Adobe InDesign CS5- Final design

After looking at what people had to say about the First draft which was incomplete, we had taken all the feedback into consideration and have come up with the final product which is partly shown in the screen grab. I think personally that this Magazine meets the conventions of an actual soap Magazine front cover, this is mainly due to because of the feedback that we had received and also looking a Soap magazine has helped us to see the different conventions used.

Adobe InDesign CS5- Creating the Magazine Front Cover

This is a screen grab of our Magazine and the process of creating it. We will now show this to the audience so that they can give us Initial feedback on what improvements and things that they may want to see on this magazine. In order for us to create this Magazine we had a look at an official Soap magazine so that we can get a rough idea of the conventions and layout that is used. Above in the screen grab shows the start that we have made for our Magazine, there will be great changes after the feedback has been taken into consideration.

By U3.TV

Week 8 of filming and editing:

This week we finished edited our final soap trailer as we edited all the new scenes and added them as a replacement for the scenes we cut out.We shortened the driving car scene, took out some of the meeting and greeting scenes and added more scenes that show the contrast between the the two sides of Kareem's personality and lifestyle using split scenes of juxtaposing behaviour like praying and selling drugs. We also added a voiceover so we can have Kareem's view as he doesn't speak much and the soap is set from his perspective therfore it would make more sense for the main character to give his point of view. We also added call of prayer at the beginning of the soap when Kareem is praying to give that spiritual feel. We also uploaded it on to blogspot.

PhotoShop Screen Shot - Draft 1 Poster

This is a draft of one of the 3 posters we produced, we really started experimenting with the filters on Photoshop to shape our image, this didn't really work although it was an effective image, with a typical london underground tube station in the back with 'Kareem' looking at 'Sykez' in a negative way with 'Sykez' giving an evil look straight to the camera lense. As we produced 3 posters another reason why this didn't work is because Kareem is the main objective in the Soap and in this image he's the background.

PhotoShop Screen Shot - Final Poster

 

 We used Photoshop, some of the key things we used to present our poster was a landscape image of London with Kareem still being the main focus, adding texts that gave a clue about what our soap was about, for example our font for Kareem having that arabic edge to it, giving the audience a clear insight of where and when it will be shown with our brand identity in the corner representing us as a whole. We used a number of layers and experimented with textures, font, contrast and brightness until we got our final result.

Poster Draft 1

This is another poster we created on Photoshop, however we didn't feel as though it worked as much as our main one. The main character is not in focus and the way it is structured doesn't work well. However it does have an urban theme to it.

The Process of creating our Channel Ident

We uploaded our channel ident onto photoshop and altered it from there. We changed the font of the text and enhanced the black colour to make it stand out. We went over the crack and changed the background to make the TV logo appear more 3D.

The Process Of Our Soap Poster

Step 3: Finally we adeed a black background and text about when the soap will be broadcasted. We added a shade of red on the title 'kareem' just as we did in his Motiff to represent his character which symbolizes danger, evil etc. We also included our Tv Channel Ident so that the audience can be familiar with it.

The Process Of Our Soap Poster

Step 2: We then decided that we wanted to add a photo of Kareem and let the background 'shine' through his body. We wanted to keep the poster simple but give very subtle messages about the storyline.

The Process Of Our Soap Poster

                                         

    Step 1: We created our Soap Poster using Photoshop. We used a image of London as a first layer which will show through Kareem's 'transparent' body. This was made to symbolize that Kareem is set in Central London. It also represents Kareem as a character who grew up in the streets of London.

Different photos we took to use for our poster and magazine

We took various photographs for our magazine and poster, using different perspectives of Kareem and how he's portrayed through a camera, in these selected images we see images of his close mate Skyvez located in different part of the images in some of the photos, we showed this through the depth of field created in the image, sometimes Skyvez is in a shallow focus and some of times he's in a deep focus, this was deliberately portrayed as we wanted to show Kareem thoughts of Skyvez, one of the images where Kareem is looking over his shoulder as if he's in a state of paranoia as if he doesn't trust him even though they're meant to be partners in crime. One of the other images we see Kareem giving a sinister look to the camera with Kareem giving him a 'dirty look'. We had 2 individual photos of Kareem, we created a contrast between these 2 photos with one of him dressed in a deceiving way and another in a casual, notice he is looking towards his right which projects him to be looking at a new way of life because in Islam we have a way of saying that the right hand side is the good side. We had a couple photos of Skyvez with him again in one of them looking  to his side and we also played with lighting to show the level of darkness and lightness on the face. One image in particular that was an accident but we thought it would work was the one in Kareem in the light having Skyvez in darkness slightly seeing his face which visualised a mysterious image. Overall we created a theme with our pictures showing the different views of Kareem, Eventually we decided for the poster that the shot of Kareem on the side was perfect. We arranged these pictures in a studio with a selection of lights which gave that professional finish to our photos.

Week 7 of filming and editing:

Today we filmed a new drug scene, we filmed a scene with a new actor playing the character of Jamal (Kareem's brother), we also filmed a scene with Kareem and Ameera in a good relationship so it can show a contrast when Kareem changes. We edited all the scenes, we took some of the scenes out and added new ones in. We added a Kareem voiceover to help narrate the storyline from his perspective aswel.

Week 6 of filming and editing:

After receiving our audience feedback, we decided to change some of the things that were mentioned. We went did some filming of drug scenes to help contradict Kareems good side. We edited it and it fitted in perfectly with the rest of the scenes, however our teacher thought it was too explicit. Instead he suggested that we should add a more subtle drug scene that suggests involvement in drugs. Alsp we decided that we should add a scene where we see Kareem and Ameera's relationship when it was going well.

Audience Feedback On Rough Cut

After uploading our rough cut on our blog we asked our audience for had feedback on what we can improve and, change and cut out. Our audience admired the pace of our soap trailer and the music which they thought matches well with our them. They stated that the storyline was clear, however they pointed out that the use of one actor playing two characters did not make sense. Our audience have told us they understand what's going on in the soap trailer but this has to be more specified as we don't see the badside of Kareem as much, various people have told us how we need to make this clear, irrelevant scenes need to be cut off as they're is no need for them, suggestions on different perspectives and angles of shots portraying Kareems two sides e.g Kareem putting away his prayer mat and pulling out something negative like drugs or a weapon, this will give the audience an insight of who Kareem really is by contradicting the two sides of his life. The character's dialogue in the soap trailer must be more clearer as in some of the scenes we don't get an understanding of what they're saying due to loud music. Overall the soap trailer is understandable, the music is goes perfectly with what's happening, storyline is clear but needs more detail. Our opinion is we need more effects in the soap trailer, editing needs to be tidied up along with lighting, our target is to experiment more with our editing and see the final outcome.

We decided to take this feedback out of our target audience boundaries and one of the group members Shihab Miah decided to show a family relative to see their reactions of the rough cut. Majority of feedback received were in general positive the feedback received were 'This trailer is actually quite good, i mean i would definitely watch this if this came up on TV, bearing in mind that it is a rough cut this can be made just perfect once it is finally edited'. This is the brief comment made by a family relative from an older generation from 30 - 35 this could allow us to extend out target market.

By U3.TV