1. SOAP OPERA SUB GENRE…
EXPECTATIONS?
• Narrative (storyline or
events)
• Characters: who is involved in
the events?
• Settings
What do these expectations reveal to you about how It may be filmed or the technical?
• camerawork
• mise-en-scene
• editing
• sound

2. NARRATIVE:
SETTINGS:
What does the plot cover? What events are taking place?
Where do events take place?
CHARACTERS:
Who is involved? Actions etc.
THE TECHNICAL:
HOW the story is told:
• camerawork
• mise-en-scene
• editing
• sound
REMEMBER:
Get as many detailed notes as you can and
worry about what to write about them after.
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As a class, our weak spot is the technical….

3. Coronation Street Expectations
Harinder Hunjan

4. Editing: Main storyline seen first with the other
storylines revolving around the main storyline.
Dramatic irony is used too and a calm scene is used to
calm the situation down.
(2 characters on wedding day
Man confesses
Other characters wondering where they are
Guy at Police station
Camerawork: The use of different
types of shots e.g. two shot, reverse
shots and over the shoulder shot.
Lots of conversation in
soaps.
Multi – strand narratives
portrayed.
Narrative
Editing: Realism and it helps
breaks the tension that is
made from the other
storylines.
One narrative
strand is used in
everyday life

5. Camera Work: The person on
the floor laying on the pub
floor – reaction shots of the
woman after showing his
body.
Camera Work: 2 shots used
when two characters are
talking to each other in
conversation.
Mise-En-Scene: Clothing is
much like the viewers with
the formal dress of suits and
jackets.
Dramatic moments and
different emotions
Middle class like
most viewers
Character
Everyday type of
conversation used
Camera Work:
Wide shots when
family eating at
dinner, talking
about family life.

6. Mise-En-Scene:
House shown and
then the pub
atmosphere is where
everyone goes for
entertainment e.g.
drinking.
Realistic
environments
Setting
Mise-En-Scene: Family
home at the dinner
table.
Mise-En-Scene:
Police station, help
the audience to
signify tension is
being built.
Editing: Cuts to a family
scene to calm the nerves
down and so there isn’t
always fast, tense moments
so it is more realistic.
Editing:
Short, quick cuts
between the
main storyline
Different scenes
shown for tension
and to calm
situations down