Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Conventions

Code - objects you can associate genres with - knife with blood - horror
Convention - what you expect


Code
Convention
Blood
Screaming
Knives
Death
Chase scenes
Good vs Evil


TV Dramas have the following ingredients

Characters - even particular kinds of characters - good vs bad
Stories - They all tell stories, whether those stories involve adventure, crime or romance end they often, but not always end happily
The stories are told against familiar backdrops - homes, police stations and offices (crime dramas), hospitals (medical) - most of which are created in studios. However, most dramas also use outside locations to create particular effects
Camerawork - particular kinds of shots are used - sequences involving establishing shots followed by mid-shots of characters, shot/reverse shots to show

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