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Soap Opera

Soap Opera. Script and Performance. Task Sheet + Rubric. Groups. What is a Soap Opera?. S oap operas are ongoing works of fiction

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Soap Opera

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  1. Soap Opera Script and Performance

  2. Task Sheet + Rubric Groups

  3. What is a Soap Opera? • Soap operas are ongoing works of fiction • This means… Soap Operas are stories told over an extended period, with different characters being featured at different times. It is rare in soaps to have a quick wrap-up of a storyline, and it is even rarer for a story to affect only one or two characters. Most often, a storyline affects several characters, and possibly interconnects with other stories. • Perhaps the most common trait of a soap opera is that each episode ends with a promise for more drama the following day, rather than a neat tie-up of that episode’s story, as you’d find with sitcoms or other dramas.

  4. Setting • Mystery • Hate • Conflict • Marriage • Scandals • Rotating plot • Really long pauses • Stereotypes • Fate • Drama • Deaths • Births • Over-acting • Lies Home & Away Bold & the Beautiful Neighbours

  5. Themes • Modern Day • Shakespeare In your Soap Opera… - As it is only short (not an entire episode or week of episodes), your plot/theme should not SHOCK the audience. - There is to be no inappropriate actions, such as violence, or occurrences that are not seen as a common plot line, for example homosexuality (as a focus).

  6. Setting & Characters

  7. Your plot… • Your soap opera should only focus on 2 plot lines (it is not a week or season long) • It needs to show… • What a soap opera is? • Plot rotation (what is this?) It is not an ‘end of season’ episode. • Fire, bomb, cliff hanger etc. • Should be aimed around the middle of the season (general daily life) • Could have an aspect of ‘leaving the audience hanging,’ but not as an end of season

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