Stop Motion Narrative

We created a stop motion piece to give a more in depth portrayal of what we would like to include in our trailer. We created the trailer using stop motion photography of toys and a set we printed, this enabled explore the different filming techniques we could use for our trailer, we have started the trailer with a close up on Helen's feet. In our real trailer we would like her to be wearing red heels and the sound of her walking to be an extra diegetic sound of her heels clicking against the floor. We have tried to use the male gaze theory by using lots of low shots to sexualise Helen in order to appeal to our male audience. We have included our characters going about their daily business by using a man getting off of his motorbike to enter the pub, a man walking his dog and a character driving to the pub. All of these characters have been distracted by Helen's entrance to their neighbourhood. We have then revealed the rest of the family and by using Richard (a newly married man) looking at Helen and wolf whistling we are alluding to a storyline that may include the two. His wife, Stephanie, also slaps him and this also intrigues the audience into wanting to know about these characters. We have also used Helen's son, Deano, looking at Danielle who is a pregnant teenager. Teenage pregnancy is a typical convention in soap operas and this relates to a younger audience. As we are aiming our soap opera at a younger audience, we have included many young characters and story lines which are relevant and could be experience by younger people in our audience. Our stop motion ends here with all the residents looking at the new family and we have done this to introduce our characters slowly and intrigue our audience to find out more about these characters by watching the soap. We would like to use a voice over on our trailer to provide narration about the name of the show and what time and channel it will be broadcasted on.