Running Date and Details

The first episode of our radio drama will be broadcast on Saturday 6th August 2011 at 9pm, and will run for six weeks. One episode will be broadcast every Saturday night. Our target audience will stay in on Saturday nights so placing it at this date and time is ideal. Being a Saturday also is appealing as it is at a time where listeners are less likely to be working. I think this is the best time to broadcast our radio drama to bring in the largest amount of our target audience.

Double Page Spread: Final Version

This is the first page of my double page spread:

This is the second page:

I wanted to keep the same feel that I wanted to keep in the poster for the feature. I used bold, red-coloured text all in capitals with a small tag-line underneath as an attention grabbing device for readers. I also used large quotes dotted on the page as another attention grabbing device. The large Polaroid pictures are also there to get the attention of the reader. I made sure to have them strewn on the page to reflect the messy feel of the drama. I made sure to include several pictures of graffitied walls, again reflecting the mood.

Double Page Spread Development

This is a screen shot during the development of my double page feature. I've used large red, bold letters as way to grab the attention of the reader along with the tag-line "a post-apocalyptic survival story" again to entice readers.
I used one of the effects in Adobe InDesign to create a shadow on the Polaroid picture:

I also used an effect to create an outline around the text to create more emphasis on them.

Double Page Spread Rough Design

My double page spread, like my poster, attempts to reflect the overall feel, theme and genre of the radio drama.

In keeping with the theme of the drama, I would have large, bold, red coloured text. In the background would be cracked, dilapidated walls. I thought that I should include Polaroid pictures of the characters with a small biography next to them, laying skewed across the page.

Analysis of Double Page Spreads

This double page feature for Doctor Who has various attention grabbing conventions. A large picture along with text deliberately made large and bold to get the reader to read on. The Doctor Who logo is used also to get the point across to the reader as to what the feature is about. There are words with red backgrounds highlighting important items on the page like 'exclusive' and 'on set in Rome'. There's large, bold text with a slightly destroyed look to it that reflects the sci-fi genre.

This one is another behind the scenes feature of The Sarah Jane Adventures. This again highlights certain things with large, bold lettering over a red backdrop. There are large pictures also with various, small pieces of text explaining and elaborating on them. Again, there's large, bold text in capitals, and pictures with loads of space-age looking gadgets in them reflecting the sci-fi genre.

This is another sci-fi Doctor Who feature. There is a lot less text on this feature, and it consists mainly of images of various characters from Doctor Who. Again, there are a lot of conventions here reflecting the science fiction genre. The lack of text may suggest a lower class demographic.

Details of Advert Placement

My poster advertisement for our drama should be in The Times newspaper. This newspaper as a younger age target audience which is similar to the target audience of our radio drama. Our audience would be more middle class which links in more with that of The Times. I think The Times would be the best place for my advertisement as that's where we would find the audience that fits our target audience.

Rest of Group Posters

This is Joe Frost's poster for our drama Under the Mushroom Cloud:

This is Lucie Glennon's poster: