Use, develop, challenge

USE, DEVELOP AND

CHALLENGE IN MY SOAP TRAILERStephanie Green

SIMILARITIES OF MY TRAILER WITH THE MADE IN CHELSEA VERSION

Background music E4 logo and sticker at the end Contains multiple characters Sticks and follows a simple storyline Both use a variety of camera shots Most shot are close ups Voice over shots Similar lengths

It is essential for the trailers not to be to long so that the reader doesn't loose interest. Also so that the storyline doesn't drag on to much and give away the whole of the plot, it should leave them wanting more.

The sticker at the end shows the reader what channel to catch the show on – brand identity.

Close up shots allow us to see the character closely and clearly. We can determine a lot about them from these shots – gender, age, class, status?

DIFFERENCES OF MY TRAILER AND THE MADE IN CHELSEA VERSION I didn't use any pan shots where the

camera moves – for the reason that all our shots were done on a tripod so they were not shaky and we had no equipment to do a panning shot.

In my trailer, I didn’t use any shots containing mass amounts of people. The most people that appear in one shot of my trailer is 3, whereas in the Made in Chelsea trailer, 10+ characters appear.

Pan shots are very useful and show the reader in a lot more detail what is happening. We didn't use these in our trailer due to timing and equipment issues.

Shots containing lots of characters help set the scene. They are used mainly for establishing shots to learn where the characters are and the location and situation they are in.

HOW I CHALLENGED CONVENTIONS IN MY TRAILER I used unusual shots that focus on the

action rather than a specific character Usually Made in Chelsea trailer, the

music begins later on in the trailer after a scene but in mine the music plays throughout the whole trailer

Used transitions such as fade to black to show the audience where the scene ends and that it is separate to the other parts of the trailer.

I challenged conventions of a soap trailer by using un usual shots like the ones seen above. Most shots tend to focus on one main character but the shots above focus more on the context, rather than a specific character.

In my trailer I used transitions such as fade to black. Usually most trailers don't use this and the shots just flow together. However I chose to use transitions to show to the audience when the scene ends and that it is the main focus point of the trailer.