Saturday, 7 May 2011

Emmerdale Trailer Analysis

I decided to look at a variety of different trailers from soap operas. I found that the Emmerdale trailer was a very interesting trailer because i could relate it to the soap opera trailer that im doing with my group. The concept of someone coming back, or a mysterious person relates to the concept of my soap opera trailer because the character Hayley is coming back.

The time of day is at night which makes it hard to see whats going on. We see a medium shot of a car arriving to the town. A mysterious male character steps out of the car, there is no use of artificial lighing(street lamps). There is minimal lighting which is reflected onto the back of the character which gives a dominant effect, reminds me of the famous image of 'The Exorcist' which is used ont he DVD cover. The non-diagetic sounds creates an eery and tense atmosphere which entices audiences to want to watch ahead to see who this mysterious character is. We see the character begin to pour the petrol can which changes the equilibrium of the trailer.

The different camera shots are used on purpose to hide the characters idendtity for example we can see his body  build but his face is unidentified. We see quick cuts of the fire and an fire engine rushing tot he fire. We hear sounds of the fire engine which is very alarming and can attract audiences attention. 'There are people still in there' keep audiences glued to the trailer, it ends everyone rushing to the fire and smoke appears in the title sequence.

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