What Makes a TV Drama?

- Multi-narrative
- Cliff hangers
- Twists in the stories

- Characters – particular characters which are easily identifiable – simple
- Stories – they all tell stories and often end happily
- Set in familiar backdrops e.g. homes, schools, police stations – mostly studios and outside locations too
- Verisimilitude – creating a sense of reality
- Camera work – medium shots, 2shots, over the shoulder shots, voyeuristic shots, close ups
- Stories told through the dialogue
- Music that punctuates the action
- Easily identifiable sub-genre e.g. police cars in a crime drama