Task 2:
Many Television Soap Operas follow the same codes and conventions; however some soaps such as “Coronation Street” uses these in different ways in order to attract wider range of audiences. Soaps use ongoing current affairs to base their story lines around. For example, death, marriage, pregnancy, divorce. These allow viewers to relate to the soaps. Also how the soaps eagerly create suspense for the audiences by ‘dragging’ out a story for several weeks! With soaps bringing back old characters, they bring a newer audience to their screenings, because the new audience will be watching it just because of the return, or they will bring back old audiences because it could be a highly liked character.
Coronation Street has main characters young and old, new and old. Several are known just for their roles in Coronation Street. Characters such as ‘Vera Duckworth’ portrayed by Elizabeth Dawn, is known worldwide for her appearances in the soap, ranging from 1974-2008. If people were asked to name a character from Coronation Street; instantly ‘Vera Duckworth’ would be mentioned straight away.
Coronation Street is mainly set on sets. The exterior set was extended and updated in 1999, to include more of Rosamund Street, Victoria Street and a new viaduct on Rosamund Street. The majority of interior scenes are shot in the adjoining purpose-built studio. From 1960–1968, all interactions on the 'outside' street were filmed on a sound stage, with the houses reduced in scale to 3/4 and constructed from wood.
Task 3:
Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 historical drama film. The film documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in a hotel. The film was co-produced by US, British, Italian, and South African companies, with filming done on location in Johannesburg, South Africa and Kigali, Rwanda. As an independent film, it had an initial limited release in theatres.
Many Television Soap Operas follow the same codes and conventions; however some soaps such as “Coronation Street” uses these in different ways in order to attract wider range of audiences. Soaps use ongoing current affairs to base their story lines around. For example, death, marriage, pregnancy, divorce. These allow viewers to relate to the soaps. Also how the soaps eagerly create suspense for the audiences by ‘dragging’ out a story for several weeks! With soaps bringing back old characters, they bring a newer audience to their screenings, because the new audience will be watching it just because of the return, or they will bring back old audiences because it could be a highly liked character.
Coronation Street has main characters young and old, new and old. Several are known just for their roles in Coronation Street. Characters such as ‘Vera Duckworth’ portrayed by Elizabeth Dawn, is known worldwide for her appearances in the soap, ranging from 1974-2008. If people were asked to name a character from Coronation Street; instantly ‘Vera Duckworth’ would be mentioned straight away.
Coronation Street is mainly set on sets. The exterior set was extended and updated in 1999, to include more of Rosamund Street, Victoria Street and a new viaduct on Rosamund Street. The majority of interior scenes are shot in the adjoining purpose-built studio. From 1960–1968, all interactions on the 'outside' street were filmed on a sound stage, with the houses reduced in scale to 3/4 and constructed from wood.
Task 3:
Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 historical drama film. The film documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in a hotel. The film was co-produced by US, British, Italian, and South African companies, with filming done on location in Johannesburg, South Africa and Kigali, Rwanda. As an independent film, it had an initial limited release in theatres.
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