Character Influence - Amy

(BCS & Possible BCS Later Character)

Hannah Ashworth, Pandora Moon & Cassie Ainsworth

 

 I was inspired by the skins characters 'Cassie Ainsworth and Pandora Moon' and Hollyoaks character 'Hannah Ashworth' for Amy's character, which will be the schools popular kooky girl. When first seeing Hannah, Pandora and Cassie's characters I imidiatly wanted to combine their Personalities. Amy will be seen as a NUTTER like all three characters I have choosen and seen as a good girl and very sensitive like all the characters.

Amy's costume will be a school uniform seeing how she is a 6th form student, with a Very short skirt a small leather jacket, a low cut white belly top instead of shirt and high heels to show she is fashionable in school. Outside of school Amy, like hannah she doesnt want anyone to notice so she dresses slutty and also has a wacky fashion sense like Pandora and Cassie. I want to keep the same conventions of a young, popular, white, teenage girl.
For the personality I think a mixture of all the characters would be good for the character as they are all very emotional characters and I think their personalities would look well mixed as two of them go through anorexia and I want Amy to have that story line.

The three characters hair and jewelery convey someone with confidense abut its not really saying look at me! but more this is me! and I want Amy to have nice hair as she hides it away, therefor I have decided to use big messy hair, short skirts and a lot of Jewlery and bright and wacky makeup .

Cassie is introduced as a the anorexic case nutter student unlike Hannah who is introduced as a normal middle class girl and I want Amy to be like Pandora as she is the perfect mixture, Nutter but not ill and middle classed and popular. Amy like Hannah initially appears to be normal but then we find out what is going on in her head as the series develops.

Hollyoaks Alert!

silas strikes again tonight in the two part episode that has continued from friday night, but I was bad and watched the first look! and the TWIST! A SHOCKER TO SAY THE LEAST! who does loving Grandad Silas Blissett murder? will it be One of the THREE cat women? yes thats right 3! will there be a mistake and murder the wrong girl? well of course he does I'VE SEEN IT! and as a Hollyoaks superfan this is such an episode so do not miss it and tomorrow nights episode, I WILL WATCH YOU TONIGHT! At the end of fridays episode we find out that Amy and Thereasa are safe so that just leaves Lynsey and Texas.

Heres a little background on Silas for the few of you that actually vist my blog :)

Eep! Who knew that when Heidi’s cuddly dad Silas showed up in the village he would turn out to be the local serial killer with a penchant for strangulation?
Having brutally murdered India and Jenny, not to mention Rae he has since occupied himself with tormenting Lynsey, who he tried, but failed to kill!
Alas, he has found himself at the wrong end of a coronary heart problem, which means that time is ticking out for this killer grandad. Is he going go out with a bang or will be caught before he can take anymore lives?

Halloween Special Background info

Last night Silas told Lynsey she has until Halloween to guess the identity of his next victim. Well, Fright Night just got a little bit more frightening...

Our very own Grim Reaper has surrounded himself with four sexy catsuit clad Hollyoaks lovelies for #FrightNight. What's the score here then? We've got...

• Texas: sister of India, his first victim in Hollyoaks village.
• Lynsey: his arch nemesis and reluctant participant in his sinister game.
• or the third catwoman that is not revealed????

What does this MEAN? Is one of these sexy kitties his next victim? Only time will tell - and time is running out. Let's hope cats really do have nine lives...

Character Influence - Karmen

(BCS & BCS Later Character)

Jal Fazer & Nancy Hayton

I have decided to base Karmen's character on Hollyaoks character 'Nancy Hayton' and skins character 'Jal Fazer' as they are portrayed as the 'good girl'. Like my character Karmen, she too comes from a good family and strong background as I have made my characters Mother famous like Jal's father. However only when Karmen moved to BCS her life take a huge turning point and she discovers herself. When first seeing Jal and Nancy's characters I wanted to combine their Personalities as Jal is a musicain and Nancy wanted to be a journalist when she was at school.

Karmen  is a good girl that loves music and she has a great heart, she is just as emotional as the other characters but she tries to act strong as she is a feminist like Nancy.

Karmen's costume will be a school uniform seeing how she is a 6th form student,she has a basic uniform she wears a short skirt, shirt and tie, as she wears what the school asks. Outside of school she will wear urban and out there clothes to prove her individualism.

For the personality I think a mixture of Jal and Nancy makes for a good character as they are both very emotional characters and Nancy is very stuborn and I want Karmen to be these things too.

