Media Conventions of Crime Dramas
- Created by: beccamaitland
- Created on: 06-05-14 19:33
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- Conventions of Crime Dramas
- Binary Opposites: e.g. Good VS Evil
- Plot Twist: Thinking its someone when its someone else.
- Flexi Narrative: Changes in narrative and pace (editing)
- Sub Plots: Flexi Narrative-Character Relationship.
- Audience Pleasure: Audience involvment
- Mise-en-scene: Clothing, mannerism, expressions and actions
- Camera Shots: Framing, positioning, angles and close ups
- Eponymous Hero: When the crime drama is named after the main character, e.g. Dexter
- Verisimilitude: That's what makes it realistic and believable
- Subverted: When it goes against crime dramas, e.g. having lots of humour subverts the crime drama genre because they do not usually contain lots of humour
- Referential Codes: Something that shows when the film/drama was set
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