codes and conventions of a newspaper advert

• Must be A4 as it is a versatile shape and can fit almost any size such as a billboard
• One main image
• The image should be striking and eye catching whilst summing the program
• Text should provide the title, slogan and scheduling
• The advert should also include the channel logo

Recording and editing the radio trailer

Today Charlotte and I went to the recording studio with our chosen person to record the voice over and radio trailer. We gave her the script which she read aloud and was then recorded into Adobe Audition. After we where happy with the recording we then transferred it into Adobe Premiere and edited the sound levels and cut the parts we needed to use. We then had to drag voxpops from our documentary into the radio trailer which we are going to use, however we only needed the audio so had to unlink the audio and image and delete the image.

Scripting Radio Advert

Vox pop: The coast

Vox pop: The faces of the people i love

Vox pop: Blackpool

Vox pop: An autumn day

Vox pop: Dark, gray and rainy

Voice over: Does the sight of cakes make your mouth water?

SFX: Umm...

VO: Does the sight of a spider scare you?

SFX: AHH!

VO: Does the sight of blood make your stomach turn?

SFX: Ughh!

VO: Does the sight of your favourite band get you dancing?

SFX: Tapping of feet

VO: Does the sight of a roller coaster get your heart racing?

SFX: Heartbeat

Margret Ross (clip from documentary: "Two weeks after Christmas they told me they couldn't save the sight of the right eye"

VO: Non-sense. What are you looking at? New series starting with sight. Thursday at 9 on channel 4

Codes and conventions of a radio trailer

• Includes extracts from the program
• There is a voice over inter cut throughout
• The trailer should intrigue the audience and make them want to find out more
• The scheduling information is included at the end in the order of: title, day & time, channel
• There is a music bed where appropriate
• It is 30-40 seconds long
• Sometimes includes a slogan
• Sound effects are used
  

Editing

Today Charlotte, Ashleigh and I made a lot of changes. We added more cutaways in the penny williams interview as her interview is long therefore it keeps attention and makes the documentary run more smoothly. We did this by unlinking the audio so that it could be deleted than add the image over the top. We also added on screen graphics which meant the audience knew who was being interviewed, also following the codes and conventions we dissolved the text in and out.

Scripting the voiceover

As a group we believed that a fact or statistic would fit well in our documentary. Therefore did research where we came across this website.

Editing

Today we changed the sound levels on our documentary. this is so that no parts of the documentary are louder than another part. this makes it sound more professional. Also we had to make sure the sound was at an appropriate level and not to loud. this meant we had to make sure it was under -6.

Editing

Today we continued to edit. One of the techniques we used today was shortening the opening titles by changing the speed and duration.

Editing

All three of us have begun to edit our documentary in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. We drag the clip we need onto the timeline then by referring to the edit decision sheet, cut the footage we need.

Photographing, filming and capturing

Today me Charlotte and Ashleigh used an SLR camera to take images for are opening sequence however we do not know if will we use these yet. We also filmed and captures someone licking a lollipop for are opening sequence.

Filming Margaret Ross interview and asking opticians

Today me and Charlotte filmed the interview again, this time framing the interview better by making it more close up on her eyes to give it focus. As well as filming some stock footage again. We also asked around opticians to see if they would be willing for us to film and construct a possible interview with them.

Edit decision sheet

Today me and Charlotte started the Edit decision sheet, which is what we use to plan editing our five minutes.

Edit decision list
00:00:00 – 00:30:00 Voxpops + walking (Fade at 00:25:00)
01:29:00 – 01:31:00 Voxpops + walking – “Curry” (Cut)
01:50:20 – 01:52:00 Voxpops + walking – “baby laughing” (Cut)
02:08:00 – 02:09:00 Voxpops + walking – “A wasp” (Cut)
03:14:12 – 03:16:03 Voxpops + walking – “Oh celery” (Cut)
04:02:00 – 04:05:21 Voxpops + walking – “Sewage” (Cut)
05:09:05 – 05:10:21 Voxpops + walking – “Little girl when she shouts mum” (Cut)
05:17:17 – 05:19:19 Voxpops + walking – “Dogs done a fresh one” (Cut)
15:35:04 – 15:37:21 Voxpops + walking – “Velvet + satin” (Cut)
16:05:20 – 16:07:12 Voxpops + walking – “Fresh tomatoes” (Cut)
00:39:05 – 00:49:00 Grandma’s interview good – “2 weeks after Christmas...” (On black)
01:07:00 – 01:29:00 Grandma’s interview good – “I can see a little bit” (Cut)
02:02:00 traffic cut away
02:32:00 – 03:08:15 Grandma’s interview good – “can’t read or write” (Cut)
08:46:19 – 08:53:07 audio book cut away (Joining "Audio books" and "can't read or write")
07:50:18 – 08:04:06 Grandma’s interview good – “Audio books” (Cut)
02:11:15 – 02:26:07 Grandma’s interview good – “Support and help” (Cut)
06:42:04 – 06:59:00 Grandma’s interview good – “Other senses” (Cut)
11:57:05 – 12:01:05 Knitting (Cut)
09:26:04 – 09:29:03 More Voxpops – dog sign (Cut) "Guide dogs charity plays over "dog sign"
03:29:03 – 03:44:02 More Voxpops – “Guide dogs charity” (Cut)
04:01:05 – 04:34:08 More Voxpops – “Who can get a guide dog” (Cut)
07:58:19 – 08:11:24 Guide dog
01:01:08 – 01:36:02 More Voxpops – “Training” (Cut)
10:12:09 – 10:25:07 trainer and dog

Log Sheet

This logs all the footage we have captured and the timings.

Filming - creating the title sequence

Today me and Charlotte used a stills camera to take stop motion pictures for our title.