2. Analysing existing soap
magazines.. of soap magazine. I had to analyse the
There a few different types
all to help me decide which would best suit my genre of soap.
Trashy styled, easy reading Sophisticated, restrained
and normally cheap. and professional.

3. Large amount of space Masthead is large
Black and white emphasises the and extends over
image used to background image the edges of the
represent page and grabs
sophistication of attention
the magazine.
Restrained Dominating
colour scheme image of star,
creates product gives eye
quality. contact to the
reader creating
a connection
Other features between star
included in the and reader.
magazine.
Opposite
colours draw Writing in italics
attention to show they are
the words of the
Main article title;
star personalise
name of the star to
and give slight
personalise the
insight to the
article.
main article.

4. All text cantered at Large title, with
The lower case title
the same angle to buttons to
makes magazine seem
create continuity, interest the
less formal and friendly
writing in italics reader i.e. “two
to wider audience.
creates tension. weeks revealed”
showing the
The use of magazine is
exclamation and value for money.
question marks
used to engage the
reader and involve Multiple pictures
them in the of characters,
characters lives large short titles
through use of to give a brief
rhetorical questions. outline of
multiple the
Borders between storyline’s.
characters show the
storylines of The use of bright
characters are not colour of sub headings
linked and there is emphasise certain
lots going on at words such as “on
once, interesting the deathbed!” to grab
audience reader.

5.  After analysing existing examples of soap magazines in preparation
for my ancillary, I began looking at examples of soap posters.
The large image
The text “every parents
of the woman
worst nightmare” entices a
attracts an
teenage audience who
audience due to
may want to find out why.
its suggestive
It also promotes a
nature
rebellious outlook as
teenagers my watch it for
the sole reason their There not a lot of
parents do not approve. text. This is so even
when passing the
poster in the street,
The name of the soap the audience can
is quite small again understand the
showing the image as nature and genre of
the main attraction for the soap in a small
the audience. Also it space of time
creates brand There is also less
recognition between text because the
the soap and the image speaks loudly
audience. and it is the main
focus of the poster.

6.  After decided I was going to use the more sophisticated and
professional styled soap magazine I then began Planning my magazine
ancillary and poster.
I decided against I modelled my
creating a cheap planning on TV
trashy soap mag and Satellite, I
because I chose this because
thought they of its simple but
looked chaotic class style.
and
unprofessional.
I drew a mock magazine ancillary to help me decide where I would put
my features, and title etc. This was useful in helping me understand the
conventions and codes of soap magazines even further.

7.  After finishing the first plan of my magazine, I began planning my
poster ancillary.
I chose to use multiple characters in the poster image
to show the different storylines and the genre of the
soap.

8. After Planning my ancillaries my group and took photo’s of each other, and
together which could be used in my ancillaries. These are some of them.
Many of the photo’s were rejected as they didn’t fit with the soap’s genre or
the conventions of magazine and poster images.

9. These are the rejected shots of the ancillary photo shoot.
I chose to remove them because they do not conform to the conventions of
social realism soaps and the genre of our soap.
The characters
There is too expressions do Characters
The characters are too close
much blank not reflect the
do not line up to edges of
space in the attitude of the
correctly photo.
photo storyline.
Too much
The characters The characters
space between
expressions are too close
the characters
cannot be seen together.

10. After rejecting the shots I could not use in my ancillaries I chose this
photo to use as my soap magazine cover because I believe it reflects
the gritty genre of social realism
I used this photo to use as my poster because all characters of the soap
are present and allows the audience too see the multiple storylines. It
also follows the conventions of social realism.

11. After deciding which photo I would use for both my ancillaries I used
Photoshop to edit them.