Tv Drama Conventions

Eastenders

Name of Drama: Eastenders
Broadcaster-  BBC 1 -Broadcasts at 19:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 20:00 on Mondays and       Fridays.
Writer-  Various writers
Director- Various Directors
Producer- Lorraine Newmann
Characters: In the clip it contains good characters, about family and friends gathering at a church wedding.
 Icons- Peggy Mitchell very famous in Eastenders because she has been there a long time and her iconic phrases such as 'Get out of my pub'
Location: A Church
Dialogue- There is no voiceover. Its just the characters speaking.
Stories: Obviously its about a wedding in a church. We know this because she is wearing a wedding dress and there is a vicar, They get married and then Honey starts going in to labour,
Camerawork:

 

Here at the beginning of the clip we see an EXTREME CLOSE UP of the wedding rings, so we know straight away that the programme is going to be about a wedding.

Also in the clip they used a TWO SHOT  of the character 'minty' and his date.

An OVER THE SHOULDER  shot was used in the clip, we can see the vicar conducting the ceremony.

This screenshot is a CLOSE UP  shot but also could be a POINT-OF-VIEW shot from either Honey the bride or Billy the Groom.

Here we have the REACTION SHOT of Billy reacting to Honey going into labour.

There aren't any Medium shots because it is an intimate ceremony. There are no overhead or aerial shots. There also is no establishing shot because we have already know what the seen is about due to the extreme close  up of the rings.

My Screenshot

My picture is from 'Skins' series 3. The sub genre it would be in would be 'teen drama' because it is about following the lives of teenagers and what they get up to- which is mainly partying and drinking.
I chose this picture because i think it is a steriotypical of teenagers today. It demonstrates underage drinking and lads having a laugh.
We can clearly see its in a pub by the background of all the glasses and bottles and also a till.
I have chosen this particular slide because one of the main characters called 'Cook' is the one downing the pint and spilling it everywhere, he is one of my favourite characters in the series as he is always the one up to mischief.
We know he is a teenager by the way he is dressed and also because we know his real name isn't "Cook' its a nickname.
The background is blurred so we focus mainly on Cook drinking. His friend Freddie in the background on the left who is overlooking him thinking he is an idiot. There is also balloons in the background to show its his 18th birthday or a party. I think he is downing the pint because it is his first legal pint.
Freddie is to the side so we know its not going to be all about him, its all about Cook.
This shot is at the start of the programme so we know it is going to be all about Cooks birthday because he is the main focus of the shot.