Hollyoaks Trailer

The project we have been given is to make a trailer of a soap. Soaps do not usually broadcast trailers unless a big, life-changing storyline occurs. I am hoping this will benefit me and my group when we go on to deciding how we want our trailer to look like and portray. I hope to use these trailers to guide us to make our trailer successful.

The trailers I have picked are all based on the same storyline. It involves the McQueen family; the girl’s long lost brother, Niall, and Myra, their mother, are all featured in the adverts saying the same lines whilst each one features a different McQueen sister. Niall is trying to make his mother choose between him and one of the sisters, but the use of different trailers doesn’t give away which sister he has kidnapped. The trailer is called “Niall’s revenge”. The 6th trailer only features Niall and his lines, then Myra saying her bit then a narrator saying “its decision time for Myra”.
Myra hasn’t told the girls that Niall is their long lost brother, as she gave him away as a child. In each trailer, the girls are trying to talk to their mother whilst trapped or held hostage, trying to convince her to pick them over crazed brother, Niall. In the background of the trailers, it appears to be a living room but it is wrecked with pictures out of place, symbolising a broken home and a destroyed family, and that Myra’s decision is vital and can make or break the family.

Trailers:
1. Tina McQueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgyuCHOjeQ&feature=channel

2. Carmel McQueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17qQjGOfGk4&feature=channel

3. Michaela McQueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91OFJ5dETbY&feature=related

4. Jaqui McQueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1eNjVrB7wI&feature=related

5. Mercedes McQueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgqHU73L1Vk&feature=fvw

6. Niall's individual trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK1iSoYmLJ4&feature=related

My research on 'Hollyoaks' trailers has shown me that more than one trailer can be used to tell the same storyline. The huge storyline makes this successful and enables the audience to view the situation from all angles. They feel involved in the narrative and are eager to see what happens. From this i have learned that a trailer including drama and terror appeals more to an audience. Therefore, our trailer must have a certain 'scary' appeal and make the audience want to watch it. Mystery is a key element in a trailer.