Cultural Changes.

In the photo on the right is the year 2000 cast of Eastenders which shows only an interpretation of white culture society. British soaps are now more multi cultural to make the show more realistic and appealing to a wider audience   

As you can see in the second picture on the left taken at the NTA awards the cast of eastenders is a lot different that the original cast (racially) due to the fact of modern culture changing and that there is a very mixed society of people in modern society

Advances in Technology

The set of coronation street has expanded with being a studio based location to a real location base, this made the set more realistic which makes the street looks more realistic and also people live there which brings a realistic atmosphere than a studio with a fake atmosphere from this is gives a verisimilitude feeling. Granada have invested a lot of money into the show which helped them located/create a real street.

Broadcasting has changed on coronation street from broadcasting in black and white in the 1960s to coloured broadcasting in 1969. Then after 9 years of broadcasting in colour there was a situation were the camera staff wanted a pay rise but they didn't get what they requested so they chose not to use the newer equipment so on the 8th February, coronation street was broad casted in black and white and they used to record some days and do live shows because they didn't have enough time to do all the recording in a week, so they recorded on Wednesdays and did live performances on Friday. Then after achieving broadcasting in colour they then moved to tape from carrying on from film which made filming much quicker.

HD stands for high definition which coronation street announced in the early months of 2010 that they were going to use HD equipment and were going to film their episodes with it in May 2010. This then included the production teams equipment getting upgraded such as their cameras, production vehicles, lighting and editing facilities. They also got an upgrade from a standard definition tape based system to a state-of-the-art HD file based system.

The video that was shown on the web page we looked at we could see from the responses from the production team and everyone that was shown on the video said that it has changed the of filming by making it much easier for everyone that is in the production team. It has made the video recording clearer and has made the quality of the picture look amazing and clear which has benefited the production of the show. This is also making it quicker to make the clips which means it would save money because they aren't taking as long to make the clips which will save them  money making them. This is all the impact that HD has done for coronation street.

This was shot with a P2 high definition which provides crane shots from rooftops. The P2 HD is used at 100 mbs using akegan cameras the polecam toshiba camera which adds drama.

Coronation street are looking to improve the show by moving their base to Manchester which will provide the show with a bigger space for the new production team which will also upgrade all their equipment, technology and facilities for the years of 2012/13, the place that they would be moving to is called media city.