera shots and angles we want to use. This is to get a basic idea of how we want the trailer to be and to give ourselves a rough guideline to follow when it comes to filming.

Initial Plot/ Narrative for our Soap Opera

Initial Plot/ Narrative for our Soap Opera on Prezi

Storyline Moodboard

Here is a moodboard with many different storylines that are incorporated in soap operas, to follow the generic conventions of a soap opera we needed to add some of these storylines in ours. We did this moodboard to help get ideas of different storylines that we could potentially use in our own trailer. The images we use all relate back to previous storylines in existing soaps and some are ideas that we have already thought of and want to include.

Target Audience - Moodboard

By doing a target audience mood board it has allowed us visually see who we are aiming our soap at. Also when having to do questionnaire's on our target audience we can base them on the mood board and see if they match up to what we want. The moodboard basically tells us we want to aim our soap at a young modern audience who could either be students or working class. We want our target audience to like watching Hollyoaks and The Only Way Is Essex because that is what our soap will be similar too.

Target Audience Profile

Here is a Target Audience Profile which will tell you who we are aiming our soap opera at and who we would expect to wa\tch it. By doing this it will help us to make sure that we use certain story lines/characters which will attract the type of audience we want.

Class

The class of our audience would be a mix of people from working class right through to the unemployed, in the demographic groups B through to E. Even though we would like our soap to contain more high class characters and show a sophisticated lifestyle, we still want to attract an audience of this kind to show them that living the high life does have its downfalls. Also, from our target audience research we found that people from these demographic groups are the ones who watch soap operas.

Gender

Our audience will be a mix of both males and females. We discovered from target audience research that soap operas are enjoyed by both genders. The story lines included in our soap opera will allow both genders to relate to and enjoy. By aiming it at both genders we will also, attract a wider audience and it will be more marketable.

Age and Race

Our soap opera will be aimed mainly at the younger generation ranging from the ages of 16-30, like those who watch programmes such as, Eastenders and Hollyoaks. We have decided this because our soap will include young characters fluctuating from  the ages 16-35 and therefore a younger audience will be more likely to relate to their life and their character. Also, from previous audience research that we carried out, we discovered that the age range of people who watched the soaps such as Hollyoaks ranged from 16-25. We are also, aiming our soap to viewers of any race and ethnicity.

Interests

We would expect our audience to be interested in finding out what it is like to live the high life. Also, such things as shopping, socialising, gossip, going to the gym, watching TV and reading magazines. These will be some of the things which the characters in our soap will be interested in as well so, they will be able to relate to each other and these are the types of things that people from our age range would like to do.

Uses and Gratifications

Our Soap will use the Hypodermic needle theory and just feed the audience the information. We want our soap to be easy to watch. Also, viewers tend to watch soap operas after they have had a long hard day at work and we want our audience to be able to relax and unwind, while watching it but still have an enjoyable experience.