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I am doing an oral presentation about soap operas in a debate and wondering what people think about soapies. I would like to do Days of Our Lives.
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here is some info on days
Days of Our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.[6][7][8] The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday along with Irna Phillips in 1964,[2] and many of the first stories were written by William J. Bell.
The Cordays and Bell combined the "soaps taking place in a hospital" idea with the tradition of centering a series around a family, by making the show about a family of doctors, including one who worked in a mental hospital.[9] Storylines in the show follow the lives of middle and upper-class professionals in Salem, a middle-America town, with the usual threads of love, marriage, divorce, and family life, plus the medical storylines and character studies of individuals with psychological problems.[10] Former executive producer Al Rabin took pride in the characters' passion, saying that the characters were not shy about "sharing what's in their gut."[11]
Critics originally praised the show for its non-reliance on nostalgia (in contrast to shows such as As the World Turns) and its portrayal of "real American contemporary families."[12] By the 1970s, critics deemed Days to be the most daring daytime drama, leading the way in using themes other shows of the period would not dare touch, such as artificial insemination and interracial romance.[13] In the 1990s, the show branched out into supernatural storylines, which critics immediately panned, as it was seen as a departure from more realistic storylines for which the show had originally become known.[14][15] In 2006, when asked about his character, Jack Deveraux, "coming back from the dead" — for the third time — actor Matthew Ashford responded, "It is hard to play that because at a certain point it becomes too unreal...actors look at that and think, 'What is this — the Cartoon Network'?"[16]
Days, in addition to receiving critical acclaim in print journalism, has won a number of awards, including a Daytime Emmy for Best Drama in 1978[17] and a Writers Guild of America, East Award for Best Drama in 2000.[18] Days actors have also won awards: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Tom Horton) won Best Actor in 1974[19] and 1975,[20] Susan Flannery (Laura Horton) won Best Actress in 1975,[20] Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton) and Leann Hunley (Anna DiMera) won Best Supporting Actress for respectively 1979[21] and 1986,[22] and Billy Warlock (Frankie Brady) won Best Younger Actor for 1988.[23]
As with other soap operas, Days ratings have declined since the 1990s. In January 2007 it was suggested by NBC that the show called Days of our Lives "is unlikely to continue [on NBC] past 2009."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera
here is some info on days
Days of Our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.[6][7][8] The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday along with Irna Phillips in 1964,[2] and many of the first stories were written by William J. Bell.
The Cordays and Bell combined the "soaps taking place in a hospital" idea with the tradition of centering a series around a family, by making the show about a family of doctors, including one who worked in a mental hospital.[9] Storylines in the show follow the lives of middle and upper-class professionals in Salem, a middle-America town, with the usual threads of love, marriage, divorce, and family life, plus the medical storylines and character studies of individuals with psychological problems.[10] Former executive producer Al Rabin took pride in the characters' passion, saying that the characters were not shy about "sharing what's in their gut."[11]
Critics originally praised the show for its non-reliance on nostalgia (in contrast to shows such as As the World Turns) and its portrayal of "real American contemporary families."[12] By the 1970s, critics deemed Days to be the most daring daytime drama, leading the way in using themes other shows of the period would not dare touch, such as artificial insemination and interracial romance.[13] In the 1990s, the show branched out into supernatural storylines, which critics immediately panned, as it was seen as a departure from more realistic storylines for which the show had originally become known.[14][15] In 2006, when asked about his character, Jack Deveraux, "coming back from the dead" — for the third time — actor Matthew Ashford responded, "It is hard to play that because at a certain point it becomes too unreal...actors look at that and think, 'What is this — the Cartoon Network'?"[16]
Days, in addition to receiving critical acclaim in print journalism, has won a number of awards, including a Daytime Emmy for Best Drama in 1978[17] and a Writers Guild of America, East Award for Best Drama in 2000.[18] Days actors have also won awards: Macdonald Carey (Dr. Tom Horton) won Best Actor in 1974[19] and 1975,[20] Susan Flannery (Laura Horton) won Best Actress in 1975,[20] Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton) and Leann Hunley (Anna DiMera) won Best Supporting Actress for respectively 1979[21] and 1986,[22] and Billy Warlock (Frankie Brady) won Best Younger Actor for 1988.[23]
As with other soap operas, Days ratings have declined since the 1990s. In January 2007 it was suggested by NBC that the show called Days of our Lives "is unlikely to continue [on NBC] past 2009."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera
What do you look for in a television series?
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What do you dislike in a series? Can you please be specific? I would like to know if my story would appeal to you.
Answer
Dislikes:
1) Dangled storylines. Cliffhangers are okay- it helps build suspense. But in several of my favorite series have simply let drop one story arc- never to revisit it again. Just be sure that you keep all storylines in mind so that your viewers aren't asking "So whatever happened with X? Are they ever going to tell us?". It's great to bring back a nearly-forgotten thread of a storyline for a whammy!-style impact, because that shows us how clever you are. But just forgetting them? Bad style.
