Genre

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Genre



Sub Genre: Within the overall genre of television crime drama there will be groups of shows that share similar conventions, for example detective-led dramas. These are sub-genres.

Genre Variation: Differences of genre and how media language illustrates this. How much film subverts or conforms the conventions and stereotypes of a genre.

Genre repetition: Repeating codes and conventions to conform to the genre. 


Hybridity: A genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or different genres e.g. rom-com. 


Intertextuality: The process of creating references to any kind of media text via another media text. 


Genres:
  •       Action-Dejango
  •       Drama-Murder on the Orient Express
  •       Comedy-Step Brothers
  •       Romance-Fifty shades of grey 
  •       Horror-Saw
  •       Adventure-Indiana Jones
  •       Documentary-The Cove
  •       Fantasy-The Lord of the Rings
  •       Historical-Exodus
  •       Western-Magnificant seven
  •       Thriller-Lucy
  •       War-Hacksaw Ridge


Television crime drama is a sub-genre of the television drama genre and usually focuses on the committing and solving of a crime.
The defining features of the genre are Characteristics, Setting and Narrative. 

Genre conventions in TV Crime Dramas:

Narrative Events:
  • Crime occurs
  • Suspect questioned
  • Forensics
  • Police Station
  • Villain captured
  • Clues revealed
  • Resolution-crime(s) solved 

Characters:
  • Victim
  • Suspect
  • Detective
  • Villain
  • Sidekick
  • Hero
  • Princess

Camerawork/editing:
  • Establishing shot of setting/scene of crime
  • Shot reverse shot conversation
  • Fast paced editing
  • Extreme close up in moments of tension

Iconography (Icons that coney the genre):
  • Victim/body
  • Police cars
  • Weapons/guns

Setting:
  • City/urban environment
  • Police station
  • Abandoned building
Costume:
  • Coats
  • Police uniforms
  • Suit
  • Dark clothing
Sound/Lighting:
  • Dark
  • Shadows
  • Set pace


Codes and Conventions:
Many signs that are used to create meaning.
Technical-media language:camera,sound,editing,mise-en-scene
Symbolic-create a deeper meaning
Extras:Narrative
  • Enigma codes-entice the audience so they keep on watching
  • Red herrings-something that misleads the audience
  • Main character-tends to have an inexperienced sidekick
  • Cliffhanger at the end of the episode if not resolved 
  • A chase (usually a car)
Extras:Character
  • Character teamwork and pleasure in success
  • Protagonist tends to have a major personality defect (alcoholic, gambler, failed marriage)
Sub Genres:

 Crime genre sub genres

  • Gangster-The Sopranos
  • Police soap series- The Bill
  • Cold case-Waking the dead
  • Detective dramas-Broadchurch
  • Court room-Judge John deed
  • Serial killers-Dexter
  • Prison-Prison Break
  • Investigative detective and sidekick-Midsomer Murders
  • Criminal-Hustle
Prison Break:

Crime Drama: sub genre=Prison Example:Prison Break
Codes and Conventions: 



Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept27 November 2017 at 03:07

    Well done Ben! Make sure you revise over the codes and conventions for Crime Dramas...these are very important!

    Within your wordle, you seem to have misspelt intertextuality...

    Miss C

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ben Chebabo28 November 2017 at 09:15

    Thanks miss. Do you want me to re-do the wordle?

    ReplyDelete

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