Our extract of Oakfield conforms with the stereotypical soap operas.
"Soap Opera" the label connotes a domestic setting, and the contrast with the epic and melodramatic forms of high cultural 'products', Opera. Is the name "Soap Opera" significant in any way?
Codes and Conventions are the familiar and predictable forms and techniques used by the media to convey a desired impression. Codes include the special devices of an individual media, such as camera angles, lighting, special effects. Conventions are the typical plot elements including conflicts and resolutions of a particular medium.
Signs of the Soap. Importance of the face-on close up, and of the intimacy achieved by domestic camera. Also note the importance of cuts between shots. Trying to notice any other "signs" which often lead us to know that we are watching a "soap", rather than a different kind of programme. What, for example, is significant about the use of music in certain soaps? And how relevant is it that 'soaps' are often made on a limited and strictly controlled budget?
Are these elements in Oakfield conventional? i.e. they happen in all soaps, or that they are specific to Oakfield.
• Soap Opera trailers are built and design around the Soap Operas plot/storyline and often the audio narrates, since the acting is a mixture of different shots on different day, it would be a task for the viewers to keep up, and possibly portraying different messages to different people.
Although there are moments which are obvious like, the scene where Simon is lead by the preying Rebecca.
Rebecca and Simon's restaurant to bedroom scene--
This shot is subtle yet implies the same message. Meaning this trailer can be advertised all hours of the day, since it doesn't hold a age restriction, like some trailers do. Using Premiere enabled us to discovered effects that would enhance our video to the maximum. There set of footage we cut down to make a quick easy to watch piece.
Taking the above into account I think our product is extremely realistic, knowing we attempted to stay to the conventions of existing soap operas as much as possible. We have, like all soap adverts, used the same character throughout all of our media products. Its becoming believable after all our amazing feedback, I can't believe WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!
• Referring back to the question: Our depth has challenge but conformed to the real media of today's society, its an ever changing we battled to keep up and on-top of schedule. Looking back now, I feel we should have focused more on the quality of the footage, although it hasn't deeply affected the professionalism of our trailer.
Although I feel that our media products are similar to existing ones the main difference is that we have drawn inspiration from older soap adverts, that do not feature special effects but instead lifts clips from the actual soap. Although a modern soap opera advert would have been extremely enjoyable to film, it would not be possible for us to use special effects to the standard that existing products used and therefore may have looked unrealistic.
We used title credits, just like in existing soaps. Displaying the one word name of the soap (which came to me off the top of my head!) which flashes up at the end. We displayed our title credits over the ending of the sequence which is a development on existing adverts as it usually comes up on a separate plain background. We chose to display our credits over the top of our end sequence to heighten the suspense for the viewer.
We had problems staying to the conventions of a soap poster as we found it difficult to find any existing soap advert posters. We therefore had to create our own idea and therefore went for a comic element.
Although I feel that our media products are similar to existing ones the main difference is that we have drawn inspiration from older soap adverts, that do not feature special effects but instead lifts clips from the actual soap. Although a modern soap opera advert would have been extremely enjoyable to film, it would not be possible for us to use special effects to the standard that existing products used and therefore may have looked unrealistic.
We used title credits, just like in existing soaps. Displaying 'Oakfield' which flashes up at the end. We displayed our title credits over the ending of the sequence which is a development on existing adverts as it usually comes up on a separate plain background. We chose to display our credits over the top of our end sequence to heighten the suspense for the viewer.
here is an extract I have been meaning to find, finally downloaded, i think its a lot like our trailer. i understand its a movie trailer yet it has familiar characteristic, aspects & plot to ours. its not worth comparing since movie trailers have again different conventions and we dont want to confuse ourself. Yet there are any advantages to looking into a different medium to get other perspectives.
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