Claire Olney - A2 Media Studies 'Soap Opera Timeline' -1186

1. Timeline
Order of events
Verbal/non-verbal/technical
codes
‘Park Rise’ road sign filmed – set scene
Places focused within the soap
filmed also (park, pub, shops,
houses, school)
Students’ POV walking down
corridor
Issue covered – domestic
violence – “you’re pathetic!”
Next issue covered – pregnancy
with verbal abuse/confrontation
– “you saw nothing!”
Establishing shot
Slow Pan, and when edited it
will fade onto each scene
POV shot
Medium close-up, long shot, potential POV
shot, tracking shot – a wide variety to keep it
dynamic and fast-paced.
Tracking shot, over-the-shoulder shot, long
shot, close up – in order to give the
impression someone is watching the
confrontation etc.
Tracking shot, over-the-shoulder shot,
medium close-up, close up – to get different
angles in order to display the relationship
clearly.
Additional issue – age
inappropriate affair (student &
teacher) “it’s so hard pretending”
Main event of the soap opera
covered – stalking in the woods
Cuts between the corridor at school
and the woods to convey link – builds
tension
Soundtrack:
The Gossip
– Standing
in The Way
of Control
(Soulwax
Mix)
Feeling – Dynamic, heart-racing to
build up to the very end of the
trailer.
Tracking shot, long shot, steadicam, tracking
shot, over-the-shoulder shot, medium close-
up – give the impression of someone being
stalked/watched.
Fast-paced cuts in order to add tension and
to add to the dynamic of the trailer as well
as fitting with the soundtrack.