1) The Hollyoaks episode opens with a "previously" sequence showing arguments between Texas and Will, Myra receiving bad medical scans, and Mercedes arguing. 2) The opening sequences for each character reveal aspects of their personalities through colors, clothing, and background items. For Dodger, it shows him kissing two women, indicating he may be a "ladies man." 3) The episode then focuses on Texas finding Will unconscious at the bottom of stairs after a fall, appearing lifeless with a pool of blood. Texas cries over him distraught while others come to help.

1. AS MEDIA TV DRAMA TASK
By Luke Gort

2. You can see that in the first four minutes of this Hollyoaks episode it has a ‘previously
sequence in which it shows the characters that will be in this episode and what the
story of these characters will be about.
Texas Will Dodger Myra
In the ‘previously’ sequence Hollyoaks has shown
that Texas and Will have an argument leading to
Will falling down the stairs. Also you see Myra
receiving negative results about her scans. And
Mercedes having an argument.
Mercedes

3. In the opening sequence for Hollyoaks it has a special part for each of the
characters and I feel it shows what that character is like with the
colours, clothing and items in them.
Here you can see dodge Here you can see behind Mercedes
being kissed by two separate is a very dark background showing
woman showing that he that she may be a bad or dark
could be a ‘ladies man’ person, very argumentative…
Texas looks very sad showing All of the words surrounding
that she may not be the most Will show that he is very
fortunate of people thoughtful and quite smart

4. Here you can see the high angle A medium shot has been used as it can
camera angle has been used in which show the detail of action of her
shows the distance that Will has fallen running. Here you can see Texas is
and show that this situation is deadly wearing a dress so you can clearly see
towards Will. that she has just come from a party.
You can see the urgency as she runs
down the stairs on her face in which
shows how Will could potentially be
dead.
Here you can see a small pool of blood in which shows how serious the situation is. A
close up shot has been used to show Will’s face as pale and lifeless with his eyes closed.

5. Here another close up shot has In this long shot it shows that
been used to show how the girl shouting down to
emotional Texas is after seeing support Texas isnt vital in the
Will in this situation. scene as she also is not in focus
Here is a mid shot in which shows You can see that the shot zooms out
Texas crying and holding Will. into a long shot in which shows
people coming to comfort them as she
screams for help

6. This mid shot shows this man as In this mid shot you can see that the
smacking on the door, and shows his room is very small so dodger has
shirt in which indicates he has also clearly locked himself away in a
just come from a party. His facial confined room to possibly get away
expression shows that he is from things. His facial expression
determined to talk to dodger. also shows his frustration.
This low shot shows that the
camera is in the view of
dodge and shows that he is
of importance.

7. This mid shot shows that
mercedes is drinking and so This close up shows how
therefore is probably having a mercedes is trying to get her
stressful night or an point across very angrily. This
argument. shows that she can be a very
aggressive woman.