Ideas for a Soap Opera Poster (Thomas Brown)

Minute Record Sheet - Tuesday 30th September 2014

Minute Record Sheet
Date: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Held at: Library and G2
People Present: Annie, Lauren, Sara and Tom

Matters Discussed	Action taken by whom	When?
Completing the storyboard, angles and the shot list Researching further into the TV Listing Magazines and creating potential ideas. Also creating an approval letter for our filming. Researching further into the Poster ideas and creating potential ideas.	Annie and Lauren Sara Tom	In Lesson Time - Finishing drawing up the storyboard and working on the shot list, concentrating on the detail of angles. In Lesson Time - Researching and annotating different TV Listings, then creating ideas for our final TV listing Magazine. Creating a letter to Miss Hare gaining written permission for our filming space. In Lesson Time - Researching into different posters created for soap operas and annotating them. Then creating different ideas for our soap opera poster.

Annotation of a Tv Listing Magazine

Minutes Record Sheet

11:20am-12:20pm 29th September 2014

People present: 

Lauren Neighbour,

Thomas Brown, 

Annie Penn.

Matters Discussed:

Thomas to hand out actors call sheets to correct people. This is so that all of the extras needed will be where they need to be as and when we need them. 

Lauren to improve shot list and make sure everything is correct so that when we are filming we know exactly what we are supposed to be doing and to make sure that everything flows smoothly.

Annie to improve on storyboard and work with Lauren to compare storyboard and shot list, again meaning that when we are filming we know exactly what is happening and what needs to be in the scene.

FairField Pitch

To start off our pitch we used our stimulus as the background. Our idea was at the beginning of our trailer the camera will zoom through a key hole into the asylum reception.

This keyhole is our stimulus, about what happens behind the lock doors of an asylum.









Our initial idea is as follows, we came up with this idea was wanted to make something different and relating to Misfits and Bedlam.

We have now chose that each flashback will be black and white with one element of red for example, red lips, red ribbon etc.
This was suggested to us in the feedback stage when someone pointed out how we would show the audience the difference between present time with flashback.

We chose sick bay because of the white, clinical feeling it gives you and the sterilised bins, The small plain rooms also gave us the feeling that you were in confinement and was cramped into a tiny corner.










Here are the reasons we chose the BBC and why we would want them to consider us to air our soap opera.

We have targeted this set audience for reasons which are as followed, not suitable for younger viewers and involved older viewers story lines for example, sexual abuse or drug abuse.

Here is when we wish to air our soap opera and also what times we want to fill it in.
However, from the feedback we have decided to either shorten each episode to 30 minutes or extend them to an hour depending on the characters story for that week.

Looking at the audience we are targeting, we conducted a questionnaire finding out who is more likely to watch a soap and also different age groups.

Our trailer will then end with out stimulus of the key hole again, after everyone's flashbacks and their own individual stories.

Font Analysis (Thomas Brown)

Character Profiles

Character Name: Jeffery Anderson

Age: 25 Years Old

Stereotype: Super Villain

Role: Sexually Abusive Boss

Played By: Kamen Walmsley

Costume: Black Shirt, Black Trousers and Red Tie.
Why we chose this: We chose this character to be in all black because it is a connotation of his darkness and evil. It also contrasts with the red emphasising the danger of his character.
We decided for him to be in smart wear due to him being the boss of those who work in the asylum but looking menacing because he uses his power to manipulate people.

Bit about the character: This characters is a sly, mysterious character who uses the power he has to manipulate other people within the asylum. There have been multiple occurrences of sexual abuse withing the work place.

Interests: Drinking issues, going out with his friends to the pub, a ladies man.

Marital Status: Single
Children: None.

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Character Name: Stephen Jones

Age: 22 Years Old

Stereotype: Bungler

Role: Mental Patient

Played by: Tom Brown

Costume: Black Trousers, White T-shirt and Grey Hoodie

Why we chose this: We chose this because it is the stereotypical wear of a mental patient, the colour grey is a dull colour representing a mixed up mind, 

We decided he would be in casual wear and the enclosed body position to show he is reluctant to open up and express his feelings.

Bit about the character: This character has been wrongly accused of being a mental patient. He is wrongly perceived as crazy, depressed whereas he is not insane and upset as he is stuck in asylum.

Interests: Reading, bird watching and wildlife documentaries

Marital Status: Married
Children: None

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Character Name: Ava Banks

Age: 19 Years Old

Stereotype: The Underdog

Role: Mental Patient

Played by: Annie Penn

Costume; Long Grey T-Shirt

Why we chose this: It is the stereotypical wear of a patient in a mental asylum. The wear is loosely fitting representing what the women may have worn in a mental asylum. 

We decided this again for the grey colouring but also the position she is in represents her mental state that she just wants to break free of the hurt and anger she has been building up for her past.

Bit about the character: Sweet and innocent until she caught her finance cheating on her, from there she became depressed and attempted to commit suicide. This is the cause for her being in the asylum as her finance admitted her as he was worried for her life.

Interests: Greek Mythology, Drawing.

Marital Status: Engaged
Children: None

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Character Name: Elsa Regbo

Age: 21 Years Old

Stereotype: The Vamp

Role: Nurse at Asylum

Played by: Lauren Neighbour

Costume: Red/Black Dress and Lab Coat

Why we chose this: We chose Lauren to be in the red dress to represent seduction, danger and lust, this highlights her stereotype as the vamp.

We chose her in the lab coat to represent her being a nurse and her clinical position in the asylum. 

Bit about the character: She is from a broken home and never had a supportive parent therefore she was put into foster care where she would act up and never got along with the other children, This lifestyle has impacting her to taken drugs which has got out of hand.

Interests: Seducing people, manipulating men into doing what she wants then to.

Marital Status: Single
Children: None

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Character Name: Lexi Phillips

Age: 23 Years Old

Stereotype: The Girl Next Door

Role: Receptionist at Asylum

Played by: Sara Northover

Costume: Black Dress, Lab Coat and Red Choker 

Why we chose this: We chose for this costume as the black suggest the darkness in her soul which could be why she works in the asylum.

She wears the red choker as when it is taken off me it shows my vulnerability to my boss when he sexually this character.

Bit about the character: This character has gone through abusive parents who used to sell her out for money. Her father was never very nice to her and would beat her when she was drunk.

Interests: Music and looking after people

Marital Status: Single

Children: None

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