2) No deus ex machina. You know what killed me? When, in Nip/Tuck, everything with the babysitter storyline was coming to a head. She was going to tell, going to ruin everything! And you know what happened then? She got HIT BY A BUS. Using random acts of God as a way to tidily solve up your storylines is bad, bad, bad, and it will make your viewers resent you (I know it sure did for me).
3) When characters talk uncharacteristically. Dawson's Creek, anybody? They didn't sound like high school students. Write their voices realistically.
4) Mirroring the news/ripped from the headlines. Yes, we can all tell when you're capitalizing on something that happens in the news. I understand the temptation. Resist.
5) Stay away from soap opera tropes like a character getting amnesia, unexpected teenage pregnancy (oh noes!), terminal illness, multiple personalities, and so on.
6) Highly gendered characters. The worst female characters are the ones who are one or two-dimensional, who embody all the stereotypes of "what it is to be a woman". If you want to write a woman that female audiences will sympathize with, write her as a PERSON, not as whatever you think "woman" is.
7) Beware the addition of a new character, especially if they're a "good" character or a love interest. In so many cases, the audience ends up hating them- we've grown to love the original characters, and anybody else who comes in is a threat (the exception to this is villains, who are still hated, but in that case, it's good, as we love to hate them). I can count quite a few characters on my fingers who have come in late to a show and who I've never liked, no matter how they try to shove them down my throat.
8) Purely evil villains. The best villains are the ones who aren't villains at all, but conflicted people, often well-meaning, whose side you can see and understand, even though they're still evil. Delve into their minds, their psyches, show us some vulnerability.
9) Down with dreams! Trying to trick us by putting a dream sequence masquerading as reality in an episode and then pulling out with a "Psych!" is not cool. You can get away with it maybe once in a series, twice if it's long-running, but more than that and it just becomes stupid.
10) Do not do episodes set in the future, set back when your characters were kids, re-run clip shows, musical episodes (particularly if you can't explain why your characters are singing!), and episodes that, for some reason, are set in a certain historical period. Few people have pulled any of these off. You are probably not one of them.
Dislikes:
1) Dangled storylines. Cliffhangers are okay- it helps build suspense. But in several of my favorite series have simply let drop one story arc- never to revisit it again. Just be sure that you keep all storylines in mind so that your viewers aren't asking "So whatever happened with X? Are they ever going to tell us?". It's great to bring back a nearly-forgotten thread of a storyline for a whammy!-style impact, because that shows us how clever you are. But just forgetting them? Bad style.
2) No deus ex machina. You know what killed me? When, in Nip/Tuck, everything with the babysitter storyline was coming to a head. She was going to tell, going to ruin everything! And you know what happened then? She got HIT BY A BUS. Using random acts of God as a way to tidily solve up your storylines is bad, bad, bad, and it will make your viewers resent you (I know it sure did for me).
3) When characters talk uncharacteristically. Dawson's Creek, anybody? They didn't sound like high school students. Write their voices realistically.
4) Mirroring the news/ripped from the headlines. Yes, we can all tell when you're capitalizing on something that happens in the news. I understand the temptation. Resist.
5) Stay away from soap opera tropes like a character getting amnesia, unexpected teenage pregnancy (oh noes!), terminal illness, multiple personalities, and so on.
6) Highly gendered characters. The worst female characters are the ones who are one or two-dimensional, who embody all the stereotypes of "what it is to be a woman". If you want to write a woman that female audiences will sympathize with, write her as a PERSON, not as whatever you think "woman" is.
7) Beware the addition of a new character, especially if they're a "good" character or a love interest. In so many cases, the audience ends up hating them- we've grown to love the original characters, and anybody else who comes in is a threat (the exception to this is villains, who are still hated, but in that case, it's good, as we love to hate them). I can count quite a few characters on my fingers who have come in late to a show and who I've never liked, no matter how they try to shove them down my throat.
8) Purely evil villains. The best villains are the ones who aren't villains at all, but conflicted people, often well-meaning, whose side you can see and understand, even though they're still evil. Delve into their minds, their psyches, show us some vulnerability.
9) Down with dreams! Trying to trick us by putting a dream sequence masquerading as reality in an episode and then pulling out with a "Psych!" is not cool. You can get away with it maybe once in a series, twice if it's long-running, but more than that and it just becomes stupid.
10) Do not do episodes set in the future, set back when your characters were kids, re-run clip shows, musical episodes (particularly if you can't explain why your characters are singing!), and episodes that, for some reason, are set in a certain historical period. Few people have pulled any of these off. You are probably not one of them.
Help with finding out about a story line?
Q. Can anyone tell me over the last few weeks has there been any popular soap/series eg, Casualty,Holyoaks that featured a character hearing voices in their heads telling them to hurt people
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Answer
try this :)
http://www.channel4.com/video/hollyoaks/catchup.html
episode catch-up!
answer mine please?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al4nJe6EzkfxQpSHZmnWqBTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081105082525AAN3VS7
thanks!
xxx
try this :)
http://www.channel4.com/video/hollyoaks/catchup.html
episode catch-up!
answer mine please?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al4nJe6EzkfxQpSHZmnWqBTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081105082525AAN3VS7
thanks!
xxx
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