Nancy and Jal's hair and jewelery convey someone with attitude and I want the same for Karmen, therefor I have decided to use wavy hair, short skirts and a lot of wacky clothes to show this girl has a mind of her own.

Jal  and Nancy are introduced as Feisty, funny and opinionated and I want Karmen to be like this too. Nancy and Jal are not the Queen Bee's of the school and they are in their own little friend groups. Jal and Nancy knew what they wanted and how they were going to get it  and the same goes for my character.

I chose these particulate characters as when they were on the show or in Nancy's case when she was at school I loved their personalities, and I wanted Karmen to pull the same affect on my audience. So I thought that I would imitate the same personality but like Nancy a weird style with an added urban twist.

Character Influences - Leigh

(BCS & Possible BCS Later Character)

Effy Stonem & Naomi Clark

 

I was inspired by the skins characters 'Effy Stonem' and 90210 character 'Naomi Clark' for Leighs character, which will be the schools popular rich girl. When first seeing Naomi and Effy's characters I imidiatly wanted to combine their Personalities and dress Leigh like Naomi. Leigh will be seen as Queen Bee like Effy and Naomi and seen as a good girl but also kind of 'mean girl strike' like both characters.

Leigh's costume will be a school uniform seeing how she is a 6th form student, with a short skirt a long cardigan and high heels to show she is fashionable in school. Outside of school Leigh will wear clothes like Naomi sometimes but also clothes like Effy to show she isn't just a little spoilt rich girl. I want to keep the same conventions of a young, popular, white, rich teenage girl.

For the personality I think a mixture of Effy and Naomi would be good for the character as they are both very emotional characters and I think their personalities would look well mixed.

Naomi and Effy's hair and jewelery convey someone with a lot of attitude and I want the same for Leigh, therefor I have decided to use big hair like the girl, short skirts and a lot of exspensive Jewlery to show a rich girl that bends the rules.

Naomi is introduced as a privileged student unlike Effy and I want Leigh to be privileged to. Leigh like Naomi initially appears to be snobbish and shallow, Naomi is also very popular and I would like to make Leigh like her. Throughout the series Naomi's character developed and we find that she is actually a very kind and thoughtful friend, this is the same story as Leigh.

Character Influences - Kim
(BCS Character & possible BCS Character)

Effy Stonem, Maxine Barlow & Michelle Richardson 

I was inspired by the skins characters 'Effy Stonem and Michelle Richardson'  and Waterloo Road character 'Maxine' for Kims character, which will be the schools popular bully/I do what I want girl. When first seeing Maxine and Effy's characters I imidiatly wanted to combine their dress sense and dress Kim like them. Kim will be seen as Queen Bee like Effy and Michelle and seen as a chav like Maxine.

Maxine's costume is a school uniform with a short skirt and different colour jumper to show she is rebellious. Kim's costume will be a school uniform seeing how she is a 6th form student, with a short skirt a jumper vest and lots of necklices like Effy. I want to keep the same conventions of a young, popular, white, middle class teenage student.

For the personality I think a mixture of Effy and Michelle would be good for the character as they are both very emotional characters. Although I dont think that Michelle's appearence will reflect in Kim.

Maxine and Effy's hair and jewelery convey someone with a lot of attitude and I want the same for Kim, therefor I have decided to use Effy like hair, short skirts and a lot of broght Jewlery to show a rebelious rule breaking girl.

Character Influence - Kaylie and Haylie
(BCS & BCS Later Characters)

Katie & Emily Fitch



Mel & Sophie Burton

I was inspired by the skins characters 'Katie and Emily Fitch'  and Hollyoaks characters 'Sophie and Mel Burton' for my twins Kaylie and Hayley characters although my twins are identical but they have different hair colours as they dye their hair, like both sets of the tv twins in their later years on the shows.

I chose to base the characters mainly on the skins twins but I also think that a part of the hollyoaks twins personalities would reflect well on my characters. Mel Unlike Sophie, was quiet and introverted and often felt inferior to her more outgoing sister and this is what i want Hayleys character to be like, and this is also the case of Katie and Emily. Mels character was seen as the 'ugly' twin which is what I want my character Hayley to be seen as to the other characters in the show, but the audience would disagree I assume.

They will be the schools popular pretty bully/bitch that doesn't care about school and only being popular and the less popular embaressing christian/grade A student.

When first seeing Katies character I imidiatly wanted to dress Kaylie like this too as Katie is seen as a 'mean girl', whereas when i first saw Emilys outfit i wanted to dress Hayleys character in the same type of clothes as her.

