Equipment needed.

In able for us to produce our soap, the equipment we used were:

• HD Video Camera
• Tripod
• Digital Camera (We used this to capture photo's to show evidence of us filming)

Script for individual voice overs.

This is our script for our soap opera trailer which the audience can relate to.

• "Looks like it's a new start baby"

This is Aleisha's voice over when she arrives at the train station with Charlie which implies to the audience that she has ran away and her and Charlie are going to start a new life in a different place together.

• "Ohhh!"

This is Helen's voice over when she realises that there is a problem with the baby she is carrying which implies to the audience that there is some kind of danger or trouble with this young mum to be and her baby.-

• "What is this?!"

This is Mark's voice over when he receives a picture of his girlfriend cheating on him with another woman and a text about this affair which implies to the audience that he is upset, angry and confused as to why he has been betrayed.

• "Is this it?"

This is Cara's voice over when she arrives at her new home with her grandparents which implies to the audience that there may be some disappointment.  

• "I can't deal with this anymore"

This is Eva's voice over when she runs away from home implies that she may be having trouble and has had enough of her family, friends or that she may be being bullied and there could be many issue to why she is running away. 

BBC institutional information

The BBC is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. The programs broadcasted on this channel give the audience information, education and entertain. It was established by a Royal Charter and funded by the licence fee that is paid by UK households.

The BBC uses the income from the licence fee to provide services including 8 national TV channels plus regional programming, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations and an extensive website.

Michael Grade was responsible for introducing stripped and stranded schedules to BBC television in his role as controller of BBC 1: from 18 February 1985 onward the schedule has consisted entirely of half-hour or one-hour programmes starting on the hour, or half hour (the BBC channels do not carry spot advertising).

typical narratives

Typical narratives in soap opera's are quite stereotypical of certain characters. For example, in Eastenders people know this family to be a low class, 'chavy' family which many issues, such as money, single parent.



There's always a good guy that is the 'hero'.



Also there's a 'bad guy' or the tough family. For example, the Mitchell family.

Soap Titles.

For soap titles we decided to go for a walk and look at different sign posts to get some idea's. We looked at a few street names and finally decided to take a street name. We chose 'Conway road' as we thought that 'Conway' was the one that was the most catchy and had a ring to it. Below are a few of the posts that we found.

Production Schedule.

Tuesday 29th November.
Film Aleisha and Charlie at the train station. With Ricky biking by.
Film Helen and Ricky biking again down an alley.


Sunday 4th December.
Film Grandparents and their grand-daughter getting out the car, with Ricky biking again.


Friday 9th December.
Film Eva at a house, running away from home.


Monday 12th December.
Film a love triangle with two girls and one guy which involves different sexuality.

Potential location photo's.

Below are some photo's of our potential location photo's.

Idea's for our storyboard.

Idea's for Characters.

Initial idea's for our soap trailer.

Sketch.

Target Audience.

Our target audience for our soap programme is aimed at the younger generation, teens and young adults aged 16-24 years old. This is because our soap contains issues that relate to youths, such as sex, violence, alcohol, drugs etc. We got some of our influences from programmes such as 'Hollyoaks', 'Skins' and 'Shameless'.

Typical settings for soaps.

In Eastenders, there is the Queen Vic. There is always a main pub in soaps.



In Eastenders, there is a cafe.



In Eastenders, there's a market.



In Eastenders there is a train station. There is often a train station or something similar such as bus stop.

Which channel should our soap be broadcasted on?

I think that our channel should be broadcasted on BBC as the BBC is traditionally known for it's famous soap 'Eastenders' which is aimed at adults rather than the younger generation, although some of the young generation are interested in this soap as it relates to some social issues. BBC have a gap in the market for a young soap. For the younger audience there is a BBC3 channel which 'Eastenders' is replayed on. However, this channel involves comedy and real life stories which appeal to the younger generation and is a very popular channel. Therefore I believe that our soap should be broadcasted on BBC1 as it will attract more attention from different age groups, as well as it is being a worldwide channel.