Task 3: Genre

Genre:

Period fantasy drama/ Merlin: 
The Merlin series is a period fantasy drama which is aired on BBC 1. The drama is set in the time of King Arthur, which is a medieval period; the narrative is anti-realist. Merlin use costumes, sets, props, locations and lighting to capture the ambience of the medieval era. The costumes include long dresses, embroidered gowns for the wealthier characters and armour for the soldiers. The colours include dark greys, maroon, red, greens, browns and blues. The main characters tend are dressed in colours specific to the characters roles, e.g. Gaius the sourcer wears colours such as light blue shades as this is a colour of wisdom. Merlin stays within the medieval genre as they use locations such as castles, small villages, woods and lakes. theses locations are chosen as they fit in well with the genre as they are mostly associated with a medieval time.  Merlin also uses lighting to create an atmosphere, neutral colours are used such as light creams, light browns  for a more nice warm  scene and then  dark greys, blacks and hard on colours to create a more dramatic hard heading scenes. Merlin falls into a period drama, as the costumes the set and even the language are all set in a medieval era. 

Drama/Revenge:

Revenge is a drama series which is aired on E4. The drama is set in modern day in the rich Hampton's; the genre is a realist crime drama. Revenge use costumes,sets,props,locations, lighting to create a modern day rich mysterious lifestyle. The costumers wore by the cast are modern clothing but are also clothes worn most by more wealthier people such as suits,dresses,shirts ties, smart shoes,heels. the colours include more modern colours as reds,whites,blacks and dark blues this give a more of a 21st century feel. The main character Emily is always center of attention so would be in the more powerful colours such as red, this shows colour of passion and anger. Revenge uses modern sets and locations to stay within the theme; locations such as grand mansions, beach side houses, beach, bar/restaurant, city building offices, prison and  pool houses. Theses locations are chosen as they fit in well with the genre as they are mostly associated with a wealthy lifestyle. The lighting used in revenge is used to create different types of atmosphere such as warm interment scenes would use warm light whites, dime dusky browns and warm cream. However for a dramatic scene they would use dark greys, dusky dark brown and a powerful grey.  Revenge falls into a modern crime drama, as it has the the right locations and  costumes and lighting to make every aspect of the series a the right themed drama.



Sci-fi/ Doctor Who:

Doctor Who is a  Sci-fi drama series, which is aired on BBC Three. Doctor who is an anti -realist TV  fantasy series. Doctor who used costumes, locations, lighting are used to create a fantasy atmosphere. The costumes used within Doctor who are between normal and abnormal. As the normal people who wear suits, jackets, trousers and then there's anti realist characters such as the darleks which are robots which would be in costumes that are alien like an  unrealistic creature like. The main character the Doctor would be in a suit with a bow tie as this is his signature touch on his identity. The locations used within Doctor who are the Tarrdis, different planets, space, earth. These locations are used to create a much more anti-realist and fantasy feel. Doctor who uses various lighting to create different moods and scenes such as a fiery dramatic scene would consist with powerful colours such as deep reds, oranges, greys and a powerful light blue light. for a more warm scene there would be more of an light warm neutral colours to create a different atmosphere.  
Doctor Who falls into a sci-fi as it is an anti-realist fantasy drama which have traces of supernatural beings within the series.



Comedy/How i met your mother :

How i met your mother is a comedy sitcom series which is aired on E4. The sitcom is set in a main Manhattan area of New York. How i met your mother use various costumes, sets,locations and lighting to create a funny sitcom. the costumes used are layed back casual clothing such as, jeans, shirts,blazers, suits. each character has a different look to their identities for example Barney, always wears a suit as his is apart of his identity. How i met your mother use different sets and locations for example an apartments, living room, bedrooms, a bar sitting area, out side the apartment block.These locations give a sense of a main Manhattan theme. all locations are within studios and there would be an 180 rule. where any of the cameras could not cross over, there's also an audience that watches while filming. the different lighting used with how i met your mother for different scenes such as, a happy cheerful atmosphere would use light gold colours and mellow yellows. However for a sad dramatic scene there would be more dark blues, greys and black.