The opening shot is quite interesting it is layed out like a magazine comic book with The words Love Triangle showing the three characters involved in the series, this has been done purposely as if something is being reported but in a jokey way 'making fun' of the event. Each of the the characters have a say on their 'issue' there is no other music going on and to give more of a twisty feel the whole magazine starts spinning.
A loud soundtrack starts playing by Blur called Girls and Boys this was a popular pop British song in the mid 1990's. It's all about girls, boys and young people and how they have fun going out messing around. This soundtrack contributes with the story lines that are being shown in the trailer.
There is a quick cut filling the whole screen all segregated boxes showing story lines, the camera is not steady it moves to the right to each box waiting for the moving image and carry's on. At one point there is a thought bubble as there is no dialog like a convention of cartoon's "I can't think about Kris" on the two different people this puts amusement in the trailer but also makes the viewer concentrate on what is being shown because they will have to read what the thought bubble says the get the full picture.
Moving on at this point there are devastated faces in the 'cartoon strips' put together but all broken up on the sides just like a broken heart, or a broken ending. After the camera moves down to the left showing behind Nancy's head with Kris and Ravi in the background with a caption 'Share the love' then to the right it shows her face to see her emotion with a caption 'feel the pain.'This gives the viewer an idea that its Nancy 'getting it back,' however the full story isn't shown almost like a cliffhanger leaving the viewer wanting to see more.
At this moment the soundtrack has a lower volume and there is a voice over, while the screen changes to whole with Nancy's face showing through the Channel 4 ident, emphasising that she is the main 'trouble maker' of this series in the soap.
Overall, there was a comedic feel to this trailer aiming to keep the viewer amused, and laughter brings happiness, it would keep the viewers attention on the trailer and get them interested in watching the soap. From the Hollyoaks trailers I've looked at most of them are funny, however the Eastenders trailers look more fun, but if not that they are a lot more serious.
Hello Legjenda/Insaf,
ReplyDeleteHaving read all of your moving images analyses now I am very impressed by your level of detail and focus, well done.
To improve further, try to concentrate on how the overall feel of the soap is presented in the trailer; how is the whole show represented, as well as the particular narratives.
As well as this, it might be worth comparing and contrasting the different aspects between the trailers that you have analysed, helping further to enhance your marks here.
Mr. Hull