Advanced Portfolio
View more presentations from amrita2393.
Soap drama representation research
Soap operas have conventions that make them distinct from other forms of television drama. These conventions collectively add up together to portray the idea of a 'domestic' real life, and tries to be recognisable to the public as 'everyday life', as well as being exciting and melodramatic at the same time. The distinctive conventions include:
- the constant illusion of real time
- precise continuity
- tease devices and cliff hangers
- combinations of action (information for the viewers) and enigma (questions raised for the viewer)
- the dominance of two shots and over the shoulder shots of conversations
- establishing shots (of locations) and tableaux (groups of people composed dramatically)
- coverage of current social issues
- meeting places that allow for gossip to circulate
- narrative flow and a nostalgic and perhaps outdated depiction of community
- interweaving storylines in each episode
- partial closure of storylines
- music used as a motif
- the dominance of diegetic sound
- highly symbolic costumes and set designs
- mise en scene
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)