Eastenders
Eastenders is a long running British Television Soap Opera which first broadcast on the BBC 1 on the 19th February 1985. For the past 25 years Eastenders has focused on a broad range of story lines revolving around the domestic and professional lives of people who live in the East End of London. In my opinion it offers an attempt of a realistic representation of what a working class enviorment is like living in the busy capital of London.
Mise en scene
In an attempt to create as much realism as possible the Eastenders producers attempt to when designing the houses design them being as realistic to of what extent a family's/characters house would realistically be like depending on its income and stereotyped class category. For example Billy who earns a very basic salary and comes from a lower working class background the flat he shares with his granddaughters Lola is very basic and a little outdated. This is shown by the lack of furniture, basic lack of technology. In contrast The Brannings have a much more luxury interior design which includes the latest gadgets, nice cars and fashionable clothing presented. Various story lines in the soap opera demonstrate being wealthy, for example Lauren going to private school in America.
Camera Angles
The Producers use various different kinds of camera angles to demonstrate status and authority in society.
Hollyoaks is a long running British soap opera which is screened on Channel 4. It first came to our screens on the 23rd October 1995. It was first created when similar kinds of shows like Brookeside and Grangehill were very popular however now both Grangehill and Brookeside have been cancelled. Unlike TV shows like Eastenders, Hollyoaks is centred around the Local Community College in it's early years. The show has greatly expanded over the years and has gone from just a minor number of just seven major characters to 50 characters in the show. Hollyoaks is available for viewing pre-watershed. However in the past few years the producers have introduced a spin off show called Hollyoaks Later. It features different characters from the normal programme a few each episode. The episodes have become and annual event and tackle more serious and explicited issues and is shown on our screens at 10 o'clock and is later repeated at 11 o'clock.
Mise en Scene The target audience of Hollyoaks is far more narrower that TV programmes like Corrination Street and Eastenders. Its primary focus is 16-early twenties. Adults have always been featured but that's down to linking the young adults lives to their family life. However over the years as Hollyoaks has become increasingly popular more and more story lines have been included involving story lines reltable to all different ages. For the teenagers and young adults Incorporated in the show they tend to wear high street fashion clothes which teenagers in reality may have similar or can admire. This creates a sense of realism. Your teenage years are all about experimenting on fashions and trying to be unique. Hollyoaks recognise this is key and have a broad range of different 'sterotypes' of people. For example; Newt wears very Gothic clothing to try and fit in with the stereotypical 'Emo' or 'Goth'. While the character Michaela may be seen as a stereotypically blonde 'chav'. These stereotypes are inforced into the show to portray what it's like being a teenager. Perhaps the reason why the show has been so successful as teenagers and young adults can watch this and relate to a broad audience of characters.
Mise en scene
In an attempt to create as much realism as possible the Eastenders producers attempt to when designing the houses design them being as realistic to of what extent a family's/characters house would realistically be like depending on its income and stereotyped class category. For example Billy who earns a very basic salary and comes from a lower working class background the flat he shares with his granddaughters Lola is very basic and a little outdated. This is shown by the lack of furniture, basic lack of technology. In contrast The Brannings have a much more luxury interior design which includes the latest gadgets, nice cars and fashionable clothing presented. Various story lines in the soap opera demonstrate being wealthy, for example Lauren going to private school in America.
Camera Angles
The Producers use various different kinds of camera angles to demonstrate status and authority in society.
Various different camera angles and techniques the producers use are all part of an aim to make sure that the footage appears with as much 'realism' as possible. Which includes making sure they aren't too 'arty' and full with loads of obvious to the eye effects.
Lighting
Natural lighting is used specifically while filming soaps as its supposed to create a realistic representation of what time of day it is. It's more cleverly used to create a obvious mood, for example in this picture to my right, the lighting used is dark and dull to represent the characters mood and the atmosphere in the room.
Target AudienceMost Soap Opera's of the present day, to ensure viewers try to attract all possible audiences. They stereotypically tend to do this by having characters of all ages for viewers to relate to and be able to enjoy the story lines revolving their specific age groups. For example; Laurens drink problem. A teenager would enjoy a storyline like this as perhaps they have been through or are familiar with the concept of people as young as them going through a alcohol problem. Generally they may enjoy watching story lines of people their own age rather than Dot Cotton's story lines as they may find them hard to relate to and get the entertainment factor.
