Flowers in Chania

Monday 21 January 2019

Introduction to TV Drama

TV Drama now competes with film – Long  form? 

Can we build 3-dimensional characters. (anti-heroes) - strong independent females 
 LFTVD Has high production values. I.E. One episode can be around $1-3 Million 

Viewing Methods 
  • Terrestrial – BBC 1,2  / ITV / C4 / C5 
  • Streaming NETFLIX HAS NOT MADE A PROFIT, LONG TERM BUSINESS GOAL 
  • Sky Digital / Virgin Media / HBO etc. 

State of the Nation  
  • Terrorism 
  • Greed 
  • Politics / Corruption 
  • Crime 
  • What's going on? 
  • Cultural Zeitgeist 

Memes 
  • Funny user-generated content 

Memes and Accessories for Stranger Things 


Ingredients and Conventions of Long Form TV Drama 
  • Various Locations Featured 
  • Stock Characters – Persistently following, we're going to spend lots of time with them 
  • Multiple narratives – Many different sides to the story at the same time 
  • 1-hour long 
  • Released whole thing at a time (Binge watching) 
  • Very dramatic cliff-hanger endings 
  • High Production Values 



Investigative Drama. Crime? 
Stephen King, John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg  


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