Soap Trailer Conventions

What makes successful soap trailers?

Conventions of Soap Trailers:

·         Action.

·         Launch time and channel.

·         Storylines that are going to be included within the soap trailer.

·         Introducing some of the characters, and what sort of role they play.

·         Music applied to the soap (Title, theme and background).

·         Main setting and location.

·         The name of the soap.

·         Fast paced editing.

·         Questions unanswered within the trailer (Get the audience thinking).

·         Soap trailer must last 1 minute maximum.

·         Voice over used within the trailer, or at least at the end to tell the audience when the soap will be on TV.