Friday, 28 October 2011

How does this extract from Eastenders demonstrate soap conventions?

  • Location - Characters houses where the scene is set, popular place, social places where characters meet and mingle, for example, The Queen Vic or The Cafe in Eastenders.
  • Camerawork - Mostly mid-shots.
  • Editing - Only uses mainly hard cuts throughout.
  • Lighting, naturalistic, high key - Inside (characters houses/pubs etc) and outside (the market)
  • Sound - Diagetic apart from the theme tune at the beginning and end.
  • Character representation - Stereotypes, typical teenager, skiving school., fights. Young parents, single parent trying to do the best for their son/daughter. Typical families. Real life stories - alcoholics, aggressive family member(s) etc.

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