1. “A DRUNKEN SALESMAN, “THEY SAY YOU’RE
YOUR HEARING DAMAGE, GETTING BETTER,
YOUR MIND IS RESTLESS” BUT YOU DON’T FEEL
ANY BETTER”
THOM YORKE: HEARING DAMAGE “AND YOU CAN DO
NO WRONG, IN MY
EYES”
LINK TO TWILIGHT:
THIS SONG IS PLAYED DURING I DID NOT USE ANY OF THE LYRICS
THE SCENE VICTORIA IS BEING IN THE TRAILER, BUT NEVER THE
CHASED BY THE WOLVES. LESS, THE SONG IS ABOUT
HEARING THINGS YOU DON’T
WANT TO. INITIALLY, YOU DON’T
CHOSE, OR CONTROL WHAT YOU
EASILY HEAR AND THAT SCARES YOU.
RECOGNISED:
FANS OF THE MOVIE WILL
RECOGNISE THE SONG
AND WILL BE INTRIGUED. LINK TO FULL SONG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7nz6-UVrmU
THOUGHT BEATS:
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
SONG CREATES OPPORTUNITIES
TO EDIT THE TRAILER IN
CORRELATION WITH THE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6AqQrbZvZk
RHYTHM. AN EXAMPLE OF MUSIC THAT SUITED THE TRAILER WOULD BE
HOLLYOAKS: BLACK WEDDING.

2. AT THE BEGINNING, THE MUSIC IS A SLOW
DRAWL, TO EMPHASISE THAT SOMETHING IS
GOING TO HAPPEN…
BECAUSE THE MUSIC
WAS FAST-PACED, THE
TRAILER HAD TO BE THE
SAME. I USED ONLY THE
KEY LINES OF DIALOGUE
TO MAKE THE EDITING
TOWARDS THE END, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PRECISE AND ONLY
FIGHT SEQUENCE, THE BEATS BECOME MORE LETTING THE AUDIENCE
FREQUENT AND HEAVY – CREATING A CLIMAX. HEAR THE KEY DETAILS.

3. USED TO GIVE
LEADING NARRATIVE
STATEMENTS TO
DRAW
AUDIENCE IN
THE AUDIENCE ALWAYS
ASSUMES THAT
CONFLICT WILL OCCUR
IN SOAP OPERAS, SO
THEY KNOW THAT THE
THREE BOYS WILL
FIGHT. I TRIED TO PUT
ACROSS THE MORAL OF
THE STORY: IF YOU
BLACK AND PURPLE, FIGHT AND FALL, WHO
CORRESPONDS WITH WILL BE THERE TO PICK
E4 BRANDING. YOU BACK UP?

4. WE RELIED HEAVILY ON OUTSIDE
NATURAL LIGHTING. EVEN THOUGH
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL SCENES WERE
MEANT TO BE IN THE DARK, THERE WAS
NO WAY WE COULD GET GOOD ENOUGH
FOOTAGE – WE RESORTED TO FILMING IN
LATE AFTERNOON, SO IT STILL LOOKED
LIKE IT WAS GOING DARK. WE ALSO
CHOSE LOCATIONS THAT WERE
INCONSPIUOUS, SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT
WAS REAL LIFE.
WE USED HIGH AND LOW CAMERA
ANGLES TO MAKE THE CHARACTER’S
STATUS IN THE FIGHT SHOW. AGAIN THIS
SCENE SHOULD’VE BEEN IN THE DARK,
BUT BECAUSE THE CAR PARK WAS EMPTY,
WE DECIDED THAT IT STILL LOOKED AS
THOUGH A FIGHT WAS DESTINED TO
OCCUR.

5. PREGNANCY TEST:
A TYPICAL STORYLINE/SOCIAL
PROPS THEME – SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY IS A
GROWING MORAL PANIC AND
THE FACT THAT BREE IS SAT IN
THE COLLEGE TOILETS LETS THE
AUDIENCE KNOW JUST HOW
YOUNG SHE IS.
DRUGS:
SALT IN A ZIPPER BAG ( THE MOST REALISTIC
SUBSTITUTE) – RELATABLE AND SHOWS
CHARACTERS TURNING TO BAD THINGS TO
GET AWAY FROM THEIR LIVES. ANOTHER
SOCIAL THEME; THERE IS A GROWING MORAL
PANIC ABOUT TEENAGERS AND DRUG USE.
SINGLE ROSE:
KATE HAS BEEN LEFT AT
THE ALTER, SHE KNOWS
MASON IS NOT GOING TO
ARRIVE, THE FALLING ROSE
SIGNIFIES HERSELF.

