Home and Away Conventions

I watched an episode of Home and Away so I could determine what conventions were used. These was a theme tune at the start like any other soap and it was quite short.

In the episode there was a continuous storyline and also a multi stranded narrative, however the different storylines were linked by one character who was a psychic. Unlike most other soaps Home and Away had background music through most of the episode which took away some of the realism. There were two examples of typical characters; a fiesty young female who was angry at her dad and his new girlfriend and a young couple who got married quickly and were worried what the future holds for them. Although Home and Away seems to centred around the Bay the characters spent a lot of time in the cafe which could suggest that is where the characters like to relax.