Emmerdale

Analysis

The beginning of the trailer gives us an establishing shot of a birds
eye view of a man walking, it then pans behind the man giving us two
angles of him walking into a village, which sets the scene. The lighting
being low-key reflects the negative mood also relating to the scenery
and non-diegetic music being used. It then cuts quickly to a low shot
of a pub sign; light is flashed directly at the camera. Iconography like
this is used as its memorable for a viewer. It then goes onto a mid
shot of the man, as a viewer see him walking past a telephone box, it
then cuts to a young girl on a bench, cutting to an eye line match
between the two. The direct gaze directed at the camera creates
tension suggesting something bad has happened. You can only see
the young girls face due to the low key lighting, reflecting the drama,
her eyes covered in makeup as if she has been crying.

As the camera cuts back to the man he looks away, suggesting hes
pitiless towards the girl this once again reflecting to the themes of
Emmerdale being quite a hard-hitting drama. Furthermore, it then
cuts to a shot of a women walking dressed in black, just like most of
the other characters, an eye line match between the man and women
once again occurs suggesting everyone is a suspect and everyone is
being watched.

It then goes to a panning shot of a girl in a car, an eye line matched
made between her and the other female with blank facial
expressions. This connoting conflict has occurred between the two.
The man carries on walking through the town, every time a direct
gaze happens with camera; a different reaction is made by different
groups of people. There is then a group shot, where a female directly
an eye line shot occurs, the womens facial expression expresses
shocked feelings towards him, at the same time, the camera pans out
showing a man being pulled back as if he was about to cause conflict
with the other male. It then cuts back to the man walking in the
village, who carries on once again like he doesnt care.

Two females and one male are walking into a pub; their appearance
reflects the rural setting, for example; wellingtons and caps this
linking back to possible jobs they could have, which reflects the
programmes setting.


The trailer is very slow pace reflecting the slow pace life the people
lead in Emmeradle Village, everybody is also edited to have slow
motion reactions.
Finally theres a women looking out of the blinds, sneakily, at the
male. We see his shadow walk across, creating an enigma. It then cuts
back to a birds eye view shot of him walking again, finally with a non-
diegetic voiceover of Emmerdale with the same mellow music, it then
states Judgement Day which anchors the drama and the themes in
the programme.