Analysis Of Kris/Ravvi/Nancy Love Triangle Trailer - Hollyoaks

There is a slow zoom into a magazine cover which has the blue and pink Hollyoaks logo at the top, 3 pictures - 1 of Nancy, 1 of Kris and 1 of Ravvi under the logo and the words "love triangle" in bold underneath, the title is also called Love Triangle and the audience are now aware that the 3 characters are involved in a love triangle. There is also a blue circle underneath which you can partially see which says "exclusive." In the background of the magazine behind the title and images is a picture of Nancy and Kris and the audience can assume there is another underneath of Ravvi, this reminds the audience of the characters involved. The images on the magazine cover are laid out like a comic strip and the first image is of Kris which is placed on the right hand side of the cover, the image is a video of Kris saying "I want us to be together" it then pauses and Ravvi's image which is in the middle then plays and Ravvi says "everyone keeps things to themselves sometimes" connoting that he has a secret, then Nancy’s video plays after Ravvi had finished and says "argh this is such a big mess" all characters are in the same room which is apparent to the audience as the walls are green in each picture/video. The use of the videos starting from right to left as opposed to left to right could be to connote how the situation is backwards and ‘messed up. After Nancy says the line "argh this is such a big mess" the page spirals and the song chorus "girls and boys" by blur begins loudly.

The audience then sees a close up of a new page in the magazine which reads like a comic book strip, the first box in the strip is a box of Ravvi kissing Nancy on the head, both are wearing their dressing gowns in the room with the green walls which the audience can assume is either Nancy’s or Ravvi’s house. The use of them in dressing gowns establishes their relationship. The camera then darts to the next box is Ravvi hugging Nancy and there is a close up of his face and a comic book speech bubble from him saying "I cant stop thinking about Kris" the camera then darts to the next window which shows the hug from Nancy’s side and a close up of Nancy’s face wear comic book thought bubbles join Ravvi’s. This establishes to the audience that Ravvi and Nancy both like Kris. The camera then darts to a box which has been broken into 4 and the use of the broken boxes reveals the broken relationship. The four boxes show: Ravvi with his hands on Kris’s shoulder, a close up of Kris crying, Nancy angry and Kris grabbing Ravvi's face and kissing him. After each video ends the next plays quickly. The camera then darts to the next boxes where there is and over the shoulder shot of Nancy opening a door to reveal Ravvi and Kris kissing, it then darts down the page to another box which reveals a camera pan around where Kris, Nancy and Ravvi are sitting, in the bottom left corner of the box is a white caption box which says "share the love" this denotes in the literal sense that all 3 are sharing each other, the next box is of Nancy looking at Kris and again there is caption box which says "feel the pain" which implies that all the characters feel pain not only in the fact that they are being cheated on and are themselves cheating, but also the confusing and stressful situation they are in is causing them pain.the final box is of an over the shoulder shot of Nancy looking at Kris and the channel 4 ident then appears. The editing in this trailer has been continuous and the camera has darted to each box in time with the music which has the lyrics:

Girls who are boys,
Who like boys to be girls,
Who do boys like they’re girls,
Who do girls like they’re boys, always should be someone you really love.

The use of this song and these lyrics is to make a joke of how Nancy’s boyfriend is cheating on her with a man and the man who he is cheating with is also cheating on Ravvi with Nancy. The use of the magazine cover and the comic book layout is to appeal to the shows target audience who are young adults. The scandalous gossip on the front cover is similar to that of popular gossip magazines for young adults and therefore the gimmick is used to attract audience members. The storyline is made obvious and the audience will then be intrigued to watch the show to see how the love triangle is resolved.