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A2 Media Studies
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media -
Production Log
Evidence of Planning & Research
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2. Soap Opera Codes & Conventions - Lesson 2
1) What are some of the Codes & Conventions of this genre?
YOUMUSTdemonstrate what you already know by completing a
"Spider Diagram" of what you know about ORexpect from this genre:
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3. 2) Codes & Conventions of the Soap Opera Genre
The Soap Opera genre can be categorized by the 'repeated'
(Si,e...l e N~e) elements of:
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Eastenders (1985 - Present)
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Textual Analysis Task
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4. YOU MUST complete the Table below whilst watching the TWO promotional
trailers for the BBe Soap Opera Eastenders.
YOU SHOULD aim to identify key examples (Verbal, Non-Verbal, Technical)
from each trailer that demonstrates your understanding.
Extension - yeU COULD apply relevant audience theory to explain what
impactthese key examples would have on the target demographic.
In your opinion, according to Hartley's Seven Subjectivities, what is the
target audience for Eastenders?
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the following elements are presented to the audience:
• Multi-stranded narrative
• Family relationships and/or conflict
• Focus on working class communities
• 'Disequilibrium' (Todorov)
• Romance
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presented.
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7. According to Rebecca Feasey in 'Masculinity and Popular television' (2007), the Soap
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1) - Do you agree?
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Next Page - YOUMUSTdeconstruct the opening 5 minutes of a sequence from the
popular lTV Soap Opera Coronation Street (1960 - Present) to identify examples of
where this ideology is presented to the target audience.
YOUSHOULDalso try and identify, to demonstrate your knowledge and
understanding of the genre, any Codes & Conventions associated to the Soap Opera
genre.
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9. Soap Opera Codes & Conventions continued - Lesson 4
Textual Analysis
1) What is the purpose of a trailer?
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2) What are the benefits of Multi-Platform promotion of a media text?
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Textual Analysis-
Next Page - YOUMU~Tlp-ake notes on the following areas when deconstructing this
sequence from Coronation Street:
• Multi-stranded narrative
• Character dilemmas
• 'Personal Identification' (Katz)
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10. http://www.channeI4.com/programmes /hollyoaks /4od
The above link will take you to some ofthe latest episodes of Hollyoaks.
1. What are the connotations ofthe ident for the popular Channel Four Teen
Soap Opera Hollyoaks (1995 - Present)?
Next Page - Hollyoaks - "White Wedding Trailer"-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2sW-r9Vb4
2. YOUMUSTmake notes on the following areas when deconstructing this
sequence from Hollyoaks:
• Binary opposition of the non-diegetic music
Symbolism of the non-verbal code of the tear
Representation of Pregnancy
Any other examples that would impact the audience
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11. Preductiea Work
1) What is the role ofa Producer?
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2) What is the role of a Director?

12. •3) Institution research .:
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