Sunday 12 September 2010

WEEK 1 OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING:

This week we analysed many different soap trailers, posters and TV magazines. But as a group we found it hard to decide what genre to base our soap trailer on, so we decided to research and get ideas from our target audience which is people around the age of 16- 30 from both genders.
 We created a questionnaire and gave it to people from the age range we chose. We felt it would be better to create a genre that would appeal to a certain age group and not anyone out of this age group as it would be hard to interest everyone from all ages in one genre. After collecting the questionnaires we  had a casual conversation with our target audience and asked if they had the chance to watch a brand new soap opera, what they like it to be based on and what would appeal to them.

The feedback we managed to gather made us come to a conclusion that our target audience would not want to see anything typical that they see in an everyday soap trailer. In addition to this they also added that they would like to see a storyline that is realistic and occurs in our society but is not portrayed in soaps nowadays. In order for us to succeed we asked them to highlight some topics that would interest them as an audience.

Many people suggested we should include the typical conventions of an urban realist genre but with an interesting storyline. But what really grabbed our attention was the response from a girl in our class she said "I think it would be interesting to do something that most people would watch and say hey I’m a bit like that, something that shows the struggle of trying to be accepted by society and by your family. You know the way you dress, the food you eat, the way you talk and the things you do."
We, as a group personally agree with the feedback that we received, as that is what we have had in mind. We just needed some public opinion from our target audience so that we can be sure they will like what we have chosen.

Our main aim is to film a soap trailer that will engage our audience and make them feel emotionally involved with our production. We want our work to send out a message that other soaps don’t, that is our number one priority.


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