Made In Chelsea "I'm ready" trailer

TOWIE green screen trailer

Made in Chelsea trailer

Hollyoaks Storyboard

Hollyoaks aug 2012 storyboard from aquinasmedia

Once you have analysed the trailer in class and blogged your deconstruction, you will be using this storyboard and script to replicate the trailer in college. Fun!

Hollyoaks script

Hollyoaks august 2012 trailer script from aquinasmedia

Your first task will be to replicate this trailer, in groups, using the college for your mise en scene.

Once you have shot the trailer you will upload your footage to the Macs, edit and upload your preliminary task

Hollyoaks trailer analysis 2

·         Non- diegetic soundtrack creates “Thought Beats” – music matches edits. Song is contemporary therefore soap is for a teenage audience

·         Multiple storyline “snippets” in quick succession

·         Lots of lights on stars face. Unlike other soaps, light comes from sharp points to create interesting shapes and shadows for the viewer. This has become a convention of the soap, like the “grey” lighting in Eastenders.

·         Murderer is anomaly. He’s older than the rest of cast, and in a different place. Camera is at low angle to make him look threatening.

·         Two sources of light in some scenes to create shadows

·         12 SECONDS: Static camera with character walking into MCU creates movement with a static camera

·         Pan up

·         Zoom

·         Deep focus

·         Asymmetrical framing

·         Faces of main characters are fully lit so audience know to concentrate on their emotions

·         13 SECONDS MCU with pull focus to character in background. Pull focus matches movement of character in foreground, linking main character and background character

·         Short shots- generally 2-3 seconds each

·         Choppy editing to create interest

·         POV reverse shots

·         Shot reverse shot

·         Side on shot

·         “Texas” and “Dodger” (great names!) standing very close together-positioning lets audience know about their relationship

·         Leaning to draw audience in

·         Day, time, brand, twitter on tittle card at end

Realism and escapism: Hollyoaks

This trailer and the spoilers in the link below use conventions of both British and American soaps.

Storylines tend to be realistic, with the odd sensationalist, escapist plotline to keep a young audience with short attention spans hooked. Costumes and "perfect" appearances of the characters also give the soap an escapist feel.


Link to this week's events in Hollyoaks: you can use this to get ideas for your final trailer

http://www.e4.com/blog/hollyoaks/post/pzv7gwibuxzedimapogay/view.e4

Made in Chelsea conventional trailer

Since a merry go round and masquerade costumes are quite hard to come by, here is a trailer for MiC that takes footage from two narratives and knits them together to try and hook the audience.

Dialogue is minimal but every line is a clear pointer to past, present and future events.

Remember with dialogue- every line in your trailer must show that the storyline is continuing from previous episodes but can be caught up with. Your dialogue should act as a taster of things to come...

Soap Opera Origins

Soaps, otherwise called "continuing dramas", began on American radio in the 1930's.
One of the first British radio soaps, The Archers, is still running today on BBC Radio 2.

Soaps moved to TV in the 1950's and in 1960, Coronation Street was first broadcast on Granada. Coronation Street marked a change in programming in the UK: while nearly all programming was made to be educational and reflected the values and lifestyles of those running the stations, Coronation Street was made to reflect the lives of the audience.


The article below contains good information about:
- Stock characters used in soaps
- Using stereotypes to convey information to the audience quickly
- Themes and narratives
- British soaps and how audiences interact with them
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/~/media/Files/NMeM/PDF/Educators/TVHeavenPlusSoapOpera.ashx