Successful Soap Trailers

Conventions of a Soap Trailer

• Faster paced editing
• Maximum of 3 storylines
• Shows main characters and setting
• Catchy and relatable theme tune
• Channel, time and soap name
• Inter titles
• 60 seconds in length maximum
• Voiceovers

Emmerdale - Live Episode

• Slow paced
• Effects Uses - Explosions of love hearts and money
• Non-Diegetic Sound - Music - Appropriate to soap
• Voiceover saying channel, time and title
• Greenscreen used for the abckground/setting

Eastenders Sharon Returning

• Showed the Setting
• Non-Digetic Sound - Music
• Metaphor - Hurricane describing how big her return was
• Voiceover
• Greenscreen
• Shows the characters of Eastenders

Eastenders Branning Week

• Shows characters relevant to event
• Voiceover
• Diegetic Sounds - Characters Shouting and speaking