Soap Opera screenshots

This is an example of a title sequence in a sop opera. The title sequence is always immediately recognised by the audience as is the music that goes with it. 

Soap operas often portray "real life" by using realistic mise-en-scene. This scene shows a very realistic kitchen with natural and realistic lighting. 

Soap operas often contain "relateable" characters and realistic family "conflict" and "issues". Teenagers might be able to relate to this schoolgirl and mothers might be able to relate to the mother. 

Soap operas are realistic to an extent but are often an over-dramatisation of real life. For example there is often "conflict" in soap operas, which wouldn't necessarily escalate to physical violence in real life.