Notwithstanding this, the theme of family is conveyed through out. To start the show there was a teenager who seems to be leaving home, followed by a young teenage mother trying to cope with a newborn, showing clear contrast between the generations- starting with older teenager who is starting her life away from home, followed by a new child start their life. Automatically, a stereotype of a teenage pregnancy is showed to the audience, straight away creating a negative stereotype upon Manchester. This therefore gives an impression to the audience that there is a problem with teenage-chld birth, even though this may not be the case, people who might not be aware of what life really is like in Manchester may believe life is really like this. The genre of this TV drama would be SOAP Opera creating a realistic view of the programme- realistic through the eyes of stereotypes, this would have an impact of whether or not the viewer would believe the story line. Alongside this, due to families being the main agency within this programme, the language with the tone would be informal which makes this more believable because obviously, if you were with your family (especially if you lived in Manchester) you wouldn't speak with class. Straight away I have made this stereotype, many people would have also done the same.
Words such as "Babe" implies the informality of the context shown. There is also many couples within this episode and non-verbal language such as the simplicity of linking arms whilst walking down the street. The slang within the show is joined by jokes suggesting the tone isn't always serious, unlike the "dramatic" ending. This "slang" is mainly spoken by the younger ages shown within the programme, however when looking at someone older for example the character "Ken" or "Rita" they speak much more "proper"- not as "proper" as someone such as the Queen of course, but much more well spoken than the younger generations- this defeats stereotypes in this sense. The reason behind this could be due to the producers wanting this programme to be aimed at not just adults but younger ages, which is why different story-lines would effect different ages. The main story-line within this episode was about a couple who end up breaking up, this suggests that this episode was aimed at the older teenage ages. Additionally, it is clear through this language that this TV drama isn't to inform or to educate the audience but is to entertain them through dramatic stories.
There is irony which is shown at the end by the character "Rosie" because she is wearing a heart necklace yet is breaking up with her boyfriend. This is irony here because perhaps the boyfriend was the one who gave her that necklace and even though she clearly hasn't got love for the man no more, but she is still wearing a memento of their love.
Although side this, there is symbolic conventions which the producer would have included to portray the ages of the characters. An example of this is that within the home of the young girls, they had phones out, there were photos on the wall (event though this doesn't portray their age as such, is is good a portraying how that is a home) there was also lots of mess, which the majority was clothes. Contrasting this, when looking at the older persons home, his was much more tidier alongside having antiques on the side on a neat bookshelf. This symbolism makes is really easy for the audience to tell the age of the owner, or the people living there, therefore creating more stereotypes within this drama- the different ages.
Furthermore, the theme tune at the beginning of the programme is very well known, as soon as you hear that tune you know that it is Coronation Street. This suggests that the producers purposely made the tune catchy so that people who know it clearly. There is also stereotypes on the title screen itself. The stereotypical brick houses linking with the next, alongside pigeons flying. This intro of the TV drama is much different to a show such as Eastenders. Eastenders shows a birds eye view of London, clearly showing that drama is filmed in London whereas Coronation Street is not.
Another ironic defeat of stereotyping in this episode was that builders are stereotypically meant to be big and strong and tuff, yet he is "lovestruck" and asking his mother for love advice and wanting to follow his girlfriend to her new job. This builder is also the one being dumped, in many stereotypical shows it would be the big and strong builder dumpi
ng his girlfriend because "he can". However, the stereotypical intelligence level upon builders is clearly shown in this programme as this builder clearly isn't the brightest petal on a flower.
When the younger boy is presented to the audience, it is clear of a stereotypical child who has a father, yet a step-mother, who clearly isn't liked by the child. Stereotypically, the majority of the time, parents other half who isn't related is normally not liked by the parents child, which is clearly convey throughout the short time period which they are on the screen
The mise en scene helps the audience notice what part of the street they are in. Whether it's the pub, the shop, the cafe or just their home. For example, you can tell the pub is a pub because there are classes and a bar which behind it has lots of bottles of drink with glasses on the counter. Whereas the cafe is shown by the kitchen and the small tables and chairs that fill the entirety of the room- other than the counter which has cake and other various foods in.
Furthermore, mise en scene shows how in the homes of the younger characters, their sofas are in the middle of the room, maybe a confusion they are feeling or just that teenagers are just stereotypically seen as messy so their sofa positions support this. However when you look at the bottom left picture you can see it's of an older house and in the Right corner of the photo you see the sofa, which is pushed to the side, suggesting the people who live there are much more mature and neat, mentally and physically.
The producer/director purposely uses code within the camera angles. For example, during the break up scene at the end, the camera angle was just of one partner's face and it would switch, this therefore implies to the audience that even though they are standing together, they no longer are joined together anymore. Telling the audience the break up both through hearing and technically though looking at the angle of the camera.
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