usually they:
- Use visual effects in editing to make it more eye catching and interesting to watch for the target audience
- Feature the main characters of the programme, the main characters are usually of the same age as the target audience
- Include either names of characters or names of actors
- Use montages of footage to create the title sequence
- Use upbeat music as to set the mood of the programme
- Use bright colours to make it eye catching and attractive
- Props that are relatable to the target audience
From my target audience I found out that:
- they like the use of bright colours because they are eye catching
- they prefer the use of character names rather than actor names in a title sequence as it allows them to know they name of the character before they watch it
- they like a mix of different genders for main characters
- they like the use of upbeat music
- like the use of visual effects as it makes things more interesting
- they like a short title sequence else they loose interest in it
For my product I plan to:
have either 4 or 5 main characters that all go to the same school & are friends but have completely different personalities & interests. I want to try & use 3 girls & 2 boys.. this adds diversity and can appeal to both male & female target audiences.
One of the characters could be a sporty type, who wears trackies and plays with a ball to show he's sporty
Another character would be a popular type, who wears a desinger brands, with a mirror and lipstick to show she is concious about her image - this would stereotypically be a female character.
Character 3 would be a nerd type, who carrys alot of books & writes with a pen to show they are studying - this character would be a female character
character 4 would be a quiet type, always has her head buried in a book, to show shes isolated and quiet - this character would be female
finally characer 5 would a be mischievous type character, throws a paper areoplane about to show how naughty they are - this character would be male.
I plan to film between 5 - 10 seconds of each character and then a frame with all 5 characters in to show they are all friends, I shall put all these frames together to create a montage type sequenceI plan to film between 5 - 10 seconds of each character and then a frame with all 5 characters in to show they are all friends, I shall put all these frames together to create a montage type sequence.
My product will be successful as I will include conventions of children's tv drama sequences and also include what my target audience liked because this way it will follow the conventions of media but also appeal to the target audience.
To do this I plan to:
- create between 30 seconds - 1 minute of title sequence
- include upbeat music to set the mood of the drama
- get the characters I use to dress in school uniform so its familiar to the target audience
- use bright colours
- use the props such as the mobile phone, to show that the characters are of similar age of the target audience
- try to use visual effects such as shape transitions between each character introduction
For my product I also have to create two pieces of print media, A DVD cover & A magazine cover
The conventions of a DVD cover for a TV drama for children are:
- use of bright colours
- simple layout
- simple but attractive font types & colours
- one main image of characters or main character
- Logo of company producing it to create convergence
Judging by the answers my target audience gave to my survey about the tv drama sequences I can make a prediction from these results that my target audience would like:
- use of bright colours that would appeal to both male & female audiences
- eye catching fonts similar to ones used on the title sequence
- main image of characters as it would be familiar to them
The conventions of a magazine cover aimed at Children are:
- One main image of characters plus small other images that are relevant to coverlines
- Bright colours
- Scattered coverlines but a minimal amount of them
- 'curly' fonts
- hotspots focused around main image
- masthead
Judging by what my target audience answered my survey with, I can tell that they would like:
- Bright colours
- Main image of all the characters
- Minimal coverlines - as they felt that the only writing needed for the title sequence were the character names so they aren't keen on reading a lot.
For draft work I have created draft layout, colours & fonts for both the dvd cover & magazine covers
