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I have looked at three episodes of Coronation Street at different years , there are many changes though out the years .

In the first clip from the 60s theres is no glamour in the mis-en-scence , the tone and the lighting of the shots are fillmed in black and white and are dark which doesn't create a pleasnt atmosphere. there are closely packed houses .The theme tune is shorter compared to the other two clips , in the scences there are alot more characters in a scence where as in clip from the 1979 the maxium amout of people in a scenec was two . In the episode from the 1960's there was no silence , there was always noise but where as in the 1979 and in the 2010 episode there is silence to build tension and to get us interested in what's going to happen next . In the newest episdoe in the 2010 there is a lot of changes that wasnt in the other two clips such as : 

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intro shows sunset to create a carm and a nice atmosphere

truer colour pallet represented to show brightness and nicer place 

fade in and affects and start 

longer theme tune 

low angles and alot more close ups 

Although in the clip from the 1960's we dont get any close up we know the main character by the screen timing , they will get more time on a set . In clip two there was a lot of head room in a close up but this affect showed that a certain charcter was more weaker and smaller compared to the other character who was bigger and stronger ; this clip also seemed very filmed like becuase of the long takes .  

In the 1979 episode it is dull and grim , grey and bluey colours , the house are packed closely together again like the first episode . It feels like a rundown rurring almost like regional rabbit huts enviroment ; and living in poverty . The cat creates a lonely status , also the tiles show rundown , looks like its been raining and cold  and there is no escape . There is a tree in the foreground which is a metaphore to show the people rising out of poverty and that something grow there , there is some life . The houses are brown , musty decated walls .
As we move on in the scences there starts to be some very slow tracking shots , and silence to show tension and builds suspence , he shouldnt be there and his body languages shows thats not his house ; the way he throws the book on the floor in anger and him creeping through the rooms . The characters are stereo typical dressed (the old man ) to show weak and that he is vunerable . The other character lights a ciggerate to show his cooler and powerful than the old man in his own home . The furniture doesnt match is is old fashioned compared to nowere days .