For A2 Media studies coursework, me and my group are going to create an opening for a soap opera, this blog will show the process in which will lead up to the making of the soap opera. The research, analysis, questionnaires, characteristics, conventions and other terms of insight into soap operas will help me along the way.
Soap operas are long-running serials which are about everyday life. A television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, situations and suspense.
They originated in American radio serials of the 1930s, soap opera is a genre originally drawn from radio rather than film. They were targeted directly at a female audience (presumed to be housewives) and so soap manufacturers sponsored the programmes to advertise their brands to their primary consumers. Using the word opera was a way of mocking the programmes that were considered to be trivial and domestic.
The popular TV soap operas which I am familiar which and will reference to on my blog
Coronation Street which is set in Weatherfield, a fictional town based in Salford.
Created by Tony Warren, first broadcast was on 9 December 1960, it is the longest running soap opera in the UK.
Eastenders which is set in East London, Walford. The series primarily centres around the residents of Albert Square. It airs on BBC One.
Created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, first broadcast was on 19 February 1985.
Emmerdale, which is set in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a fictional village of Emmerdale focusing on a family, a farm and characters in a nearby village.
Created by Kevin Laffan. Its airs on ITV, first broadcast was on 16 October 1989.
Hollyoaks, which is set in the fictional suburb of Chester. It is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks and is centred around a local higher education college called Hollyoaks Community College, with the characters generally being in their late teens or early twenties.
Created by Phil Redmond, it airs on Channel 4, first broadcast was 23 October 1995.
The popular TV soap operas which I am familiar which and will reference to on my blog
Coronation Street which is set in Weatherfield, a fictional town based in Salford.
Created by Tony Warren, first broadcast was on 9 December 1960, it is the longest running soap opera in the UK.
Eastenders which is set in East London, Walford. The series primarily centres around the residents of Albert Square. It airs on BBC One.
Created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, first broadcast was on 19 February 1985.
Emmerdale, which is set in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a fictional village of Emmerdale focusing on a family, a farm and characters in a nearby village.
Created by Kevin Laffan. Its airs on ITV, first broadcast was on 16 October 1989.
Hollyoaks, which is set in the fictional suburb of Chester. It is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks and is centred around a local higher education college called Hollyoaks Community College, with the characters generally being in their late teens or early twenties.
Created by Phil Redmond, it airs on Channel 4, first broadcast was 23 October 1995.
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