Typical Conventions of soap camerawork,lighting and sound.

Soap's for the majority of episodes use quite a similar range of camera-work, however some episodes it may change, pov shots for example may be used to show a 'drunk' or 'delirous' character for example, episodes where it changes are notably large scale episodes however seen with character's leaving or special events like 'christmas' or 'new year' or a key character having a brake down, the episode I remember this happening is the soap 'Eastenders' with 'Stacy Branning's' 'bi-polar' break down storyline. Below I will discuss the conventional camerawork of soaps, the conventional lighting aswell as the type of sound usually found.

  Sound
The  majority of sound in soaps is diegetic, seen through characters speaking,walking etc usually everyday noises, the only time music is played may be on the radio in the soap, the sound still remains diegetic though but is useful for realism. Non-diegetic sound is usually only present with the theme tune of the soap and at the end to close for a cliffhanger, often seen in Eastenders. Key parts of a dramatic story like infamous christmas and marriage storylines of soaps do sometimes have non-digetic music playing through sad scenes however it is still a rare sight, sometimes the radio will feature a song to reflect the characters mood also which is abit more common. In 'teen-soaps' though like Hollyoaks non-digetic music plays a much bigger role in episodes, probably to appeal to a younger auidience, with 'current' and 'charting' music.

  Lighting
Generally soap lighting is just basic to reflect realism, keeping with naturaul light levels it is very rare to see an special lighting effects as it usually sticks to basic light to keep with realism.

Mise-en-scene
All aspects are crucial, clothing where they live etc should all portray their character, behaviour and personality.

Camerawork
Usually camerawork is straight-forward with mid shots etc usually obtaining the 'fly on the wall' type of effect, as the auidience seem just like an observer seeing the characters and their storylines unfold. Scenes are also kept short aswell to include as many storylines as possible and prevent auidiences from losing interest. Most soaps are driven by dialogue but other examples such as 'Hollyoaks reliey on an 'action-drive' also. Sometimes shots arent conventional their are moments shown in Eastenders for example to show a drunk or delirious character with a unsteady POV shot which reflects the direty of the situation well.