In order for us to create an effective Soap trailer it is important that we research into plots and stroylines of Soaps that already exist. By doing this it means that we will be able to create a trailer which seems more realistic as we have looked into the types of plots and stroylines that make the viewer intrigued and hooked on each episode and make them want to continue watching week after week or day after day. Researching existing plots and storylines also means because we are only creating a Soap trailer that its important that our trailer contains some of the most dramatic and exciting parts of the episode and often not giving away the main part but just a taster. They like to leave the audience with a cliffhanger.
Typically most Soap Operas are an emphasis on family life, sexual dramas, personal relationships and emotional and moral conflicts. Fitting in with these characteristics most Soap Operas follow the lives of a group of characters who live and work in a particular place. Here is where they basically lead their whole lives throughout every episode and the viewers follow what they do. This way it means that the audience feels as though they are gaining a relationship with the characters and therefore become connected and feel like they must watch the next episode to find out what will happen to them.
Generally Soap Operas have alot in common. Usually the plots and storylines that are used are fairly similar and can relate. For obvious reasons a Soaps storyline must have elements which keep the viewer intrigued and wanting to watch more. Although they are usually about a family or group of people leading their everyday lives a Soap will generally contain a twist which makes the storyline of their lives less plain sailing than an average persons.
For example many Soaps explore social realist storylines such as family discord, marriage breakdown, or financial difficulties. Soaps also feature elements of comedy to lighten up an episode its not usually something like slapstick comedy but generally the Soap will feature a humerous character who will often lighten up the episode and storyline in some sort of way. Another popular storyline of a Soap would be romance, secret relationships and extramarital affairs. These are often used as these can be used as continuous storylines that will go on for perhaps a period of a few months with a small bit of that particular plot being feautred in each episode. Because of the way that they are often on going storylines it keeps the viewer once again hooked and wanting to find out what happens to the characters.
Soaps will often use crime as an ongoing storyline. For example they may contain muder plots, drug dealings, kidnappings and rape. Sometimes even murder is unpunished if the perpetrator is to be retained in the ongoing story. By not punishing or sentencing the perpatrator of the crime gives the producers of the Soap something to carry on with throughout further episodes. This means that big main characters will not be wiped out and therfore audiences are stil interested in what is going on and how they are fitting into society after commiting such a sin. Another way in which the perpatrator is brought back into the Soap after doing something like rape or murder is by using dramatic irony. For example this is where the viewers of the Soap are aware of what is going on and know who has committed what crime but the other characters perhaps the family members or close friends are unaware of what is going on. This way everything is a secret and kept like that for a long while. In the meantime the Soap carries on with other storylines and every so often will flashback and make elements of hinting about what has happened until there is a build up. Then the drama begins as one by one everyne finds out and once they do and the big secret is out that is perhaps where punishment is given.
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