Genre In Television Notes

• Genre- (french) class or king
• Helps to identify things natural to humans 
• Codes and conventions are linked to genre 
• They make us think of steriotypes e.g doctor, luxury hotel same as thinking of what a come die looks like or a horror film looks like 

• For Exam Dramas and soaps
• Hybrid genre e.g a children's thats also a comedy two genres together 
• Drama, sub genre e.g fantasy drama e.g game of thrones, scifi drama, continuing drama which are also called soaps e.g Eastenders, period drama e.g Downtown abbey. 

• Three types of dramas 

1. Nne off
2. Series (episodes)
3. Serial (continuing e.g Eastenders)