1. Deconstruction of a of a Hollyoaks trailer:
Voice over “This week on Hollyoaks” introduces to Soap Opera, which is anchored by the
following trailer, at the same time as the trade marked “Hollyoaks” sign comes on screen.
The sponsor is also on the establishing shot.
Non-diegetic heartbeat sounds runs throughout trailer, to create an tensioned feeling as the
drama grows visually
Close up shot of Mercedes (out of focus) and Paul (dominating the shot) (0.06) shows Pauls
domination and influence over Mercedes, whose body language displays fatigue and
appears worn out.
The next shot shows a two-shot shot, in the rule of thirds, in a deep depth of field with
Jacqui out of focus and Mercedes in focus, looking beyond the camera. This shows she is
thinking about something, and the following cut-away of her, her talking to her ex-boyfriend
Riley, with Paul just in the shot out of focus looking concerned at them.
The shot then cuts back to the two-shot shot oh Mercedes and Jacquie, then to a medium
close up shot of Jacqui for her response “scary” in an uncaring tone of voice. (0.13)
There is then a cut edit to a bar where Rhys is exclaims to Jacqui that “The girl needs help”
referring to Mercedes, which voice over’s into a cut edit of a low angle shot of Jacqui
crawling on the floor, snooping around someone’s office.
From a high angle close up shot the viewer can see Jacquie looking at documents from
draws.
This leads to a close up shot of Jacqui’s face, worried – heartbeat still beating now with
added distorted non-diegetic music playing alongside. This mirrors the developing drama of
the situation
This is monophonic with the cut edit over the shoulder close up shot of Mercedes phone
with 5 missed calls of Jacqui.
The shot then cut edits back to a medium close up of Jacqui with her phone up against her
head, with a non-diegetic ringing sound to show she is still trying to contact Mercedes.
There is then another cut edit to a wide, zooming two-shot of Mercedes and Paul intimately
poised on a sofa together in an apartment. (0.22)
This follows by a cut edit to a high angle over the shoulder of Paul and Mercedes, with
Mercedes dominating the frame.
This is then cut edited back to a reverse shot from a low angle, showing Pauls dominance
over her again
After Paul says “I love you” to Mercedes, there is a cut edit to a reverse shot oh Mercedes
trying to say “I..” but then cut edit again quickly back to Paul showing the pressure he’s
placing upon Mercedes as he orders her to “say it”.
The trailer ends focused of Jacquie (0.33), cut editing to a medium close up of Jacqui
distressed, slightly panning downwards to give an impression of following Jacqui as she
starts to run.
There is a cut edit of Jacqui running into view in a hallway, trying to enter a door frantically
The trailer ends with the channel four logo on top of the trailer, branding it, with the hashtag
HOLLYOAKS and the time it’s on, in synchronisation with the voice over