Running Date and Details for Under the Mushroom Cloud

The first episode of Under the Mushroom Cloud shall be aired Sunday 7th August 2011 at 9pm, and shall run for 6 consecutive weeks. One episode shall be aired every saturday night after this date, as once the series runs into september, I feel that 9pm on a sunday night may be inconvenient for listeners. Especially with work and school being the next morning. Yet placing it on a saturday night time slot is much more effective. Here, I believe we shall get the largest amount of listeners.

Final Version of Double Page Spread




1) Page one of my double-page spread

 





2) Page 2 of my double page spread

(The quality of these JPEG files were slightly comprimised, due to the sheer size of the items)

 



Screenshots of Development: Double page spread

1) This is the early development for my double page spread feature. I utilised
a red and black colourscheme as it is in the same vein as my poster. The
main headline i feel is very vivid and eye-catching. 

2) Here, I have incorporated my text, and created a polaroid picture, with a simple white rectangle tool.
The image was then edited on photoshop, where I desaturated it and adjusted the
brightness to give it that 'dark' and 'mysterious' element.

Rough Layout for Double Page spread

Like the rough poster design, this is not very detailed, yet it gives a clear layout of how I want my double page spread to look. The images shall all be within the same vein as the one used for my poster, and I want the colourscheme to be black and red, as I believe it will be very eye-catching.

Analysis of double page spreads

This radio times feature is very vivid. This may reflect the media product. The target audience for this drama may be undoubtedly young people, as the sci-fi theme is more popular with younger generations. The vivid imagery used in this feature is an element that I hope to utilise in my own feature.

Evidently this poster will be aimed at an audience who like Doctor Who, or even sci-fi dramas, and as a result I feel that it is difficult to generalise a single target audience, as doctor who is popular with a large range of people. I specifically like the simplicity of the layout here, and shall hope to incorporate this within my own feature.

This feature at first glance seems to be aimed at a more middle to upper class demographic. The images seem to reflect the time period of which it is set, which seems to be victorian/edwardian. The main headline 'Old-fashioned blood and guts' also carries connotations of violence and darkness, so as a result, I believe that the drama shall be intended for an adult audience. This catchy headline, I hope to utilise for my feature.

Details of Advert Placement

My advert for 'Under the Mushroom Cloud' shall be placed inside a weekend edition of The Times newspaper. I decided to have it placed here as The Times tend to cover all areas of the media, and tend to have a younger target audience than other broadsheet papers. The demographic for our drama being middle classes, also ties in with the demographic for The Times. I believe placing it within this newspaper will undoubtedly increase the drama's appeal.

Rest of the groups posters

Here is Alex Martin's UTMC poster: 

This poster is very symbolic of the dramas themes: Darkness, Suffering and Isolation

As with my own poser, the vivid red on black colour scheme, is incredibly effective and

very eye-catching.

Radio Drama Poster: Screenshots Of Development / Final version

1) Here, there is minimal editing, other than the adjustment of the levels,
brightness and contrast.

2) Here, I added clouds with the cloud tool, and placed a rather ominous
skysraper in the background, to give it that 'urban feel'.

3) This is the final poster. I had adjusted the colour of the brick wall, to more of a
lighter and more definitive shade of red, giving off different connotations
whilst in-keeping with the colour scheme of the rest of the poster.

Poster Production: Photoshop

This is the finished design for my Radio Drama poster. However, my group and I shall discuss which one of our posters we shall use for our main group poster.



1) The cloud tool allowed me to add dark clouds in the background, giving out a sense of danger
and destruction.

I simply added the text on once I had manipulated my image successfully. I created a new red 'swatch' (colour) for the text, and incorporated the BBC Radio 4 logo, and gold stars, to give the poster a level of professionalism.

Poster Production: Photos

For the poster, i took several photos which i hope to photoshop later on:

Analysis of 3 posters

This radio drama, on first inspection is evidently going to be aimed at those who enjoy sci-fi dramas, and as a result would find this piece entertaining. The artwork is an obvious suggestion that its a sci-fi piece.

This piece however, appears to be very different. The artwork here has a rather rural feel, with the simplistic image of the cow, with the field in the background. The audience here may be those who live in the countryside, or older audiences.

This final piece appears to be very diiferent from the others. This has been a well-liked Television show, perhaps adapted to radio to get a larger audience. The sci-fi and action/adventure feel of the artwork make this piece very intriguing.

 

Rough Design for Poster

This is an incredibly rough design for my poster. Though, some of the themes of our radio drama can be seen here. I hope to utilise a shot of one of our characters, thus giving out connotations of power and influence. I shall edit the shots on photoshop, to make them very vivid and eye-catching. There is also a sense of the unknown here, with the sole character standing alone amongst the destruction that has plagued the earth. This is merely one concept that I may utilise.