Introduction to TV Drama: Blog tasks

 Introduction to TV Drama: Blog tasks


Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or on Google Drive here (you'll need your Greenford Google login) to find Media Factsheet #164 on Television Serial Drama. 

Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions to show your comprehensive knowledge of the television drama genre:

1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition.

a serial tv drama is a show where there is a plot where each episode follows a particular order in order to follow the plot effectively

2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time?

Doctor who,the avengers,starsky and hutch,hil street blues,dallas
Dramas have evolved over time from strictly series where actors were used to learning a new play every week mostly shot on videotape to Independent tv drana companies being the first to record their stuff strictly on film minus the costs it was better quality and  could be sold abroad so it was mostly a strength with euston films then 

3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your own example of an existing TV drama to fit each category.
.crime - prison break 
.medical - the good doctor
.period - Brooklyn nine nine
.sci-fi - the last of us 
.family - gossip girl 
.Teen - never have I ever

4) Why is setting so important for TV drama?
It allows the drama to develop over long periods of time tending to focus on a story of the week based around locations.

5) How do TV dramas typically use character? What audience pleasures can be linked to character in TV drama?
Characters go on a journey allowing themselves to change and develop but not too much where they outlive their function within the narrative their presence usually allows them to change and grow 

6) What is a multi-strand narrative? Give an example of a TV drama that features a multi-strand narrative
A narrative with multiple coexisting storylines occuring at the same time .

7) What is a cold opening?
Having teasers at the beginning of a drama to hook the audience and keep them interesting

8) How can Todorov's theory of equilibrium be applied to TV drama serials?
Stories move throught todorov's narrative stages though often without the return to equilibrium at the end of each episode.

9) What is the typical form for TV dramas and how are the programmes typically distributed to an audience?


10) How have subscription channels (such as HBO) and streaming services (such as Netflix and Amazon Prime) changed the form and content of TV dramas?
They often commission shorter runs and do not need to stick to rigid running times due to them being subscription channels

11) Choose a TV drama and do your own analysis of it using the SETTING / CHARACTERS / NARRATIVE / FORM headings 

PRISON BREAK

Setting
Fox river state penitentiary near Chicago 
Characters
Initial focus on Michael Scofields plot to rescue his brother Lincoln Burrows Death row introduced later to an array of characters from all walks of life 

12) How might the TV drama genre evolve in future?
TV drama fills the void vacated by mid- budget movies (everything everywhere all at once) due to the rise of popularity in steaming services it's unlikely we will find many long lasting TV dramas like the past but it's unlikely audiences thirst for srialized drama will diminish any time soon



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