Trailer: Hollyoaks- Wedding Trailer
E4 Logo constant - Soap title at end.
Date: No time
Slogan spoken not written
Mise en Scene
A black colour
scheme used throughout keeps a level of consistency as well as a certain type
of connotation: doubt, gloom, death, evil.
Low key- Dark/
Mystery/ Gloomy connoting evil also adding drama which is a convention of
soap opera trailers, the exaggerated high concept drama and excitement is a
metaphor for the program but also conventionally used to attract audiences
and keep current fanbase.
Low cut dress-
sexual- Hollyoaks stereotypical, fanbase is younger more sexually interested
audience.
Props- barbed
wire- on cake-Black flower petals and a Smashed doll all connoting a separate
sub storyline which present fans will pick up on and be attracted to.
Church-showing
the classic denotations of a couple getting married but also the church
aspect is turned on its head through the inverted colour scheme changing the
mood from a typical one to a darker evil one.
Interior setting
used, possibly connoting secrets, things going on behind closed doors.
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Narrative
We can see a use
of the first three stages of Todorov’s theory of equilibrium within this
trailer, the equilibrium and disequilibrium are shown alongside with the
oxymoronic theme of a black wedding connoting something sacred is also torn
and surrounded with evil.
We can see a
taste through character interaction as well as body language and props,
character profiles such as the villain and the victim are obviously shown and
I’m confident to a more knowledgeable current audience the hero is shown very
implicitly within the trailer too alongside more character profile’s
suggested in Propp’s theory.
A variety of
different storylines are given to us within this trailer in order for the
audience to get a taste of the main narrative as well as all the subplots
occurring throughout the subsequent soap opera episodes.
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Sound
Non-diegetic
song – White wedding from Billy Idol, usually famous songs which are relevant
to the theme of the soap opera trailer are used, this is a good example as
the trailer is about a wedding which is unconventionally connoted and the
song is also.
Voiceover used –
“to love, honour and betray, Hollyoaks the wedding next week on Four” from a
powerful woman voice, this example of a voiceover is conventional and very
useful, it gives the audience information about the time of when the episode
is being exhibited and also is another tool used for attracting an audience, it
contains a question which the audience themselves will be thinking, and
therefore helps attract a new group, theoretically.
The lack of
dialogue is something conventional of soap opera trailers as there is usually
not enough between each cut to contain dialogue unless it is very snappy and
very vital.
The diagetic
sound of the toy breaking is another part of the exaggerated drama, the
connotations behind the toy breaking are vast and it in itself is a bit of a
catastrophe but it, aswell as other actions and props are usually symbolic of
something deeper within the soap opera episodes.
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Camera Angle
A variety of
camera movements, shots and angles are used within this piece usually in a
fast pace such as pans and tilts to introduce a character, costume and
certain props, examples include:
A two shot of
the bride and her mother is used very briefly to show a sort of dark
companionship as well as a two shot between the groom and best man and the
bride and groom at the end of the trailer.
An over the
shoulder shot focusing on the priest is given, it shows him as a very ugly
and scary figure that gives you a view of what the bride and groom will be
seeing, this is a general addition to the dramatic element of soap operas
with exaggerations of evil and over themes shown.
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