Bargroves Final Trailer

This is the final draft of our 'Bargroves' trialer, the changes which have been made were influenced by our target age group. The footage was filmed by Seb Hall; and Directed and Edited by Dalian White.

Evaluation Activity 1 - Soap Conventions

Shot 1: This is a mid-shot of Edward leaving the house. The screen grab shows the natural lighting which meets the soap convention of using natural lighting in order to create realism within a soap.
This shot also captured Edward walking towards the camera lense, before panning to show his trail. We used this in order to introduce the character of the soap, as well as show the location within the mise-en-scene; this also meets the soap conventions.

Shot 2: This is a long-shot of Edward, walking past Alexander, we used this shot in order to introduce another character within the soap, as well as to interweave the storylines; this is a soap convention as it features interwoven storylines, introduces a character, as well as allows continuity editing as soaps are generally fast paced.

Shot 3: This is a point-of-view-shot from Alexander; this was used in order to introduce a new story line (drug scene) which is also continuity editing. By using the POV-shot we enable the audience to feel as if they are involved with the soap, as we used this within a serious story-line which we believe our target audience may be able to relate to.The use of the prop of the mobile phone in the scene was used in order to show that the soap is contemporary, as it features new technology.

Shot  4: This is a shot of one of the title screens which we used in order to introduce a new scene/storyline within our soap trailer. This challenges soap conventions as it is non-realistic and breaks up the scenes; therefore breaks up the continuity editing, and slows the pace of the trailer.

Shot 5: This shot is of Martin and Penny having an argument; this was used in order to introduce a female character as well as show an interior of a set which is used within the soap. The use of the storyline has been used as members of the target audience may be able to relate to the issue which is being shown.
This shot also followed the conventions of soap opera as it introduced new characters, as well as feature natural lighting which is used in order to create realism.

Shot 6: This image is a Close-Up-Shot of Philip, this was used in order to introduce a character within the soap as well as the drug scene. This met the soap opera convention as the close-up-shot introduced Philip, the location of the alley, and the drug scene, as well as synergy between the previous shot of Alexander texting.

Shot 7: This shot is of Alexander approaching Philip in order to exchange the drugs. The camera shot used was a long-shot where Alexander then walked towards the camera before the a cut transition I used the cut transition as it met the convention of soaps as this was realistic, and continuity editing. Although the image does not show then editing which was applied after, this shot also challenged the conventions of soap as I applied a vignette in order to make the lighting dull and connote the negativity of the storyline.

Shot 8: This shot is focus on the drug exchange between Alexander and Philip. The camera shot which we used within this shot was an close-up-shot, this was in order to add emphasis to the drugs; we also challenged the conventions of soap through editing as I used a flash and spin effect in order to connote the effects of drugs, and zoom effect which pulled the screen towards the drugs to clearly show them to the audience.
The use of non-diegetic sound also challenged soap conventions, this is because I inserted a police car passing-by in order to connote the negativity within the scene; the reason for this was because I felt the soundtrack was too up beat for the mood of the scene.

Shot 9: This is a panning shot of Mark leaving the betting shop and looking at his betting slip. This met the soap convention as it introduce a new character and storyline within the soap. It also met the soap conventions as it used natural lighting, and only featured cut editing technique, which made the scene realistic.

Many of the shot listed above followed the conventions of soap opera, however as our group wanted to compete with channel 4's 'Hollyoaks' we chose to include editing techniques, and non-diegetic sound in order to challenge both the conventions of soap, and Hollyoaks as we have the same audience age group.