I will be explaining a range of single camera production. I will be talking about three difference genres. For crime drama I have choosen Criminal Minds I have choosen this because it’s a good example and easy to analyse. For comedy I will be analysing The Big Bang Theory because it’s a really successful single camera production comedy and it’s well structured and easy to follow. For my third genre; Soap Opera I have choosen to do Hollyoaks, because it’s the only soap I watch and it’s a good single camera production.
Soap Opera
Soap Operas always have an open ending, to the next episode. With soap Operas such as Hollyoaks they normally use 3 settings. For example a pub or a school, the loft and a shop. This is normally were all the drama happens. For example with Hollyoaks most of the drama happens at ‘The Dog’ with the Sienna scenario at the moment, also this happens also with Coronation Street and Eastenders.
Format
Almost all the Soap Operas show the lives of multiple family’s and characters. They embraces in family issues and things that happen in day-to-day life but more melodramatic. With Soap Operas they are normally open-ended and have a cliffhanger ready for the next episode. Open- ended endings are when they don’t finished and they make the audience wanting more.
Narrative Structure
Soap Operas have a linear narrative. A linear narrative is the story develops from the beginning, through to the middle and the end. It doesn't jump. A linear narrative is a narrative that is normally being told in order of time and occurrences within the show or film. Soap Operas use linear narrative so that the audience can still follow the story line even if they have missed a couple of episodes. For example who killed Fraser in Hollyoaks? This story line is still going on with each episode still having an open end to the drama but the linear narrative is that it started off with him being shifty, then getting killed and now the finding out whom the killer is, this is what all the soaps do try and drag a story line out over a period of months like in Eastenders were Lucy Beale gets murdered and it’s will take a year for the audience to find out who killed her. With Soap Operas they use a multi strand narrative. A multi strand narrative is when there are several stories running at the same time throughout the episode.
Technical Aspects
Lighting
The lighting in Soap Operas tends to be low key lighting, due to the fact of the tension and drama. The main actor who is speaking in normally in high key lighting. There was a scene in Coronation street were Jason and Tina were together all the scene was low key lighting apart from them two which was high key. The program does this to show the innocence and the love between the two characters. They try and make it as realistic as possible.
Sound
The sound in most soap operas sounds differ because of the area for example Eastenders isn’t as minimal as Emmerdale because it’s done in the city. With Eastenders there is a lot more ambient sounds. With all the soap operas I have looked at the most sound that is heard is the dialogue. In soap operas it makes they try and make it as realistic as possible with the drama which cuts out and theoretical styles of acting. For example in Coronation street with Hayley Cropper who was diagnosed with cancer.
Editing
The editing in soap operas are really fast paste. They edit according whoever is speaking. As soon as the character has spoken it will move onto the next character. The editing in soap operas are mainly cuts between different character and their story within the episode. With the editing they try and show as much about the character as possible so the audience can relate and understand the character.
Scene Structure
The mise en scene is normally represented as a middle class environment, for example they will wear work clothes, casual wear ect. This is so that the working class can relate more to the stories. With Eastenders you can tell that it is done in the city because of the busy streets whereas Coronation Street and Emmerdale are more rural and less busy.
Overall soap operas keep to the realism so that the audience can relate to the characters. All the soap operas have similar camera angles, sound, and editing and all have the same effect. Some of the drama is very dramatic to real life but it makes the audience feel better about there lives and so that they can relate to the drama.
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