C2 TV

Tuesday 7th January 2024
Tv drama
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1. 2
2. 1hour 30 minutes
3. Category of media
4. older middle class British
5. Educate, entertain and inform

Crime drama:

a genre is a style or category of media.  Sub genre's are small subdivisions of genre's and hybrid genres are mixes of multiple genres together.

The responder
Narrative: The main character is a policeman trying to be the best police officer he can
Setting: Liverpool city, Uk
Characters: The policeman and his family
Mise en scene: police car, bullet proof vest, phones

Happy valley
Narrative: Katherine is a divorced policewomen who is an expert negotiator but is put on more menial police work then she is capable with
Setting:UK city
Characters: man on fire, police women, Katherine
Mise en scene: offices, playgrounds

Line of duty
Narrative: Bomb disposal crew
Setting:Uk city
Characters:carl, baby
Mise en scene: bombs, crowbars, armouring, apartment buildings.

Similarities: all based in Uk cities, often melodramatic occurrences, gritty and realistic story, lowkey lighting, all involved police, aerial shots of police cars.

Conventions:

lowkey lighting
Narrative: story starts with a crime that has been committed usually with a victim
Protagonist: the main character is intelligent and determined to solve the crime but is flawed
Antagonist; the antagonist is also intelligent and crafty, and seems to be one step ahead of the protagonist
suspects: there are a handful of suspects with motives and a reasonable opportunity to have committed the crime
clues: there are clues and red herrings that help or hinder the investigation
narrative arc: the story has a confusing narrative arc that unfolds over multiple episodes
setting: often set in a city or urban are
Character types: there are typical character types such as villain, hero, helper and a dispatcher.
Representation: the representation of characters and themes can challenge pre conceived ideas
Media language: gritty realistic settings; handheld camera work; fast-paced; editing; diegetic sound

The impact of these conventions can cause suspense and tension throughout the story which keeps the audience on the edge of their seat compelling them to watch more.


Differences: characters

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