A Soap Opera is a type of genre which has become increasingly popular particularly in the UK over a number of years, Soap Opera's are recognisable from their traditional conventions which include:
.Cliff hangers
.Parallel storylines
.Stereotypical representation of social class
.Gossip
.Affairs,
.Dialogue
All these elements are key when considering producing a Soap Opera. Soap's are almost always serial's, they're designed to juggle loads of storylines at once which lead to new storylines, having a show which can go on for decades. Eastenders is a good example of this.
Soap's focus mainly on Narrative, (a sequence of events constructed to tell a story, Soaps use open-ended narratives so while there is resolutions to storylines there is no real end) Representation (the soaps producers point of view on things, for example characters can be represented with stereotypes or those stereotypes can be challenged. Representation plays a big part and is very common) Realism (making what the audience see believable and giving them something to realte to in the show, realism can be achieved by having the show up to date with current affairs such as exams) and Audience (the audience is the people who will view the soap, careful consideration must be taken when deciding on a target audience and many things including age, gender, ethnicity, working class and more have to be thought through)
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