What makes a certain genre, that genre.

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2. Period Drama
 Protagonist are usually young and heroic,
commonly of white background.
 The plot is shrouded by love, family and
relationships.
 In Period Dramas society is usually portrayed as
patriarchal, women are seen as objects.
 This form of drama is in a particular setting in a
certain time frame, which is a good indication that a
programed or film is a period drama.

3. Documentary Drama
 A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and television
programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-
enactments of actual events. On stage, it is sometimes known as documentary
theatre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docudrama
 It protanes to real life.
 They are commonly told through research into the topic of the docudrama. Yet if
persons are alive they a give there first person account of the topic.

4. Crime
 Crime on its own in media has no definition for there are
different forms of crime, crime film, crime drama, and
crime thriller etc.
 The crime genre is usually associated with a death of a
loved one or close personal acquaintance. it revolves
around the protagonist finding out who did it. But it is
not always associated with murder, it can be robbery,
suicide, etc.
 It commonly ends with narrative resolution.
 It incites the ideal that good always wins.

5. Soap Opera
 Soap operas staged drams which follow a story with no
narrative resolution.
 They can go for longer than the normal 30min show.
 They commonly end on cliff hangers.
 They also create different atmospheres whether it be a
tense atmosphere, loving, atmosphere, hateful
atmosphere, etc.
 The plot changes over time.
 A serial.

6. Comedy
 Its entertains by making audiences laugh.
 It portrays different forms of comedy be it by verbal
or by actions.
 It usually does things that we as an audience what
to-do or would never do, a catalyst for the humor.
 It ends usually with narrative resolution, allowing
the audience to always be able to watch the show
whenever without having to watch the episode
before.

7. Sitcom
 A sitcom is a continues series which follows a story ,but
depending on the nature of the sitcom whether it be
humorous or about life for instance , it does not always end in
narrative resolution.
 Sitcoms can be acted out as a play. This is done in sitcoms
like, Fresh prince, Kianen and Kel, and Melissa and Joey etc
 They are series
 They usually relates to everyday life and go through and
prevail over troubles and problems faced by the audience and
everyday people. This could be focused on a particular ‘work force’
or an ‘Average Joe’.