- Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Coronation street, Emerdale, Neighbours, Home and away, Doctors.
- They fit into browns criteria quite well as there is multiple characters and plots, they are in serial form, the home/homes are the main setting for the dramas apart from in doctors when the surgery is the main setting, emphasis on dialogue, conversation and problem solving however they do not fit in very well when it comes to have sensitive men and female characters being independant as a lot of the men are very hard headed and the heads of the families which also leads to the women not being independant.
- The only other functions i would add is most soap operas have conflict within the family so that could be another function.
- A key family in soap opera is the mitchel family from eastenders.
- It was difficult to create the family tree as i only knew the very famous generations and the people that were in it a lot for example i didnt know grant or sams children because they have not been featured a lot and are not that important so it was difficult to fully complete it.
- The conclusions ive made from this genre is that they all follow the same type of processes to create there soap opera as they all include the same type of things and way certain characters act are similar in other soap operas as well although they are not all the same some are very similar. I have also learn that in most soap operas there is one main family that most viewers know a lot about the own the family business that is very dominant in the soap opera for example in Eastenders the Mitchells own the pup, in Emerdale the Dingles own the pub.
Activity 3.15
- Emerdale is an example of a soap opera that has recently been an open text as it has had a lot of drama going on that an audience member could interpret in different ways and the way characters are acting and reacting to certain story lines gives the freedom to the audience to interpret what they want to from the soap opera.
- They all seem to explore different issues within families, cultures, relationships, friendship groups etc. They also all seem to have story lines or things happening that have the possibility to split the opinion on the viewers.
- The readings that are possible from the audience are opinions about relationships, love affairs, family arguments. The audience could also read something differently from how the direction wanted it to be read which can cause conflict if thats not how it was meant to be portrayed. The audience could also get different readings about social issues.
- Phil Mitchell, Billy Mitchell, Fatboy, Jack Branning, Max Branning, Derek Branning, Ray, Alfie, Ian Bill, Jay, Ben.
- Good characters = Billy, Fatboy, Jack Branning, Ray, Alfie
- Bad characters = Derek Branning, Ben
- Do not fit into either = Phil, Max Branning, Ian, Jay
- The qualities the good characters have are kind, helpful, caring and loving. The qualities the bad characters have are evil, scheming, wicked. The qualities the characters that do not fit in to either have a mixture of the good and bad characters qualities.
- Some characters are difficult to fit in this way because they have done good things in the past and do things to help people but have also dont bad things to people and the community which makes them bad but because youve seen the good side of them you will never see them as all bad especially if the good things they have done have been significantly good.
Detailed, thoughtful work.
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