Textual Analysis Task - Coronation Street

Textual Analysis Task - Coronation Street



Visual Codes
The clip begins by the titles introducing the program, this is the only time this Soap Opera uses graphics. The first scene shown in this clip shows the female character wearing a suit and looking well dressed with her hair done smartly. This indicates this character falls on to the social economical model at around a C1. The following scene shows the male character walking down the stairs dressed in casual clothes and not looking as smart as the female character who is thought to be his mother. This gives the sense that he would fall onto the social economical model at around a C2. The female characters body language and facial expression suggests happiness and excited as she is dancing around and smiling. Whereas the males body language and facial expression suggests that he is unimpressed with the female character. 

Technical Codes
At the beginning of this clip a long and wide shots are used to show the scene. Mid-shots are then used to show facial expression and body language. The camera follows the subjects throughout this clip. The scenes changes from one to another by skipping, no animation is used.

Audio Codes
Non-digetic sound is used at the beginning of this soap opera in the form of the theme tune. Throughout this clip another non-digetic sound is used in the form of a song playing in the background which the female character is singing along to. All other sound used is digetic as the characters are talking to one another. No voice overs are used in this clip.