Soap Conventions

Soaps usually have the certain conventions:

• Serialised Drama
• Continuous storylines/narratives
• Well known theme tune
• Many characters, but usually a strong focus on a small amount of them at different times 
• Plots are open-ended and often interlinked in an episode
• Often set around a small, central area(e.g The Square in Eastenders)
• British soaps often feature working class characters
• British soaps are realistic
• They have a multi-stranded narrative