This was the first brainstorm we put together full of possible storylines, characters, relationships between them and even names of the soap opera and characters.

Planning the characters.

We decided that in order to show glamour and wealth that the names should be 'un-common', such as, the names featured in made in Chelsea like Hugo and Spencer, we also thought that to had a sense of humour we could had a theme, like Jewellery names or brands.

Me- I was playing the role of Cristal, I decided that my character must show her, so called, 'loose' personality in how she dresses and wears her hair and make up. We decided I sure where an element of red in order to show danger.

Hollie (Pandora) - Green to show jealousy

Nat (Sierra) - Black to show her dark, 'spooky' personality

Meg (Sapphire) - White to show innocence

Jack (Preston) - Grey to show he is feeling no emotions, 'heartless'-'colourless' even though he is cheating on his girlfriend

Josh (Thomas Sabbo) - Navy, dark colours to show he is going through a troubled time.

These are the exact scenes we had planed to film, the order we wanted to film, and who was down to do each role, from acting to directing.

Storyboards

We started to story board ideas, storylines and narratives. We wanted to use common soap storylines such a romance, relationships and cheating, too create love triangles. Then we played around with the idea of teen pregnancy as it is a major issue within society and can be dramatised well both seriously and for humour if creating a parody.

Song Choice

Nero- Crush on you
Lyrics..
How did you-
You found out-
How did you-
You found out-
I've got a crush on you
- we decided not to use this song as we wanted to emphasise the cheating and the 'wrong doing' instead of just an innocent crush.
JakWob (Ellie Goulding)- Under the sheets
Lyrics..
Were under the sheets and you’re killing me
In our house made of paper, your words all over me
Were under the sheets and you’re killin’ me
-Although the lyrics of this song goes well with the storyline the beat and rhythm didn't fit and failed to help build up the tension.
Nero- Guilt
Lyrics..
You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all
You try to fake it but you’re breaking every rule
Right from the start you've always made me feel a fool
The guilt you hide will come between us after all
-We chose to use this song as both the lyrics and beats fit best with our trailer, it also allowed us time to edit our footage too match the beats in the song, the lyrics and drops match our images and fades to blacks.

Ancillary Practise- Hollyoaks Practise

"All the better to kill you with.."- I have used this line to make refference to the characters costume, expression, relevent story line and even the time of the year. Many know that this character is dressed as little red ridding hood which is the story where this line had been taking from.

The E4 logo has been put on as a tilt as this is simular to most other E4 billboards and advertisements, it is hardly ever placed in a straight angle. The colour of this logo and the writting has also been used in order to match the channels current look.

Dallas 2012 Trailer

Dallas - First came to screen in 1978s

• Non-diegetic sound
• Establishing shot of Dallas
• Fade to blacks
• Short vocab which clearly explain the storylines
• Gold writting and over the images to suggest richness and glamour
• Title cards to again explain the story eg. Rivalry
• Family fueds
• Relationships and Romance
• Fast pace editing to create tension and drama

Soap Opera PRACTICE

We created a soap opera trailer, based on scenes and story lines from current soap operas such as Neighbours and Hollyoaks to practise our camera work, planning, team work and editing skills for our final piece.