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long running British soap opera which is screened on Channel 4. It first came to our screens on the 23rd October 1995. It was first created when similar kinds of shows like Brookeside and Grangehill were very popular however now both Grangehill and Brookeside have been cancelled. Unlike TV shows like Eastenders, Hollyoaks is centred around the Local Community College in it's early years. The show has greatly expanded over the years and has gone from just a minor number of just seven major characters to 50 characters in the show. Hollyoaks is available for viewing pre-watershed. However in the past few years the producers have introduced a spin off show called Hollyoaks Later. It features different characters from the normal programme a few each episode. The episodes have become and annual event and tackle more serious and explicited issues and is shown on our screens at 10 o'clock and is later repeated at 11 o'clock. Mise en Scene The target audience of Hollyoaks is far more narrower that TV programmes like Corrination Street and Eastenders. Its primary focus is 16-early twenties. Adults have always been featured but that's down to linking the young adults lives to their family life. However over the years as Hollyoaks has become increasingly popular more and more story lines have been included involving story lines reltable to all different ages. For the teenagers and young adults Incorporated in the show they tend to wear high street fashion clothes which teenagers in reality may have similar or can admire. This creates a sense of realism. Your teenage years are all about experimenting on fashions and trying to be unique. Hollyoaks recognise this is key and have a broad range of different 'sterotypes' of people. For example; Newt wears very Gothic clothing to try and fit in with the stereotypical 'Emo' or 'Goth'. While the character Michaela may be seen as a stereotypically blonde 'chav'. These stereotypes are inforced into the show to portray what it's like being a teenager. Perhaps the reason why the show has been so successful as teenagers and young adults can watch this and relate to a broad audience of characters.
The surroundings shown in the programme show a very working class Enviorment with a very average standard of living. However alike in real life people are always more successful than others and the show does portray a reasonably broad range of incomes and backgrounds. For example Hedi was very glamorous and wore lavish clothes and her house above the pub which she owned with her family was no different. The property shown fashionable wallpapers, leather sofas with an extensive kitchen. However the McQueen's for example have a very different standard of living. All of the women live in a small council house with reasonably old fashioned and cheap interior. All the furniture in the house is random and isn't colour co-ordinated, which is perhaps very typical for a family with a lower income. The initial primary focus of the show was revolving students and it's 'student digs' have always been a key focus. The student living flats are very basic and typical for University Halls. Small, quite plain with limited furniture in the bedroom.
Camera AnglesThe producers use various camera angles to incorporate and demonstrate like all typical tv shows alike Hollyoaks, authority and status in society. If someone was being attacked on rhe ground, in order to create realism the production team would use a high angle shot in order to show the attacker is in power at the present time.
LightingLike all TV in the present day and throughout time TV producers use a natural lighting to create a normal everyday mood. However when there is a negitive scene or mood for example, they producers might use a duller shade of lighting to support the mood. However its important for the producers to keep the lighting as neautural and realistic as possible to have realism.
Target AudienceHollyoaks originally as explained before, has an orginal targeted audience of older teenagers (16)- early twenties. However as the programme has grown so has its audience and the programme has been forced to move with the times and its audience to accomodate all its audience. In the current time Hollyoaks has a very broad audience age. The target audience would would have enough time to continuously enjoy the TV programme and enjoy all the day to day exagerated story lines it covers.
LightingLike all TV in the present day and throughout time TV producers use a natural lighting to create a normal everyday mood. However when there is a negitive scene or mood for example, they producers might use a duller shade of lighting to support the mood. However its important for the producers to keep the lighting as neautural and realistic as possible to have realism.
Target AudienceHollyoaks originally as explained before, has an orginal targeted audience of older teenagers (16)- early twenties. However as the programme has grown so has its audience and the programme has been forced to move with the times and its audience to accomodate all its audience. In the current time Hollyoaks has a very broad audience age. The target audience would would have enough time to continuously enjoy the TV programme and enjoy all the day to day exagerated story lines it covers.
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