Dallas 2012 Trailer

• First there is the establishing shot of Dallas and its glass skyscrapers again reminding us of the wealth in which the old characters have and the new characters will get, it also shows the wealth has increased since the series has finished.
• There are title cards in which answer questions that the characters ask throughout the trailer (Bobby "All those fights, over you and oil in South Folk We laid waste to everything in our path, J.R., and for what?" then the title card says MONEY).
• "Money" coming toward the reader in a gold font showing importance of money and power, makes the audience feel as though money is the most important thing
• Cue cards run throughout the trailer giving the same effect as the "Money" cue card, showing conflict, arguments and disagreements within families and making the audience feel as though the text in the cue card is the most important thing rather than family and friends
• When Bobby is taking to JR the lighting is creating shadows and the light seemes to becoming from the window in front of JR as JR is a shaded character and it shows that the oil world is a men's world and the women are trophies.
• The room could also be dark as it is very hot in Texas and so it is cooler in a dark room.
• The decor in JR's office shows the wealth in which he has and also shows that he still has that wealth and will be giving that wealth to his son.
• At the beginning of the trailer we establish the old characters from the original series then we establish the new charatcers which are the old charatcer's son's/daughters even grand son/daughters.
• Bobby "I'm sick to death of this family devowering itself over money" which make him the moral compass - the good guy and the fact that he is talking to JR.
• Storyline split into "snippets" to show audience different storylines throughout the soap . 
• Montage shows glimpses of the charaters and the storyline to make you want to watch it as you want to know what is happening.
• At the beginning non-diegetic soundtrack creates tension and the edits match the beat, it tells audience how to "read" the scene  Then the original theme tune kicks the song is designed for an older audience (the original audience who may have watched the original series), relating back and bringing memories from the original Dallas and also so that the new audience get intoduced to the theme tune and are able relate to it like the original audience.
  
  Conventions of Soap Dialogue
• Bobby "All those fights, over you and oil in South Folk We laid waste to everything in our path, J.R., and for what?  this part of the dialogue sets out the plot line for the trailer and also set out the beginning of the context of the trailer as well.
• 10 SECONDS: Bobby Ewing's son: "Oil's the past John-Ross" JR's son: "I couldn't disagree more". The fact that the Money cue card is used before this clip portrays the conflict between families and their disagreements 

Dynasty - Catfight between Alexis and Krystle

An example of an American Soap

Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan and Krystle Grant Jennings Carrington.

Played by Joan Collins and Linda Evans.

Alexis: Blake's first wife and mother of his four eldest children. Her scheme is to destroy Blake, undermine Krystle and control her children.

Krystle: new wife of Blake Carrington. Later gains a fierce nemesis in Alexis.

Soap Opera Practise

Storyboard For Preliminary Task

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Script For Preliminary Task

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