1. Ivy Wood.
G324: Advanced Production.
Henderson: Katie, 4405.
We chose to go with the name ‘Ivy Wood’ as our general idea was to create a
parody of ‘Hollyoaks’.
The ‘Ivy’ corresponds to the ‘Holly’ as they’re both types of plants. Similarly
the ‘Wood’ corresponds to the ‘Oak’, as Oak is a type of wood. Doing this
enabled us to create humour, but it also draws our target audience of 18 –
24 year olds into the soap, as that is the age range which ‘Hollyoaks’ is
aimed at.

2. Products of soap operas.
Originally cast on radio
sponsored by soap and
detergents.
Originated in 1930s
America. Aim to become
embedded in the
culture.
Storylines of the Products of
main characters
interconnect to soap operas. Short scenes.
keep audience
interested.
Only a very few
Characters become storylines.
‘people’ as they play a Generally aimed at
central role in life woman, this creates
outside the soap. narrative perspective,
scheduling and costume.

3. Question 1: In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

4. Ivy Wood Hollyoaks
Social gatherings are generally
used to set the scene and show
all the main characters.
We chose to use a mid long shot
for ours, and found that this was
similar to what’s used in
Hollyoaks.

5. Ivy Wood Hollyoaks
Pans are used throughout soaps
to also set the scene for that
location.
In our soap, we panned up,
showing a range of different
female items until we saw the
star, whereas in Hollyoaks they
pan down from the name of the
college.

6. Ivy Wood Hollyoaks
Close ups are used throughout
soap operas so that the audience
can see the facial expression
easily, meaning they can see
emotion easier.

7. Ivy Wood Hollyoaks
Over the shoulder shots are used
so the audience can feel in the
same room as the stars.
They are also sometimes used so
the audience feels like they’re
intruding into the room.

8. Ivy Wood
Shot reverse shots are used
during conversations between
two stars. The eyelines match
which makes it clear to the
audience that they’re having a
conversation and which stars are
involved.
Hollyoaks

9. Ivy Wood Hollyoaks
We used a long shot for our fight
scene because it enables the
audience to see everything and it
means they won’t miss our on
anything.
Hollyoaks also use long shots for
fight scenes.

10. How I use sound to follow existing conventions.
In generic soap trailers we usually see a background track of a song which
tells the story of the trailer and the situations.
Hollyoaks trailer. Ivy Wood trailer.
For example in Hollyoaks, we hear In my video I have chosen to use ‘Jar of
‘White Wedding’ by Billy Idol to create Hearts’ by Christina Perri. I chose to
the goth look, and by doing this use this because I found that it fit with
creates a representation that the representation I was going for by
something isn’t going to go right. using the lyrics to show something was
going to go wrong.

11. Use of title cards in my trailer.
I used title cards in my trailer to
tell the story and help the
audience understand the
narrative perspective.
This is a general convention
throughout soap opera trailers
and is something which I think I
have incorporated well.

12. Use of the end title card.
Both show the logo
for the channel
they’ll be shown on.
Both have a twitter Both show the days
tag to link audience that the show will be
to social media. shown.