Research into Hollyoaks

I recently looked at the various Hollyoaks storylines and noticed a big patten coming along, at the beginning of every episode there storylines are presented by flashbacks or in a more interesting way to capture the audience and question what will happen in that particular episode. So for example the episode I saw was the camera spiralling into each person getting up in the morning and showing how all these different characters have breakfast in their own unique way. It also outlined the different problems that will be later represented during the episode by perhaps showing hints of conflict or arguments that will be explored more to the audience further into the episode.

There was also a very interesting soliliqoue scene where Nancy Ravi and Chris each talked their feelings into the camera when the big storyline exploded> on the love triangle. Usually with soaps you are presented with various different small storylines and yet one very important one- that will later explode into something big, with this, soaps are able to market more easily as trailers are released on upcoming conflict that may happen or serious situations where a character may die off, leaving the audiences wondering who is going to die? When? and how?

Overall, I think hollyoaks is a bit unrealistic from the beginning but as you get into it the characters do seem to act what happens in reality really well, so for example when Nancy leaves Ravi and Chris we are immediately setting ourselves in that situation and contemplating whether she did the right thing or not, THIS RAISES even MORE questions. This was especially shown in the beginning when Nancy and Ravi were reading a book to the audience and then getting into their acting, this seems extremely unrealistic as they are being narrators.

Gossip is also vital, if you have many different characters to discuss people are always going to find things to talk about which is good for society as a whole as more interaction takes place.

There are many different storylines for example bullying, fitting into a crowd, MASSES of conflict usually shown through arguments or silent hate (when characters look at each other and walk past) we understand that there may be something dodgey going on.

I think there may be much more different storylines to focus on, the more complicated the better, but also having in mind that it is important to combine real life issues in soaps too so it can appeal to the audiences more.


By Yana