TV Industry - The Codes and Conventions of TV Dramas

- Characters
- Genre
- Narrative - both it's overall structure and how it is constructed
- Sets and Settings - locations against which the story unfolds and which frequently take on a symbolic significance
- Camerawork - particular kinds of camerawork are often associated with particular sub-genres
- Dialogue, Sound, Music - sound and music create effects and often underline emotional content
- Icons - these tend to be associated with particular sub-genres (words and phrases, costume and hair) which helps build characters identity
- Ideology- an ideology is the way people think and feel, the views and attitudes people hold which influence the way they see the world


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