Tv Formats Séamus Groogan Unit 22 P1:Understand the features of sing camera production

Series A group of episodes of a television programme broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each. The Walking Dead - 9 seasons (Still going) with 16 episodes in a season

Serial A serial is a show that has a story-line  it is often described as a serialisation from a book or a specific event. A serial is only broadcasted once and it does not end at each hour, it evolves around installments this usually tends to be 1-3 episodes however can vary. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is a serial drama television series ( 6 Seasons )

Single Drama A single drama is broadcasted but only once, it provides a presentation of real life.  It is often based on topics or issues that are more appropriate for television than in contrast to cinema based. Hillsborough film is an example of a Single Drama

Period The term historical period drama refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Downtown Abby ( 6 seasons )

Drama Documentry A television film based on real events. Black Code is an example of a Drama documentary

Crime Crime is a literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. CSI ( 15 Season )

Soap opera A television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters. EastEnders

Comedy Comedy is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (5 seasons)

Parts 2 : Types of narrative Undertake research to develop an understanding of narrative structures: such as linear (or sequential), non-linear (or non-sequential), flashback, realist, anti-realist and endings such as open or closed.

Linear ( ordered structure, start, middle, end) A narrative is a story that includes plot, characters, setting, climax and resolution. Linear narratives present stories in a logical manner by telling what happens from one point in time to the next without using flashbacks or flash-forwards and then returning to the present.

non-linear ( no exact order) Nonlinear Narratives. In contrast to linear narratives, nonlinear narratives are those in which the author has chosen to jump around in time, and the order in which events are portrayed does not correspond to the order in which things happened. These might also be referred to as disrupted or disjointed narratives

flashback A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory.

Realist In film history, realism has designated two distinct modes of filmmaking and two approaches to the cinematographic image. In the first instance, cinematic realism refers to the verisimilitude of a film to the believability of its characters and events. This realism is most evident in the classical Hollywood cinema.

anti-realist In analytic philosophy, anti-realism is an epistemological position first articulated by British philosopher Michael Dummett. The term was coined as an argument against a form of realism Dummett saw as 'colorless reductionism'.... In anti-realism, this external reality is hypothetical and is not assumed.

Endings Alternate ending  is a term used (usually in movies) to describe the ending of a story that was planned or debated but ultimately unused in favor of the actual ending.

Achilles Example: Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, Anakin Skywalker is lured to the dark side of the Force by Palpatine, who is secretly a Sith Lord. After fighting a lightsaber battle with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi in which he is dismembered, Vader is transformed into a cyborg. He then serves the Galactic Empire as Darth Vader

Cinderella When a dream comes true/happy ending. Rags to Ritches Rags to Riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, and in some cases from absolute obscurity to heights of fame—sometimes instantly.

Circle The chase Example: The fast and the furious franchise The Fast and the Furious is an American media franchise based on a series of action films that is largely concerned with illegal street racing, heists and espionage, and includes material in various other media that depicts characters and situations from the films.