corrie

Ah this made my eyes bleeeeeeeddd...... OK so maybe it wasn't THAT bad but i think to begin with i tried to intellectualize it to much so on my first viewing i didn't enjoy it at all .
By the third time i watched it i think i had mellowed out and was just watching it, so i kind of liked it better.

these are the notes i took when watching Coranation street for the first time :

i just put on the latest episode of corrie on iplayer and started to watch it. i had to watch it three times, it opens with an old man taking to his nephew this is important because it goes back to that at the end , there is a seemingly newish character who has been introduced in previous episodes and his appearance seems to be reiterating the fact in this episode- at the start and then in the longer scene in the bookies. obviouse set ups for story lines are being arranged left right and center and its really easy to follow which character likes and dislikes who with use of camera angles and scrip etc.

there are a few different we things that happen in the episode and it works on a yo yo like effect, you see something and it is resolved or half resolved later on after you have seen the other bits and pieces. there seemed to be about four of these things.


so after watching it i made some more notes: the notion of real time means that the cliffhanger hook is always more of a moral dilemma. Exposition is a bad thing when thinking about writing scripts. You can have temporary resolution: weddings funerals etc were harmony is stressed but
are perfect for creating new story lines and because of the harmony small squabbles are intensified. There is defiantly an art to this type of story lining and script writing as there is such a massive archive of history for all the characters.

I am looking forward to getting to know corrie better and i do think it is an art form: however, i am going to have to get over my parents dislike for it as from a young age they banned me from watching it as they thought it was trashy and in bad taste.

peace xxx