1. Blood, knife, mask (icon symbol or code) 1. good Vs evil
Verismilitude - helps to create realism
Connotations - what you associate it with (red = passion)
Transitions - how it moves from one scene to another
TV drama all have the following ingredients:
- Characters - even particular kinds of characters: e.g at its most simple 'good and 'bad' characters
- Stories - they all tell stories, whether those stories involve, adventure, crime or romance and the often, not always, end happily
- The stories are told against familiar backdrops: e.g homes, police stations, offices (for crime dramas) hospitals (for medical dramas) - most of which are created in studios. However most TV dramas also use outsider locations to create particular effects.
- Camerawork - particular kinds of shots are used: e.g. sequences involving establishing shots followed by mid- shots of characters, shot-reverse-shot to show character interaction and in particular, close ups to show the characters emotions.
- Stories use dialogue to tell stories. Occasionally, monologues are built in (as voice overs, a character telling a story)
- Music is used to punctuate the action, create effects (suspense, tension) and underline emotional moments.
- Particular sub genres tend to have items which make them immediately identifiable - police cars, blue lights, operation theatre, scalpels, triage/reception areas in hospitals/ Icons of the genre, they symbolise the (sub)genre.
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