Eldorado Analysis

Eldorado was soap in production in the early 90’s where the nation soap opera phenomenon which was Eastenders encouraged its co producer to create a new soap which was short lived. Eldorado aired for one whole year and was then cancelled due to the low rating and poor quality of the soap. The key concepts that consist within most successful soaps are representation and realism, both of which were lacking in Eldorado based on the fact it was set in Spain within an English community. However it wasn’t represented realistically due to the lack of firsthand experience within such an environment thus portraying an unrealistic soap opera. In addition the casting of foreign actors, in particular a German student who had no experience in acting before and carried a heavy German accent was casted for a role. This and other factors such as the lack of the archetypal families which form the basis of a soap opera, for example the Mitchells in Eastenders are one of the central key families within Albert Square. 
In my soap opera The Street, family will be a central feature within the narrative and characters branch off from particular family’s trees which can potentially create multiple parallel storylines / narratives which is a convention of the soap opera genre. Therefore from my analysis of Eldorado I have come to the conclusion our soap opera must take into consideration the lack of realism and appropriate representation can possibly ruin the entire soap opera thus focusing heavily on creating families within the world of our project to reflect our society and own personal experiences.