Newspaper Advertisement Production

Gemma was in charge of creating the Newspaper Advertisement. Over the course of the lessons she took screengrabs, to show the production process. Here is a sliderocket presentation to show the production:




 

Drafting Newspaper Advertisement

Gemma was in charge of the Newspaper Advertisement and so she drafted on paper, what she wanted the advert to look like. Here is a picture of her draft:

 

She then showed us her design, and myself and Taylor liked her ideas. We then decided that our Newspaper Advertisement will appear in teenage and music magazine, as they are popular among our target audience.

Codes and Conventions of Newspaper Advertisements

In the lesson today we analysed newspaper advertisements for television programmes, and established the codes and conventions of the genre.

Recording and Editing Radio Trailer

Today, Taylor recorded the voiceover and started editing the Radio Trailer. Over the course of the few lessons, she took screengrabs to show the process.

Scripting Radio Trailer

Today, we began to write the script for the Radio Trailer. We also made decisions about what radio stations the radio trailer will be broadcasted on and when it will be scheduled for broadcast.

Scripting for radio trailer from Taylor 'Sykes' Smith

Codes and Conventions of Radio Trailers

In the lesson today we listened to examples of radio trailers, and established the codes and conventions of the genre.

Voiceover Recording

Today we recorded the voiceover, which will be placed in appropriate places throughout the documentary.

 

 

We used Mrs.Courtney, (media teacher), because: our target rage is 16-25, and Mrs.Courtney herself fits into this target range. She also has a clear voice which is easy to understand.

Scripting Voiceover

Now that we have finished editing our production, we have watched it and decided exactly where voiceover is needed.


FIRST DRAFT (26th November)
Voiceover Script



SECOND DRAFT (5th December)
Voiceover Script 2

Editing

I was in charge of editing the 5 minute extract of the documentary, because Gemma was doing the Newspaper Advertisement and Taylor was doing the Radio Trailer. Over the course of the lessons I took screengrabs to show the process.

Edit Decision List

Now that we have decided what shots we are going to use, we need to put them in the right order! As a group we have completed an edit decision list. This is where we transferred information from the tape log sheets, putting all the footage in the final intended order of your production.

Logging

As a group we have viewed the tapes, and completed the tape log sheets as we watched them. This is where we have listed all of the footage on the tapes in the order which it appears, even if we don't intend to use it in our final production. We have indicated on the sheets which footage is to be used in the final production (by stating yes).

Logging Sheet

Filming: Re Filming Opening Titles

During the lesson today, we re filmed our opening title sequence as myself and the group as well as Mr Fraser (our teacher) were not happy with it: The framing was incorrect as there was too much space either side of Karlea, and also, the detail on the T-Shirt was unclear, you could not tell what bands/faces/text was on the T-Shirts.

This time, although we kept with the original idea of taking the T-Shirts off, we have decided to film it in extreme close up, so you can only see the main body of the T-Shirt (chest area) - so it is clear to see what is on the T-Shirt. The final T-Shirt to be seen is the one we had printed, which has the title of our documentary on it. Here it is:

 

 

 

 

 

Filming: Opening Titles

Today during our lesson, myself and the group filmed the opening titles for our documentary.We filmed Karlea Baker wearing 8 T-Shirts - the last one being the one that we had printed with the documentary title on. The idea we had was for Karlea to wear all 8 T-Shirts at once, take one off a time to reveal the one underneath, until the documentary title is revealed. Then, when editing we would speed the process up.






Additionally, as a back up plan in case we did not like/approve of the filming of Karlea, we had Olivia Cunningham wear each T-Shirt and took a picture of each separate T-Shirt. Here are the pictures that we took:

Filming: Sociologist

Today myself and Gemma conducted an interview with Mrs. Ferraby, one of the school's Sociology teachers. The interview is about conformity, and how people in society conform in order to fit in with what they wear.


1. Explain what conformity is, and why you think people conform
2. Why do people wear T-Shirts that say something about them?
3. Why do people wear T-Shirts in order to fit into a specific social group?
4. How is clothing used to distinguish different social groups? And how important is clothing to these different social groups?
5. How many T-Shirts do you own?
6. What is your favourite T-Shirt and why?

Filming: T-Shirt Printer's and Voxpops

Today we went to Birkenhead Market and interviewed a woman who works in Image Printers. We asked them the same questions as we did to the man who worked in Desk Top Print, however, the woman's answers were a lot more detailed and interesting. She seemed a lot more enthusiastic about her job as a whole.



