Albert Square

The Square was the first place to be built for EastEnders, and was based on a real life location - Fassett Square in Hackney (in London's East End). The Square was named for Prince Albert (husband of Queen Victoria, whose name graces the pub on the corner of Albert Square. The square provides a common ground for the show to take place around. By using it as the main area and location that the lives of the characters are based around it creates a sense of stability and familiarly to the audience. the audience feel more at home as they understand the location. so we watch the family's grow and become more tuned into the area.  As we can see everything that the residents of the area is within walking distance and so they wont need to move out of the area, this allows the bonds between the character to grow as all the places are run by locals and used by locals everyone knows each other, everyone is comfortable and when tension arises it doesn't just affect one person it near enough affects everyone. Somehow all the families are linked and united though one person or another, the families are more intimate and the bonds stay close and undisturbed. The one thing we realise when there is such a tight community is that when anyone new comes into the scene the whole neighbourhood recognises the new face.