Hollyoaks Trailer analysis

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Analyse a hollyoaks trailer
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Find origins and characteristics of a british soap

Hollyoaks trailer

• title card 'this week on hollyoaks' sponserd by nikon. nikon know we live our lifes through our phones and photos.
• paul 'nothing you will ever do will push me away' est shot to mercedes. paul dominates the frame (at least 50%) Mercedes is small in squashed into a corner showing the dynamics of there relationship. the non verbal communication in this shot has a threataning sense to it due to the focus of the camera on pauls face and his eye contact is direct to Mercedes .Mercedes is looking down and her hair is covering her face.
• 'ive never seen a man so obsessed'. we have changed location we are now in a kitchen  but we are still following the same character (Mercedes) and story line in this shot Mercedes is in focus she is dominating the frame and jackie is in the background looking over her shoulder at Mercedes she is in a softer focus. we know that this scene is taking place at night due to the fact that there is no natural light.
• we then cut away and see a point of view shot from paul as Mercedes is talking to her ex boyfriend this is confirming the fact that he is obsessed with her.
• the music through out this trailer is like a heartbeat this is to make the audience feel tense and want to find out more
• 'the girl needs help' the shot then bridges to jackie crawling in an office showing that she shouldnt be here we know its an office due to the mis en scene (blindes , intray, cofee table ect)
• big close up of a hand routing through a draw and due to the next shot of jackie being her with a shocked face we know that she has found something (building suspence)
• extreme close up of Mercedes looking at her phone she has 5 missed calls of jackie showing that there is a sense of urgency
• the next shot again Paul is dominating the frame hes intencly staring at her and he is physically above her in the shot and because we cant see much of mercadees face she appears vunrable
• last shot 'its mercy shes in danger' from jackie as she is running through a hospital trailer ends.
• through editing you can show how people and places are always changing to keep the audience watching this is a trailer that focuses on one story line