Media - Hollyoaks/Eastenders

There is a number of differences between Hollyoaks and Eastenders, one main difference between the two is the ages between the cast. Hollyoaks has a much younger range of characters ranging mostly between teenagers to late twenties and in Eastenders the ages range mostly from young kids to elderly people with lots of middle age adults. This of course effects the target audience and Hollyoaks has much younger viewers as they can relate to the stories more. Along with Hollyoaks youthful settings such as the SU bar and the uni the storylines are much more light hearted than those in Eastenders, that are considered much more serious storylines and therefore attract older viewers. Another main reason is the editing, Hollyoaks rarely has a scene longer than 50 seconds, however Eastenders has scenes ranging from 2 to 4 minutes. This fast pace in Hollyoaks attracts younger audience as it keeps them entertained. The transactions in Hollyoaks from scene to scene normally use an unusual sound effect which makes the storyline seems less serious, and in Eastenders you would never expect anything like that.