Narrative Strand Script

Narrative Strand Script

A2 SOAP OPERA


LANA IS GOING TO VISIT HER BOYFRIEND WITH HER COUSIN CALLED ALEX.

SCENE 1/3: MARTIN'S HOUSE. DAY LIGHT. INT.

Alex: I've tried to call Martin but he wasn't answering his phone. 

Lana: Oh they must be at home.

Alex: Lana, go check in the kitchen and I will go upstairs.

Lana: OK, I will do.

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LANA WALKS IN ON HER BOYFRIEND (MARTIN) AND HE'S CAUGHT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS BEST FRIEND.

SCENE 2/3: KITCHEN/MARTIN'S HOUSE. DAY LIGHT. INT.

MARTIN: Stop Daniel. 

DANIEL: What is wrong? You know, I love you.

MARTIN: I love you too, but Lana won't stop asking if everything is OK?

DANIEL: When are you going to tell her?

MARTIN: I don't know.

LANA: What is going on here? Why didn't you answer my calls? (shouting)

MARTIN: Nothing. Lana, it's nothing.

DANIEL: Tell her the truth.

LANA: Tell me what? (shouting)

MARTIN & DANIEL: We're in love.

LANA: You are not serious. Are you leaving me for him?

ALEX: What is going on?

MARTIN: She knows the truth.

LANA: What? You knew about these two?

ALEX: Yes Lana, but it wasn't my place to say.

LANA: I hate you all.

Location Recce

Location Recce

1)Rosa's house:

This is our first main location when Roma finds herself in trouble and goes to visit her best friend called Rose. Soaps have many indoor scenes which reinforces realism as the audience can see the characters have their own home too. Filming a conversation between the two teenager gave me the chance to use shot-reverse shot to build up tension and anxiety for our viewers. 

2)

Martin is one of our main characters and his house is set out to be one of the important locations where all the drama and actions takes place. Our target audience will introduced to those stairs in the trailer.

This is one of our main location as the truth behind the drama is revealed in Martin's kitchen. Therefore, it plays an important part as the audience will notice how interesting our soap becomes once all the characters reach the kitchen. Also, we have used artificial lights to make our scene seem as if it was filmed in the day light. Therefore, the light is stronger when the audience looks at their facial expressions. Kitchens are often seen in soaps as it keeps the drama realistic with a casual location. Furthermore, the audience usually will see scenes of characters having breakfast or making lunch/dinner in soaps.

Explanation of the editing process

After filming we had to edit. We edited using iMovie which is a program on the Apple Macs. We used some of the tools that the iMovie provides. We were able to select the videos that we would use in our film and then to drag them. We were able to select certain parts of a video and cut the part that we didn't need. iMovie also allowed us to add certain effects such a black background with text on it. We were able to increase the volume of  the dialogue if the characters weren't loud enough.

iMovie clip trimmer tool, this tool allows you to control the beginning and the end of the clip.The iMovie precision tool which allows you to work with transitioning. It will allow you to work with two or more clips. It will also allow you to work with transition which means when two clips meet. With this tool you could extend an audio track and you can make a longer or shorter transition period. We used this tool when we added the black background with the text, we also made sure that the audience saw the text so that they see what it says on it, in our trailer the text had information on when the soap opera will be shown on TV and on what channel so we made the transition period longer than the usual to get the point across when the soap will be shown.

The crop tool allows you to cut out a certain part of the picture so it helps the audience to focus on one particular thing. As we filmed a soap opera trailer it was important that we made sure that the audience knew what to focus on the characters since it’s a brand new soap and the audience don’t know the characters.

The volume tool allows you to control the volume of certain parts of a clip, for example if a character is too load or isn't loud enough you could change that with the volume tool. In our production we had to use this tool because the volume of one of our clips was low and it was out of contrast from the other clips therefore we had to use the volume tool to make it balanced so that the trailer sounded in tune.

My contribution to the editing process, was with the precision tool, I had to add scenes together and I had to make sure that the transitioning looked realistic and as if it was a real soap opera.

Analysis of soap opera website

Analysis of TV lisitings

Shooting Diary

Shooting the first scene, this is the scene where Dawain comes into the room and starts talking to Mario. He tells him about a girl that he thought he had a one night stand with however she got pregnant. As you can see in the picture, Cintia is filming a mid shot of Mario.

Shooting the second scene, this scene is where Mario grabs Cintia's phone whilst she is messaging someone, he grabs her phone because he is suspicious over her having a secret boyfriend. If that is true he will grass her up by telling their parents. As you can see in the picture below is of Dawain using the camera to film that scene. 

Shooting the third scene, is a scene where Martin and Daniel get caught by Martins girlfriend cheating on her. In the picture below you can see Mario filming and you can see a picture of the cast from that storyline.

Props/Casting

Props

All the props that were used in our trailer, were conventional to a soap opera. The soap opera is meant to be realistic so we used props that would support that, we used props such as mobile phones, glasses, kettles and etc. The purpose if these props was to create a sense or realism for the audience as if it was them being filmed.  

Costumes also fall under props. The clothing of the characters was also conventional as you would expect from a soap opera however different costumes have different connotations therefore we took that into consideration. Because our soap is aimed at teenagers and young adults our characters wore something stereotypical for their age such as a hoody, jeans/tracksuit and trainers. These costumes are used to create stereotypes of some of our characters some of these stereotypes are rebellious, free from concern, worry or anxiety. However some characters could be seen as well educated and little concern for social life, this could be triggered if a character is wearing glasses. 

Cast 

The cast for our soap opera was picked in a way that fits the story-lines and the setting. The cast has to fit the setting because it makes the storyline more realistic, for example in a school environment you would expect teenage characters. 

In our soap opera we have two strong male characters who are gay, this therefore challenges the stereotype however it fits the modern conventions for a soap opera. Hollyoaks is one of the most popular soap operas in the UK  and is known for having gay characters and story-lines about gay people.