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Statement of Intent FINAL

  Introduction TV Listings Magazine: -Magazine title: Mega TV -Slogan: Take a break from reality and jump into fantasy -UK based My print coursework will contain a cover page of the villain in my TV crime drama and a Q & A style feature with the writer discussing all the behind the scenes elements, crime drama as a genre and female representation in crime dramas. I will use various behind the scenes photos and images of the stars in order to reflect and help the audience visualise the written feature. 3 minute crime drama extract: -TV crime drama: Family Lines -Tag line: Most people would go far to protect the ones that they love, but how far can you go?  -Streaming service/services: Netflix & ITVhub  -Episode 6 (Final episode) in the middle of the episode Concept/Media Language: 'Family Lines' will centre around a 17 year old Taylor Smith uncovering her mother's mysterious and secretive past and realising her mother isn't who she thought she was as she discover

Print Draft

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 Video:  https://youtu.be/vSW7StMivNM

Print Brief research and planning

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Front cover 1) Research  TV listing magazine front cover key conventions . Find at least five examples of TV listings magazine front covers and post them to your blog. This will give you a good idea of the type of magazine you need to produce. 2) Note down the  design elements  you notice in each front cover example you research and look for aspects you can use in your own work (e.g. camera shots, page design or cover lines).  3) What  key conventions  can you find across different types of front cover - e.g. title placement, cover lines, main flash or cover line, date/price/barcode etc. -Cover stars obscuring masthead. -Red and white colour scheme. -Main flash- '65 shows you must not miss in 2024!' -List of actors at the bottom of the page -Date issued -Bright background colours to catch attention of readers. -Sans-serif font -Actors and main flash the main element of the magazine. -Possibly aimed at a more older audience due to the characters being shown on the magazine being

Statement of Intent 2nd draft

My TV crime drama will be called 'Family Lines'. It will appear on Netflix and ITV Hub as Netflix is an extremely popular streaming service among young people and ITV Hub  as my crime drama will be set in the UK and ITV is a popular broadcaster and streaming service among the UK audience.   My three minute extract will appear in the final episode during the middle of the episode. Overall, my crime drama will focus on Taylor Smith uncovering her mothers mysterious and secretive past and learning more and more about her and realising her mother isn't who she thought she was as she learns her mother killed another human.  My TV crime drama plans to meet the brief as it will include more than 2 filming locations  (Taylor's room, an empty garage where the murder scene happens, park setting where Taylor finds the camera (evidence) dug up next to a tree), it will contain identifiable  narrative  features such as Todorov's equilibrium theory where a disequilibrium will

Preliminary exercise learner response

1) Type up your teacher's feedback   in full  plus a summary of the comments you received from other students in the class. WWW:  *Very good opening shot- use of close-up * Soundtrack- atmosphere *Good performances-non verbal *Editing- good pace *Zoom in at end on photo *Water in glass- recurring itself- different angles *POV shots *Match-on-action editing 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write  three  WWW bullet points and  three  EBI bullet points for your work. WWW:  *  Good use of  non-diegetic music * Good use of camera shots & angles * Good editing- right pace and use of match-on-action EBI:  * Add dialogue to production as this was part of the brief yet I have not included it.  3) How effectively did you complete the objective you laid out in your mini preliminary exercise  statement of intent ? I completed the objective that I laid out in my statement of intent in my mini preliminary exercise by: