Web Based Drama Case Studies.

By Naomi Abraham

Web Drama one: Doctor Who Dreamland.

What is the Structure of Doctor Who Dreamland?
Doctor Whos structure is a series made up of 6 episodes. The first one being a 12 minutes long episode and the other 5 were 6 minute episodes. The Show was broadcasted daily from the 21 st of November 2009 on the BBCS Red Button Service and it was also broadcasted on the official Doctor Who website and on BBC iplayer. Who are the Audience? Doctor whos genre is a Sci Fi so the audience are going to be Sci - Fi lovers. The age ranges from 12 18 and maybe some older viewers as well. Doctor Who is for younger viewers around of 8 - 10as well considering its a child friendly programme.

Web Drama one: Doctor Who Dreamland (Continued)

What is the Narrative Structure?

Doctor Who Dreamland Episode 1:

There are 4 prior animated stories: 1, Death Comes till time

2. Real Time
3. Scream of Shalka 4. The Infinite Quest

Web Drama one: Doctor Who Dreamland (Continued)

What is the Narrative Structure? Here is the Plot of the first episode of Doctor Who Dreamland. 13 June 1947: a spaceship, trying to escape from two others, is shot down and crashes on Earth near Roswell, New Mexico. Eleven years later in Dry Springs, Nevada, The TARDIS materialises at a diner, and the Doctor meets Cassie Rice and Native American Jimmy Stalkingwolf. He uses his sonic screwdriver to investigate an alien artifact. Detecting that the artifact has been activated, two Men in Black arrive demanding the artifact in question. The Doctor and the others escape, to investigate Jimmy's "space monster". The monster turns out to be a Viperox battle-drone and is destroyed by a rocket from a USAF helicopter which arrives on the scene. The soldiers take them to Area 51 (aka Dreamland). In Dreamland, Colonel Stark locks them in a cell with a gas that will wipe their memories. The Doctor manages to break free, stop the gas, and escapes with Cassie and Jimmy via a ventilation shaft. The alarm sounds and they run into a lab where they find a captured grey alien. After fleeing pursuing guards in a lift they are recaptured at the top of the lift shaft. Colonel Stark is revealed to be working with a Viperox leader named Lord Azlok.

Web Drama one: Doctor Who Dreamland (Continued)

Who are the Characters in this drama?
The characters in this drama are listed below: The Doctor David Tennant Cassie Rice Georgia Moffett

Jimmy Stalkingwolf Tim Howar

Colonel Stark Stuart Milligan Saruba Velak Lisa Bowerman Riverish Mantilax Nicholas Rowe Lord Azlok - David Warner What are the Techniques used in this Drama? The main Technique used in this Drama is that it is an animated series. The sound that are used are made to be like monster sounds. The music that has been made is to set the scene or to set the tension in a scene. (An example is when the Doctor, Cassie and Jimmy are trying to escape area 51.) The Camera Techniques they use are Establishing Shots(At the beginning of Doctor Who Dreamland, there is an establishing shot of a sign that says Roswell 35m Please drive carefully. Then before the theme song of Doctor Who starts the words New Mexico Desert June 13 th 1947 appear near the sign, This tells the viewers that this story takes place back in time. They also use

Web Drama Two: Eastenders E20.

What is the Structure of Eastenders E20? Eastenders E20 is a British internet soap which began airing on 8 th January 2010. This Web Based Drama is a spin off from the established BBC Soap Eastenders. The show is set in the EastEnders regular setting of Albert Square, a Victorian square in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London. Who are the audience?

The audience range from 12 18 year olds just like Doctor Who dreamlands. The main target audience are teenagers. This is because most Teenagers spend their time on the internet and also on the show the themes of love, family life and break ups are common in most teenagers today.

Web Drama Two: Eastenders E20. (Continued)

What is the Narrative of this Drama? Series 1 Narrative: Following four teenagers who crash into Albert Square, as their lives intertwine. Series 2 Narrative: Four New Walford residents all have something they are desperate to hide or get away from. Series 3 Narrative: Three Young Strangers run free in Walford until cornered by the police, and a new day dawns. Who are the Characters in this Drama? Series 1: Zsa Zsa Carter: Emer Kenny. Fatboy: Ricky Norwood. Mercy Olubunmi: Bunmi Mojekwu. Leon Small: Sam Attwater Series 2: Asher Levi: Heshima Thompson. Stevie Dickinson: Amanda Fairbank Haynes. Naz Mehmet : Emaa Hussen. Sol Levi: Tosin Cole Series 3: Faith Olubunmi: Modupe Adeyeye. Donnie Lester : Samuell Benta. Ava Bourne: Sophie Colquhoun.

What are the Techniques used in Eastenders E20?

Web Drama Two: Eastenders E20. (Continued)

They have used the same Techniques that they have used the original EastEnders. They have used Close up shots, Tracking shots, Establishing shots , Eyeline match and reverse shots. (Reverse shot is used in conversations such as Fatboy talking to Mercy. The camera shows mercy reaction whenever fatboy is talking and vice versa.) They have a remixed version of the Eastenders Theme song. The EastEnders team asked viewers to come up with a remixed theme of EastEnders on a competition and they will chose from a variety of people to play it in the Web based Drama. This did this to make the theme song more hip -hop and suitable for teenagers since they are into those things.

Web Drama Three: The Cut.

What is the Structure of the Cut? The Cut is a BBC Television soap for Teenagers, it was first broadcasted in September 2009. The series was developed by BBC Switch and Holby City writer AL Smith in collaboration with Kate Modern producer Pete gibbons and Hollyoaks director, Sarah Walker. The Cut is broadcast in 25 minute episodes on BBC Two, with each episode being broadcast in daily five-minute chunks.

Who are the audience?

The Audience in this Web Based Drama are Teenagers. This is because in the show the themes that are used are the same as Eastenders E20 which are Love, Family life and Break ups. Secrets are also kept throughout the series which is similar to teenager life today.

Web Drama Three: The Cut.(Continued )

What is the Narrative? Series 1: A stranger's death draws 18 year-old Jay to London where he meets the Mackinnons and the Loxleys, two families with an age-old history of bad blood. Posh girl Marla Mackinnon falls for Jay, but Mack, her controlling dad, does not stand for it. Olive Loxley is dreaming of escape from her over protective sister, Toni and their family caf, but is troubled Stephen Mackinnon really her way out? Series 2: It's a new term at Deaconsfield and a chance for new beginnings for faces both old and new. But is Olive really ready to move on from Stephen? Is Marla actually over Jay? And what exactly is Amy Mackinnion up to? Series 3: Series Three is here. Kicking off with some painful goodbyes and a few new hellos, Whats in store for The Cut now Olives gone?

Web Drama Three: The Cut.(Continued )

Who are the Characters? Here are just the main series 1 cast:

Jay Kelso - Samuell Benta

Rosa Willis - Scarlett Bowman Toni Loxley - Jessica Dickens Marla Mackinnon -Lara Goodison Tommy Fitzpatrick - Edward Green Stephen Mackinnon - Matt Kane Daniel 'Mack' Mackinnon - Dermot Martin

Olive Loxley - Billie North

Web Drama Three: The Cut.(Continued )

What are the Techniques used? The episode I have a looked is called I found dads wallet and the show opens up with an establishing shot of London. An reverse shot is in this episode as well. This is when Jay is talking to a lawyer and finds that he owns the restaurant of the tramp who died in the first episode. Eyeline Matches are used in this episode to show someone looking at something or someone else. This shot lets the viewers know what that person is seeing. They have also used tense music when someone gets in to a fight or after someone's been attacked.