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2. WHAT IS A TV SOAP?
• A television Soap is a serial drama on television which features related storylines about
the lives of many characters which are interconnected together, the stories usually
focus on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The name soap opera
stems from the fact that many of the sponsors and producers of the original dramatic
serials' broadcast on radio were soap manufacturers, such as Dial Corporation, Procter
& Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers. The specific definition is a television
or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group
of characters.
3. FIRST TV OPENING: HOLLY OAKS
• Characters: There are many different characters shown in the opening credits, these are the
main ones who appear in every episode as we follow them through their daily lives. The
order of the characters shown vary between years of episodes as there is not primarily a
main protagonist in TV Soaps. They do not give a name to the characters shown on screen
as they assume you have watched previous episodes.
• Locations: They are shot in a green screen and have items in the background which relate
to the characters. So they not shot in any locations but a variety of locations are shown for
a character such as one of them is in a club which infers that the character likes to party a
lot, Another shot is of a young teenager in a room with a gaming controller which gives an
insight into the character.
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5. HOLLYOAKS
• Shots and movement: The type of shots do not vary much and most of them are either mid shots or
wide shots, for example they begin with a close up of a character then pan out to a wide shot to show
off the character in their setting which helps establish them and signify to the audience who they are
or they reverse it and end with a shot of a close up this can tell the audience they will be vital to the
episode. The camera never moves and is placed in the middle while they show the collection of shots.
• Graphics and texts: There are no physical sets in the opening credits and only features graphics which
are computer effects of the settings which change as the characters do. Most of the shots are
graphics which is how the titles are told. There is not text featured up until the title is shown.
• Narrative: There isn’t much of a narrative as it only shows a collection of characters and it follows
them but nothing story wise happens and the credits end with the title “Hollyoaks”. We can infer that
there is an abundance of characters and we will go to many locations.
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7. NURSE JACKIE
• Characters: The opening title sequence only features the main character : Jackie and
only aims on her, this shows that the show will only star her character and the other
characters will only be on the side and supporters character. It does list the other
actors involved in the show but that is the only reference to other characters.
• Location/settings: The opening only takes place in one location which is the hospital
as this help explain to the audience where the show will be set, and can help convey
that the main character is a nurse. There are no shots of any other location which can
mean that we never really exit that location in the TV soap compare to Hollyoaks which
takes place in a number of locations.
9. NURSE JACKIE
• Shots and movements: There is variety of shots, especially on the main character, such
as a close up, medium shot over the shoulder shot, extreme close up etc. They also
move the camera around which aims on specific objects which would be used in the
hospital.
• Graphics and sets: As mentioned there is only one set which is the hospital but a
variety of graphics are used to move the objects which are shown to be flying around
which would all play a part in the show/
• Narrative: Similar to Hollyoaks there is real narrative but it is a sequence which shows
her character getting ready and at the end is fully equipped for when the episode
begins.This gives an insight into the type of character she is
10. NEIGHBOURS
• Characters: The opening begins with a close up of the street where Neighbours is set.
• Then we move to the first characters are a family which feature two parents and a young
child. This would suggest that these are some of the main characters but in this show there
is no specific main character. The background gives an insight to characters as well which is
them in a garden, which tells what they do in their spare time during the show. We then
cut to the next set of characters who are an elderly couple having lunch outside. We then
have a family with another couple with a teenager who is dressed in seductive clothes.
• Locations/settings: What is consistent in the opening is that it all takes place outside which
is what happens in Neighbours, especially in gardens where the characters are placed. Also
another feature is that the weather (pathetic fallacy) is always sunny which connotes the
tone of the show.
13. NEIGHBOURS
• Shots and movement: There is a pan shot from the sign Ramsey street which shows
that all the locations they go to are all on the same road hence the name “Neighbours”
and this keeps going until they reach the title of the episode.
• Graphics and text : The text is used for the characters using the logos colour which
also has the name of the actor/actress below. There are not many graphics and it is
more focusing on the titles instead.
• Narrative: The story is not given a lot of explanation of from the opening but you can
interpret elements such as of the scenes is of two teenagers trying to have a
conversation (perhaps in a relationship) and they look into the connection between
characters.
15. OPINIONS ON THE OPENINGS
• The different shows ( Hollyoaks, Nurse Jackie, Neighbours) have similar conventions
which have music play while they introduce the main characters. The most unique is
Nurse Jackie as this show has clear main protagonist while the others do not as they
only have shots of Nurse Jackie. They are all are of similar length and are a quick
introduction to the show. They all end with the title of the show which would appear
before the first scene of the show, this lets the audience know this is a soap rather than
a single camera drama which starts much differently.
16. SINGLE CAMERA DRAMA VS TV SOAP
• A single camera drama usually has episodes that are not all ties together and each one
can stand on its own rather than to compared to TV soap which is more connected and
takes more episodes to understand what is going on in the plot.
• One difference in conventions is that a soap begins with familiar opening as shown but
a Single camera drama usually brings us right into the action.
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18. MY SOAP OPENING
• It will be based in school/college following students, there is no main character but it
follows all students, with teachers not the main focus like waterloo road and not just
four characters (The inbetweners).
• I will have different types of characters who will be in different locations which will
represent there characters.
19. TV SOAP
• It is about a character who has powers and uses them in
secret to complete missions and solve mysteries while also
dealing with problems in his home and school life, who
struggles to balance both, we follow our main protagonist as
he tries to complete many different problems in his life and
not tell anyone about his mutant ability.