1. What are the different methods of printing T-Shirts?
2. Which method of T-Shirt printing is most effective and why?
3. Which method is most popular?
4. How do you work out how much to charge for each T-Shirt that you print?
5. On average, how many T-Shirts do you print a day?
6. What is the most unusual request that you have had to be printed onto a T-Shirt?
7. Where do you draw the line with what you print onto a T-Shirt?
8. How and why did you become a T-Shirt printer?
9. What is the best thing about your job?
10. What is the worst thing about your job?
11. Do you print any T-Shirts for yourself?
12. How many T-Shirts do you own?
13. Which is your favourite T-Shirt and why?

 Setting up

 During the interview

During the interview

Additionally, due to us having some time left before we needed to be back in school, we carried out a few more Voxpops. Unsurprisingly, just like the last time, only one person stopped for us. However, we got the answers that we needed.

Filming: Voxpops Liscard

During two free periods, myself and Gemma went to Liscard (local shopping centre) with the intention of filming Voxpops, however, in the two hours that we were there, only three people stopped for us, and so we have planned to go again at a later date-but this time to either Birkenhead or Liverpool as they have a lot more shops and so hopefully more people will be willing to answer our questions.

Me behind the camera

Gemma asking a man if he will answer our questions

Filming: People Who Regularly Wear T-Shirts

Today during the lesson, we interviewed Adam Roberts and Charlotte Evans, about when and why they wear T-Shirts and what they like about them etc. We also filmed different shots of T-Shirts that they had brought in to be used as cutaways. We would have liked to have carried out both interviews in front of an open wardrobe, but due to lack of timing we had to film in school, and so the interviews were filmed in Big Close Up.



1. What is it you like about wearing T-Shirts?
2. How many T-Shirts do you own?
3. Do you have any memories connected with any T-Shirts?
4. Describe your favourite T-Shirt and why
5. Describe your least favourite T-Shirt and why
6. What is the most you have paid for a T-Shirt in the past? What is your limit?
7. Where do you buy your T-Shirts from?

CHARLOTTE 

During the interview

Filming her favourite T-Shirts

During the interview

ADAM

 Setting up the interview-making sure the mise-en-scene is correct

Setting up the camera

During the interview

During the interview

CUTAWAYS

Filming: People Who Regularly Wear T-Shirts

Today, after school, we interviewed Gemma's dad and brother about their collection of T-Shirts: how many they own, why they wears them, what are their favourite/least favourite T-Shirts and why etc. The reason we filmed Gemma's dad is because he does not fit into our target range which is 16-25, so we thought it would be interesting to find out what older people wear in terms of T-Shirts. The reason why we interviewed Gemma's brother is because he does fit into our target range.


1. What is it you like about wearing T-Shirts?
2. How many T-Shirts do you own?
3. Do you have any memories connected with any T-Shirts?
4. Describe your favourite T-Shirt and why
5. Describe your least favourite T-Shirt and why
6. What is the most you have paid for a T-Shirt in the past? What is your limit?
7. Where do you buy your T-Shirts from?

 Setting up the camera/framing

During the interview

Filming: Textiles Teacher

Today, at lunch time, we interviewed one of the school's Textile's teachers about how T-shirts are made/designed, and how they have changed over time. The interview was carried out in her room as it relates to both herself and the topic of the documentary. We also filmed shots of her room that we can use as cutaways.


1. How have T-Shirts changed/progressed over the years?
2. Why do you think T-Shirts are so popular?
3. What is it do you think about T-Shirts, that make them such a classic item of clothing?
4. Is there ever a wrong time to wear a T-Shirt?
5. How many T-Shirts do you own?
6. Which is your favourite T-Shirt and why?
7. Why do you think people wear T-Shirts in order to fit into a particular group social group?

 Taylor filming the manikin 

 Me filming the manikin

Taylor filming a low angle of the student's work

Filming: People who regularly wear T-Shirts

Today we conducted two interviews: one with Bethany Johnson and the other with James Costello - who wear T-Shirts on a regular basis. Although we asked them both the same set of questions, with James there was particular emphasis on his Band T-Shirts, as they are the only T-Shirts that he wears. Whereas Beth wears a variety of T-Shirts.



1. What is it you like about wearing T-Shirts?
2. How many T-Shirts do you own?
3. Do you have any memories connected with any T-Shirts?
4. Describe your favourite T-Shirt and why
5. Describe your least favourite T-Shirt and why
6. What is the most you have paid for a T-Shirt in the past? What is your limit?
7. Where do you buy your T-Shirts from?

During James' interview

Because James forgot to bring in his T-Shirts, we arranged to filmed the cutaways another day. Here are pictures of us filming cutaways of James and his T-Shirts, as well as taking still images.

Filming a close up

Setting up the framing

 James is known for his controversial T-Shirts, which is why we chose to take a picture of this one

 Low angle

Tilted frame

Another tilted frame

Close up

Another tilted frame