1) In the first shot we see Chris walking into the kitchen where Maria seems to be making breakfast. This can be referred to as the typical traditional stereotypes of women in the kitchen. Chris wants to take Maria out to lunch since she has a day off work; however, she thinks he would rather be at his favourite place, the pub. The atmosphere during this scene is very tense and ends with an argument.
2) The second shot shows Becky and Sylvia. Becky has just woken up and seems in a mess, whilst Sylvia is washing up. Sylvia teaches Becky to hold herself together after her break-up and do her part by helping around the house.
3) Kylie and David are hair spraying their hair, showing that they’re interested in their looks. “Gran won’t be there”- this foreshadows how things will be bad at the salon later on. Gail and ___ talking about his breakup with Becky, seems quite miserable.
4) Owen has a go at Chris for not turning up to work. Chris accidently hits Jason with a pole whilst working. Owen gets mad and threatens to dock time of Chris’ wages.
5) Kylie and David are at the salon talking about their first day of changing their lives around. Rita comes in and already complains about the music being too loud. She wants her roots to be touched up, however Kylie and David try changing her hair and insult her, calling her old and mentioning her grey hairs. During this scene, Kylie and David are shown together in one shot, whereas Rita is shown on her own. This shows the separate sides. Also, as Rita is shown sitting down whereas the other two characters are shown standing up, it shows Rita as the vulnerable character.
6) Matt is shown stitching up Jason’s head. Whilst Chris is leaving after Jason, Matt says: “Chris, you really should tell Owen” – this shows that something is wrong and that Chris is hiding something.
7) Sophie is seen working, saving money to pay back her dad, whereas Sian and Sunita are making other plans. This shows the tension between the three girls.
8) Leanne and Peter are shown getting into a car. Stella walks by and speaks to Peter, however, her daughter Leanne doesn’t seem to want to talk to her mother.
9) Owen has another go at Chris and threatens to sack him. Chris, looking angry says “stuff it”, quitting his job.
10) Kylie is shown talking on the phone. The business doesn’t seem to going well. Gail walks in to check of Kylie and David. Kylie persuades Gail to get her nails done.
11) Stella and Eccles are talking about Leanne and Eccles invites Stella over to her house.
12) Maria finds out from Jason that Chris has left his job.
13) Eccles brings Stella home to where Simon is. Stella sits down and starts talking to her grandson.
14) Chris and Maria talk about Chris quitting his job. There is a great use of over-the-shoulder shots during this scene; this shows that they are having a serious conversation.
15) Gail compliments Kylie’s work on her nails, and Sunita walks in waiting for her appointment with David.
16) Simon and Stella get talking and Simon asks Stella about how Leanne was when she was little. She shows him a picture of when she was a baby.
17) Julie walks into the salon asking if Kylie does reflexology. She does the wrong thing and ends up doing reiki.
18) Marc and Audrey relaxing in the garden. They mention the salon but Audrey feels like she has left it in good hands.
19) Sunita seems to be flirting with David whilst Kylie is doing reflexology to Julie. As Kylie becomes annoyed with Sunita, she does something wrong to Julie’s feet, who then walks out in pain.
20) Maria asks Owen to give Chris his job back
21) Whilst Stella and Simon are playing rock paper scissors, Leanne and Peter walk in. Leanne seems annoyed and rushes Simon out.
22) Sian is getting ready whereas Sophie is sitting on her couch miserably. Sian comes to sit with her and manages to make her smile. Sophie then agrees to go out with Sophie.
23) Gail shows her nails to Rita telling her how Kylie and David are doing a good job at the salon. Rita then tells her about Kylie and David insulting her and how they are not qualified. Julie walks in limping and tells Gail she has a mind to sue Kylie.
24) Peter, Leanne and Simon are sitting at the table talking about Stella. Lean seems unhappy with the fact that Stella was talking to her Simon. Simon is confused at why his mother is acting so horrible whilst Stella is being nice. Peter talks to Leanne and tells her not to punish Simon just because she doesn’t like Leanne.
25) Chris and Maria are back at their house, talking about Chris and his job which turns into an argument. Chris throws his plate on the wall and turns the table over.
The episode begins with the Chris and Maria’s scene at their house and ends with the same scene showing that this is the main storyline in this episode. Altogether, there are five storylines presented in the episode where some seem to link to one another. I have shown this by grouping the stories with the use of different font colours. For example, scenes that involve the storyline around Chris are shown in red, etc.
The way in which the soap episode is edited is really effective, as the audience seem to be jumping back and forth between scenes, or in and out of the lives of different characters. The purpose of this is so that the audiences are exposed to the realistic nature of the soap, where although we may have left a scene to join another, the characters within the soap will continue to get on with their lives, showing the progression of time. The cutting between scenes enables the audience to understand the different storylines as well as how the characters and the storylines link up to each other. As the soap comes to an ending, the atmosphere becomes tense, ending on a cliffhanger. This causes viewers to want to follow the next episode in order to find out what happens next in the soap.
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