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    The episode featured 8 storylines involving 19 characters. Camera angles like mid shots and tracking shots were used to show characters and allow the audience to feel like them. Sound included diegetic music and dialogue as well as non-diegetic background animals and music. Several settings like the pub, vets and houses were shown regularly. The episode was edited continuously and used techniques like cross cutting and shot reverse shot. Main storylines were given equal time while subplots had unequal time. It aired on ITV at 8:00pm targeting younger male and female viewers.

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    The episode featured 8 storylines involving 19 characters. Camera angles like mid shots and tracking shots were used to show characters and allow the audience to feel like them. Sound included diegetic music and dialogue as well as non-diegetic background animals and music. Several settings like the pub, vets and houses were shown regularly. The episode was edited continuously and used techniques like cross cutting and shot reverse shot. Main storylines were given equal time while subplots had unequal time. It aired on ITV at 8:00pm targeting younger male and female viewers.

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    Analysis of Soap Opera Episode - Emmerdale

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    The episode featured 8 storylines involving 19 characters. Camera angles like mid shots and tracking shots were used to show characters and allow the audience to feel like them. Sound included diegetic music and dialogue as well as non-diegetic background animals and music. Several settings like the pub, vets and houses were shown regularly. The episode was edited continuously and used techniques like cross cutting and shot reverse shot. Main storylines were given equal time while subplots had unequal time. It aired on ITV at 8:00pm targeting younger male and female viewers.

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    Analysis of Soap Opera Episode

    Name of Soap: Emmerdale


    Episode Title/Date: Thursday 17th June

    Complete the table below:

    Storylines: Characters: Camera Angles: Sound:

    How many How many What camera What sound is


    storylines in the characters in the angles are used used in the
    episode? episode? and why? episode and why?

    8 19 Mid Shot- Diagetic


    presents Non- diagetic
    List the List the type of characters, show Extra- diagetic
    storylines found: characters found audience what Background
    and examples: they are wearing, animals
    Court Case their body Music in the scene
    Catching trout- Young Couple language and Dialog
    Misses Wild Jack the Lad expression
    New business- Middle aged Tracking Shot-
    Blackmail to get couple Allows audience to
    shop Middle aged think and feel as
    Vets- new boss people the character
    Committing Working Class High Shot- Shows
    Suicide Homosexuals weakness
    Fancying Ronda Old men and Low Shot- Shows
    New homosexual women authority and
    relationship power
    Over the
    shoulder- Can see
    Multi Narrative characters from
    another’s view
    Zoom- zooms into
    close up adds
    importance and
    attention
    Cutaway shot
    Mise-en-scene: Editing: Time: Target Audience?

    Are there How is the soap How is time Who is the


    common edited? managed in the target audience
    settings/props Continuous/Non- episode? Is for this soap?
    that are shown continuous? more time spent
    regularly on one storyline Males and females
    throughout the Continuous editing than another? Younger people
    episode? If so, Crossing cutting- Low social
    what? used to interlink There are main
    scenes and to storylines and What time is it
    Pub swap and change from these there scheduled to be
    Vets Continuous cuts- are sub plots shown on the
    Houses suggests the The main television?
    Shop episode is in real storylines are
    time given the same 8:00pm
    Shot reverse shot amount of time
    Why have Eye line match but the sub plots
    specific settings are un equal
    been chosen for
    this soap?

    Meeting points
    every character
    knows where it is
    and can relate to
    them

    Other key notes on the episode:

    The episode it played on ITV


    The episode is split into two parts with adverts between

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