Katies costume is a combination of slutty clothes, whilst Kaylies school uniform is also slutty with a very short skirt, very low buttoned shirt and high heels to show she is rebellious, she also wears clothes like Katie outside of school. 

Emilys costume is a combination of fashionable urban clothes, while Haylies school uniform is perfect top button and long shirt, she also wears clothes like Emily outside of school.

Katies hair and jewelery convey someone with a lot of attitude and creates a glamourous look, and I want the same for my character, therefor I have decided to use exspensive earrings and dyed blonde, curled hair like Sophie, short skirts and a lot of bright colours to show an attention seeking teenage girl.

Emilys hair and jewelery convey someone with very low confidense, this is also like Mel's character I want the same for my character Hayley, i have decided to use minimum jewelery and wavy hair like Mel, long shirt and wearing nothing to attract a lot of attention to her.

Hollyoaks Later 2009 final part

I love this end part soo much, The part when Hannah finds out Sarah is dead makes my heart sink, it's soo sad and I think that Emma Rigby's acting is amazing, she really made me believe that Sarah died. This was by far the best Hollyoaks Later because there was soo much going on, I also LOVE the part when Cindy says 'suckers' but im sorry to everyone who loves the song that got cut out for copy right reasons. I  actually love this last scene of Hollyoaks as it shows a lot of emotions in it there is happiness because of the wedding and saddness because of Sarahs death.

Hollyoaks Later Trailer and Hollyoaks Best Bits

I thought that adding some of hollyoaks best moments would insight the viewer of what big story lines I would like and have in mind to add to my show. I found this video on youtube and I thought that it was very important to put this on to discribe what plots I would use such as : the explosion in the bar, the rape, the gay storyline, anorexic storyline, pregnant storyline, MURDERS and a car crash.

The Hollyoaks Later trailer, at first glanced seems very disturbed but also quite fun, as it starts of as Carmel walks in the village and says 'where is everyone?' to herself, this is suppose to be a joke to the audience as the village is always busy and she is one of the only characters not actually in Hollyoaks Later. The trailer looks very upbeat with all the characters partying and having fun going of places away from the village, and it ends in a very disturbing way showing the viewer that something is obviously going to go wrong. This trailer of Hollyoaks Later dominantly conveys emotions and characters through camera work and sound.

The shots in this trailer are only a couple seconds long which makes the scenes exciting, additionally it reflects on the situation as everyone is partying and getting out of the village. It reinforces the idea that they is having fun and letting lose. 

The music makes the trailer more upbeat/intense which is strange as the two don't go very well together as they are completely oposite to one another. This continues the theme as its the same music as the actual soap would use.

The trailer portrays the storyline through the main characters, this takes the viewer through each of the four storylines, which I think is effective because it helps create a division between each storyline as they are very different. Therefor I have decided to do it this way because then our target audience can relate to the soap because every teenger has problems such as the ones in skins.
The trailers follow the conventions of a soap as it uses only the important shots from the series getting the main storylines, giving it a lot of impact, this leads the audience to carry on watching. The other conventions it follows is the music they use is dramatic by the end of the trailer.
In the trailer it says 5 NIGHTS, 4 STORIES, 1 WEDDING, AND A TWIST! all these make the viewer want to watch over the five nights to find out what the 4 stories are to watch the wedding and to see what the twist is. This makes the viewer wonder what storyline the big twist is in.

I like Hollyoaks and I think it is a very good show for teenagers as it is about young people living in a small Village this would appeal to other young people with the same issues. I will be using the same type of plots as Hollyoaks as they reflect on real life situations for young people.

Skins series 1 and 3 Trailers

skins series 3 trailer

The Skins trailers, at first glanced seems very disturbed, as it consists of naked, drunk teenagers kissing each other. These trailers of skins dominantly conveys emotions and characters through camera work and sound. The opening scenes for Series 1 trailer consists of a lot of partying, drug taking and characters having sex.

The shots in this trailer are only a couple seconds long which makes the scenes exciting, additionally it reflects on the situation as everyone is having sex and taking drugs. It reinforces the idea that they is having fun and going wild. 

The use of non diegetic sound of the dialogue is very helpful as it explains the narrative, moreover it adds validity because we hear it from the character. Furthermore the music makes the trailers more intense and continues the theme as its the same music as the actual soap.
The trailer portrays the storyline through the nine main character points of view and takes the viewer through each characters storyline, which I think is effective because it helps create a division between the characters and that they are very different. Therefor I have decided to do it this way because then our target audience can relate to the soap because every teenger has problems such as the ones in skins.
The trailers follow the conventions of a soap as it uses only the important shots from the series getting the main storylines, giving it a lot of impact, this leads the audience to carry on watching. The other conventions it follows is the music they use is dramatic in the 3rd series trailer reflecting the different situations, whilst in the 1st series trailer the music is very upbeat.

