Hollyoaks

This episode of Hollyoaks was aired on Wednesday 30th September. The primary audience is teenagers, both genders. This is the episode summary...

"Mercedes threatens to sue Spencer over Malachy's accident at The Loft after Spencer refuses to give her a job. Bel and Gov reluctantly agree to let Anita stay in Hollyoaks. "

This episode is a linear narrative, mainly a multiple narrative because the story moves in chronological order, though there are many stories going on at once. A multiple narrative is common in soaps such as Eastenders and Coronation Street, to keep the audience entertained.

Spencer is the protagonist. He is the first character that the audience sees at the beginning of the episode. Spenser is also alone, so all the attention is focused on him making him the most important character.

In this first scene there is a high angle shot and an over the shoulder shot. This makes the audience feel like they are CCTV prying into his personal space or life: they feel they are going to learn something knew about him.

Also, during this first scene the protagonist is standing over a “property sale board” and then pulls out a poster advertising a re-launch of a club. This uses the enigma codes for the audience. This again tells the audience the will learn something new.

This is resolved when he explains he is to open and manage his own night club but two other characters are dismissive to the idea. The audience will believe he can achieve his goal, identify with him, and relate to a time in their lives where they have felt the same.

The episode starts off with Spencer preparing for his launch night which is the equilibrium. This is disrupted when Sasha tries to convince Spencer that he needs help to run the night club, though he doesn’t give in: disequilibrium. The new equilibrium is when Spencer finally asks for help from Calvin and Sasha. This is the main action code of the episode.

Mercedes and Malachy are looking for jobs, this is the equilibrium. Mercedes asks around for jobs. The disequilibrium is when she asks Spencer, who gets angry and says no while freaking out. As revenge Mercedes and Malachy threaten Spencer by suing him for his involvement in Malachy accident. This is the new equilibrium and is another action code of the episode.

The equilibrium is that the Roy Family are planning to move to Middlesbrough. The diseqilibrium is when Leila finds a room to rent, as she wants to stay in Hollyoaks. Her sister, Anita wants to stay to but she is not allowed. Their parents discuss and decide that they can stay along with the older brother Ravi.