Why do you think continuing drama are so popular?

I think that continuing dramas are so popular because soon as they grab the viewer’s attention they feel committed to finding out the outcomes of the storylines and development in technology also keeps the drama updated suit the changes in society.

The editing in a continuing drama are kept simple to replicate a realistic environment such as using over the shoulder shot, which allows the audience feel that there part of the conversation, this is important because it affects the viewers self-esteem as being included in something happening in someone else’s life that keeps us hooked to the stories. A wide shot is commonly used because it often works as an establishing shot, in which the audience is shown the whole setting so they can orient themselves. The follow track is also used to simply follow on a character which allows the audience to watch multiple storylines as used in Eastenders and Coronation Street. This camera shot can also be used to follow on stories such as if a character was to go on a holiday the audience can keep track of there storyline.

The sounding is also as important aspect of a continuing drama because the environment that they live on aids the programme to seem more realistic such as a train going past makes it seem that it’s a real and urban area. Misé en scene is a significant aspect of a drama; if a character was open a fridge the audience would expect to see the contents in a fridge and enhances the realism of the drama.

Continuing dramas are so popular because the characters reflect the day to day problems that people go through such as Dawn Swan a single parent and Lucy Beale the troublesome teenager who always seems to get in trouble. These storylines cover issues that are happening in society and after the dramas end there’s always a help line given to the viewers to help them if they are experiencing the same issues as one of the characters. In a way continuing dramas help viewers to share there emotions because while watching someone else going through those issues it gives us viewers the confidence to speak to someone. Issues such as Whitney from Eastenders being abused by her step dad is an upsetting problem that some teenagers go through and bringing it to peoples attention helps viewers to understand the issues that most people are not willing to share with others. Although the exaggeration is most situations reminds the viewer of the unrealistic aspect of the drama that there’s always something bad happening to someone in the area.

The main aspect that makes continuing dramas so popular is that its chronological order it follows a specific 12 day as an average day would showing the characters in a routine that people follow makes the audience relate to the characters stresses.

The significant aspect about continuing dramas are that they simply are continuing, there’s always a storyline, a hidden secret or some suspicious plot which can only be revealed at a later date which keeps the audiences addicted to know more.