Rebecca Unit 22: Single Camera Drama

Lesson 1  TV Drama-Formats TV is relatedness in its search for drama because drama engages and holds an audience  There are four main categories of TV drama:

• Single Drama 

• Series

• Serials 

• Soaps

There us considerable variety within each category and each different forms of enjoyment for the viewer.  Single Drama The single drama used to be a staple television but is now quite rare. It is designed as a one off story for television. Single drama are often based on topical issues- Subject matter that producers think is more appropriate to television that the cinema for example 'Dirty War' about a terrorist attack on London. Series This is a programme broadcast regularly, usually once a week, where the same characters and basic situation will be used to tell a different story in each episode. An example if this format is CSI. Serial This format also uses the same characters and locations regularly but each episode is not complete in itself and story lines will continue through to the next episode encouraging us to watch again this time next week to see what happens next. Often serial narratives carry more than one storyline - American series such as "ER" may have as many as four or five.  SoapSoaps have multiple characters who carry many story lines at once. Usually no single storyline will dominate and story lines can carry on for weeks or even months before coming to a conclusion, for example Stacey’s affair in EastEnders. 

Lesson 2

Narratives

LO: To identify key narratives techniques

Linear: ranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line. So its a storyline that goes in chronological order. 

Non linear: not arranged in a straight line

Flashback : a scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story.

Realist:

Anti- Realist

Endings open or closed: Something that is not resolved would be  open for example the end if the film could start at the beginning of the film.


Narrative form: is the structure though which movies tell stores. When we speak of going to the movies a film that tells the story.

Narratives are everywhere they appear throughout media and society for example in novels plays and comic books. Narratives are the most common in fiction film but appear in all basic types of film.

Events Occur in space and time:
A narrative is and account of a string of events occurring in space and time>

Narratives do not unfold randomly, but rather as an ordered series of events connected by the logic of cause and effect. This logic of cause and effect ties together character traits goals obstacles and actions.

Spider Man Homecoming

Key Events:

Peter Parker getting his new suit

People taking things from the alien war to make money from selling the technology

The man becomes rich of selling illegal stuff

Peter tries to warn tony but he never answers

Peter best friend finds out hes spider man

Peter suits get taken away by tony for him disobeying him

The main villain turn out to be peters crush dad

peter fights him

Peter gets his suit back

Narrative structure:

Act 1 - Setup intro
Act 2- confrontation Rising action/stakes get higher
Act 3 - Resolution crisis/ falling action

Setup/ Exposition- Meeting the characters, establishing the setting, setting the tone establishing the normal of the film world.

Rising action- The central conflict is introduced and the tension between the protagonist and the antagonist begins to mount, many events will happen and the stakes get higher.

Climax is turning point which makes a change for the better or the worse, in the protagonist future.

Falling Action - The major action has happened this is the aftermath. this is the sorting out the major conflict resolution

Denouement/Resolution- The creation of the new normal. The conflict is resolved.

How narratives Unfolds

Exposition
series of changes
new situation arise
new story quick


Character

Narrative films generally  focus on human characters and their struggles

Characters are typically responsible for cause and effect in narrative.

Think of some of your favourite films
who would you describe as flat characters
who would you describe as rounded characters

Storytellers use different types of character to tell their stories

Flat minor characters who do not go through any substantial change throughout the story
or have much substance to them (stereotypes)

Round: More fully developed characters who may experience a change during the story

Developing Characters

How do writers develop round, dynamic characters?

Through conversation with other characters
through direct description of that characters
Through reactions to conflict

Character traits

Traits are attitudes, skills,habits,tastes psychological drives an any other qualities that distinguish a character.

Traits in opening scneces are relevant to later scenes this is related to cause and effect.

In The empire Strikes Back Luke's Character traits are introduced early on and pay off in later scenes.

They include his knowledge of the force, his survival skills


Character:Goals and obstacles

Goals mights include locating treasure, choosing a foster parent or looking for love

Character encounter obstacles n pursuing these goal the collision of goal and obstacles create conflict and thus drama

Characters : Choices

Characters create cause and effect through choices that lead to conflict and consequences.

These patterns are designed so that the viewer clearly see and understands them.

Characters posses traits face conflicts make choices and undergo changes that enable or hinder pursuit of a specific goal



Character Profile:

Name: John
Height:6'3
Age:Unkown
Race: Martian
Gender: Male
Nationality: Not applicable
Goal: To find his purposes
Weakness:
Streanth


Conflict- Central to any narrative

Relational conflict- this conflict between charcters over goals and how to achieve goal

Inner conflcit this is conflict within a charcter. it could be conercened with their slef esteem, inseercuties or uncertanities

Societal - This conflict between a pearson and a group. This group