TV Drama that uses Social types, Groups, Events, Places

In Eastenders there are many different Social types in the TV drama.

BFI - British Film Institute

The BFI is a charitable organisation by the Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television anf the moving image throughout the UK, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners. They promote education aboutabout film, television, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish. The care and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and hertiage of the UK.

The BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre both located on the Southbank of the River Thames in London is run by the BFI. IMAX is the largest cinema screen in the UK and shows the popular recent releases which includes 3D screenings and 12,000 watts of digital surround sound.

The BFI national library has information on film, television and, increasingly, new media.
This national collection includes books, periodicals, audio tapes, press cuttings, festival materials, special collections of unpublished materials, and much more. (For access to films and television programmes held by the BFI see BFI National Archive).

Deconstruction of a TV Drama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMrr8EY4orM
In misfits they use the following techniques:
- Eye Line Match is shown in the beginning of Misfits, this helps the audience recognise the characters in Misfits.
- Shot reverse shot is shown in the beginning scenes of Misifts as the man is talking to the characters, this technique soon changes into an 180 degree rule.
- Slow motion/Time compression was shown in the beginning scenes of Misifits, this is effective because it give the audience time to see what is going on in the scene.
- In Misfits the lighting represents the emotion/motion of the scene as it is very dark/dull/gloomy. It can suggest to the audience that something serious has happened.
- Diagetic and non-Diagetic sounds are played to make it more dramatic and to it fits in with the scenes and scripts making the audience want to watch the tv drama more often.
- The TV drama often uses the 180 degree rule when 2 characters are talking which makes the camera movements very effective as the audience can see over 2 perspectives.
- The social types in Misfits is that they are all convicts that are on community service, this straight away shows the audience that these teenagers are bad therefore they would be doing bad things.
- The group in misfits are not all best of friends but they work together and slowly become friends and help eachother out.

Single Drama

A Single Drama is a longer and more extended format which can often be up to a film length like an hour and a half. For Example:

Einstein & Eddington is a British single drama produced by both the BBC and Company Pictures in the association with HBO (home box office). This programme is the story of Einstein's theory of general relativity, his relationship with Eddington and the introduction of his theory to the world. The programme was first broadcasted on BBC Two on 22nd November 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTcshyI9qw0

TV Serial

A serial will often be open ended, it will have a conclusion that draws the viewers to the same unique viewing experience for the next programme. For example:

Doctor Who is a british television series that is made up of a continuing series of different serials. Doctor Who was produced by BBC, it ws listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest running science fiction television show in the world and as the most successful science ficition series of all time. The proframme depicts the adventure of a mysterious and eccentric humanoid alien known as the Doctor who travels through time and space with his companions to explore time and space and faces a variety of enemies and saves civilzations and helping others.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6O2vP7uLVs

Series

A Series is a longer and more extended format with a multiple group of programmes with the same set of characters which makes it a recognisable format. For example:

Holby City is a British medical drama television series that airs one a week BBC1. Holby City is a spin off from the medical drama Casualty, this therefore shows that Holby City and Casualty are partners in television programmes.
Holby City has a multiple group of programmes with the same st of characters which is a recognisable format, therefore making it a series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlqsscWOfxM

Soap Opera

Soap Opera's have multiple characters who carry a multitude of storylines. they will appear, reappear and disappear at any given time. There is no single storyline that will dominate. For example:

Eastenders is a British Soap Opera on BBC one. The series primarily centres around the residents of Albert Square, a Victorian square of terraced houses, and its neighbouring streets, namely Bridge Street, Turpin Road and George Street, and which encompasses a pub, street market, night club, community centre, cafe and various small businesses, in addition to a park and allotments. Two half-hour episodes per week this excludes Saturday and Sunday.

Eastenders is a entertaining programme becuase it has different characters that have different storylines each time, this would engage the auidence by wanted them to find out the ending of each storyline.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiGxBO-H4hM