I like skins and I think it is a very good show for teenagers as it is about teen life in and out of collage which would appeal to other teenagers with the same issues. I will be using the same type of plots as skins as they reflect on real life situations for teenagers, as my show is about the students of the school. Although I will not so much as copy the storylines, but I actually didn't watch skins before so I thought of the storylines myself but I have only realised they have been done by other shows.

Waterloo Road Trailer

The shots in this trailer are only a couple seconds long which makes the scene chaotic, additionally it reflects on the situation as everyone is worried and scared about a gun being in school and the school is also on fire. It reinforces the idea that she is confused and scared.

There are a few diegetic sounds like the gunshot, screaming and some dialogue but its dominated by non diegetic sound. The use of non diegetic sound of the dialogue is very helpful as it explains the narrative, moreover it adds validity because we hear it from the character. Furthermore the music makes the trailer more intense and continues the theme as its the same music as the actual soap.
The trailer portrays the storyline through the head teachers point of view, which we think is effective because it helps create a division between the teachers perspective and the pupils actions. However we have decided not to do it this way because then our target audience cannot relate to the soap.
The trailer follows the conventions of a soap as it uses only the dramatic shots from the series, giving it a lot of impact, this leads the audience to carry on watching. The other conventions it follows is the music they use is upbeat reflecting the messy situations, the mess camera shots also reflect this.

I like Waterloo road and I think it is a very good show for all ages as it is about teen life in school which would appeal to young people and it is also about the teachers so it would get older people watching it as the teachers lives may be like their own. I will not be using the same type of plots as Waterloo road as most are about the teachers, whereas my show is about the students of the school. Although I will feature the storyline such as a school fire involving the nine main characters and some recurring characters. 

 Show Influence's

The shows I was influenced by were mainly 'Waterloo Road, skins and Hollyoaks (Explosive plots preferibly Hollyoaks Later)'. I would base my show more on skins, set in school and the characters live in a small town like hollyoaks. I based my characters on both series 1 and 3 characters of skins. As the shows i mentioned are for teenagers and I feel this would interest the target audience of teenagers for my show. I chose these shows because the characters are always changing so the show could continue for a long time and all of these shows are very successful and are long running.

I was inspired to do the same kind of plots especially 'Hollyoaks' (murder, rape etc) , and therefor my characters will come from an average small town or village like Hollyoaks. In these trailers we also see a troubled homes and People but also a lot of fun, which I also have decided to include in the show. My favorite plots are the love and mysterious man themes and and thought that to appeal to the audience which is of the age group, I had to include romance too.

Also the fact that the shows are set in small normal places in England also attracted me to watch them, as my one is in the same sort of setting. In addition to it being in places like Bristol, A small Village and small town, the shows really capture the feel of young culture with the use of language and music, which I also want to portray. Therefor I decided to set it mostly around school, town and clubs, as our characters are 16/17 in 6th form as that is where most teenagers hang around. The characters will have basic sets e.g. the common room, their houses, local caffes and clubs in town.

Hollyoaks Needs to be on DVD!

Hollyoaks 2007! the best year of hollyoaks history! I am currently watching them on youtube you know as you do Im at the Mcdean part of 2007 and they are about to get caught out! meanwhile Hanna is slowly becoming anorexic and bulimic. I never really noticed how the class of 2007 were actually friends, now one is dead, three left and one still lives in the Village. The characters were also soo much better back then if the writers just kept repeating the storylines (which they kind of do in different ways) it would be really good! If you are a big Hollyoaks Junky you would like me also love something amazing like a school fire with the new teenage cast! they have to have a massive plan for them, why else would the writers add about 6 new characters to the teenage cast?

SOAP QUESTIONAIRE

Questionaire

Age:
16

Gender:
Male

1) Which location would you prefer a soap to be set in?
School Urban area and Village/town

2) What kind of genre would you prefer to see?
lots of Drama!

3) What sort of music should the soap include?
Popular new music

4) What sort of characters should the show include?
Funny people, Romantic teenagers, Serial killers and Good looking characters

5) Which of the following soaps do you watch?
Hollyoaks awesome!!! and if skins and waterloo road count deffinatly

6) Which conventions should the soap include?
Murders, Sex, Drama and Humour