6. LOCATIONS AND COSTUMES:
CHAPEL: SHOT-GUN WEDDING, UNPREPARED. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A
REGISTRY OFFICE THAN A CHURCH, SO IT IMPLIES THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE
TIME TO PREPARE.
PINK DRESS: LAST-MINUTE DECISION, SHOWS HER ATTITUDE TOWARDS
WEDDINGS.
PUB CAR PARK: LINKS TO BINGE DRINKING – FIGHTS
START UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. “TAKE IT
OUTSIDE, BOYS”.
HOODIES: STEREOTYPICALLY WHAT TEENAGE BOYS WEAR,
HELPS AUDIENCE TO RELATE. JOHNNY ALSO USES AN EMPTY
PINT GLASS BEFORE HE IS CONFRONTED BY RAV, TO SHOW
THAT HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR RAV TO APPEAR – AS
THOUGH THE FIGHT WAS PLANNED; WHICH IS CONFIRMED
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAILER.
TOILETS: BREE IS WAITING FOR RESULTS, THEY ARE BASED
IN A COLLEGE, THE CHARACTERS ARE STILL YOUNG YET
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THEM.
DRESS: OFF-WHITE, NOT AS INNOCENT AS WE FIRST
THOUGHT.

7. INSIDE THE PUB: DARK AND SHIFTY – CORRELATES WITH
WHAT THE BOYS ARE TALKING ABOUT ; BEATING UP RAV. THE PUB
IS ALSO EMPTY – GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT THE TWO SHOULD
NOT BE THERE AND THAT NO ONE REALLY ENJOYS THEIR
COMPANY.
CASUAL: THE BOYS ARE DRESSED AS THOUGH THEY ARE
ENJOYING A NIGHT OUT WITH ‘FRIENDS’.
BENCH OUTSIDE PUB: NEEDED TO BE BRIGHTER, BREE HAS FOUND A
CONFIDENT IN RAV. BUT IT IS STILL DULL, IMPLYING THAT RAV WILL NOT
REACT WELL TO BREE TELLING HIM.
COATS: BLACK COATS SIGNIFIES THE DEATH OF SOMETHING; COULD
MEAN THE DEATH OF A CHARACTER, OR HER RELATIONSHIP WITH
RAV/JOHNNY? AN ENIGMA IS CREATED AS BREE HAS AN ACCIDENT LATER
ON IN THE TRAILER.
PLAY AREA/PARK: AT FIRST WE WERE NOT SURE WHETHER WE
WANTED A PLAY AREA, BUT WE REALISED THAT THE CHARACTERS COULD
BE PORTRAYED AS STILL HAVING CHILDISH TENDENCIES. THEY MAY HAVE
GROWN UP PLAYING IN THIS PARK, IT IS ANOTHER CENTRAL SOCIAL
MEETING PLACE.
COAT: HE IS WEARING A BLACK COAT, IN THIS SCENE IT MEANS DANGER,
HE IS BACK IN TOWN BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE REAL REASON WHY. ALSO
HE WAS OUTCAST IN THE FIRST PLACE, HE IS WEARING BLACK OT SIGNIFY
HIS LONELINESS
STREET: VERY URBAN AREA, AUDIENCE CAN RELATE IF THEY ARE IN THE
WORKING CLASS DEMOGRAPHIC. WE CHOSE A STREET FILLED WITH
TERRACED HOUSES TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THE CHARACTERS LIVED IN
AN OVER-POPULATED TOWN.
COAT: HE IS WEARING A BLACK COAT TO SIGNIFY THE DEATH OF KATE’S
LOVE FOR HIM.

8. SOMETIMES THE CHARACTER’S COSTUMES PORTRAYED THEIR ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS
IN SITUATIONS: EG. SASHA WEARS A BLACK LEATHER JACKET – HARD HITTING, SHE IS THE
TOWN ‘BITCH’ SO IT GIVES HER POWER. IN THIS SCENE, SHE HAS SAVED RAV FROM
JOHNNY AND MASON, BUT DOES SHE REALLY CARE? SHE OFTEN WEARS AN ALMOST
MASCULINE FACADE, MAKING HER INTIMIDATING TO THE OTHER CHARACTERS.

9. I PERIODICALLY PLACED SLOW-
MOTION HEAD TURNS INTO MY
TRAILER TO EMPHASISE WHO THE
CLIPS AND DIALOGUE WERE
REFERRING TO.
I FELT THAT IF THERE WERE MORE
THAN ONE MAIN CHARACTER,
EACH WITH THEIR OWN
STORYLINE, RUNNING PARALLEL
TO EACH OTHER, THE AUDEINCE
WOULD BE MORE INTRIGUED. I
ALSO FOUND THAT CORONATION
STREET AND EASTENDERS DID
I MADE THE LAST SEQUENCE OF SHOTS SLOW-MOTION TO THIS; THEY WOULD HAVE A NEW
EMPHASISE THAT EACH AND EVERY ON OF THEM HAVE STORYLINE EACH WEEK, BUT ONLY
EQUAL IMPORTANCE IN THE SOAP. IT CREATES TENSION IN ONE WOULD TAKE CENTRESTAGE –
THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FIND OUT UNTIL IT WAS SOLVED.
EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN.

10. THROUGH THE LAST SLOW-
MOTION SHOTS, A ‘HASH-TAG’
LINK APPEARS. THIS ALLOWS
FANS TO JOIN ON SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES AND BE
UPDATED. THIS IS THE
TECHNOLOGY PHENOMENON
OF THE 21ST CENTURY – A
SOCIAL NORM, EVERYONE
KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS.
HERE IS A FACEBOOK
PAGE I CREATED FOR
THE SHOW: