Information on the Drama:
- Channel 4
- Monday-Friday
- 6.30-7.00
- Target audience- teenagers and young adults.
Information on "Hollyoaks":
The format Hollyoaks is a soap opera. The sub genre of Hollyoaks is a serial.
The scheduling information on Hollyoaks is that it comes on Monday- Friday at 6:30pm.
The target audience for Hollyoaks is teenagers and young adults around about 16-24 year olds.
A bit about "Hollyoaks":
Its story lines include, self-harm, serial murder, explosions, car crash, adultery, fires, sexuality, suicide, street crime, gangsters, drinking, drugs, mental health, domestic abuse (men and women), cults, credit card fraud.
Background information:
•Hollyoaks was first broadcast in 1995.
•Hollyoaks is set in the fictional borough of Hollyoaks in Chester.
•The show attracts an average of 3 million viewers per week.
•Hollyoaks was originally only on one night a week but, a second weekly episode began in 1996.
The episode that I watched:
Camera work/editing:
- Medium shots.
- Two shots.
- Over the shoulder shots.
Sound, lighting/ SFX:
- Bright ighting because its during the day.
- Diegetic sound- making a cup of tea, the sound of the spoon stiring in the mug, and the sound of the wines bottles hitting eachother.
Mise-en-scene:
- The wedding day- the bride dressed in white.
The episode that i watched was about when Kris and Nancy finally give in to their feelings with a passionate kiss. When Michaela hears that Mike and Zoe have split up, she's convinced she's the only one who can console Mike.
