Gina Gohil

Narrative Patterns in TV Drama Genres

Crime Examples The Bill, Morse, Prime Suspect, Whitechapel, Waking the Dead, Silent Witness Period/Literary Relationships all variations of sexuality Examples Examples Dr Who, Merlin, Robin Hood, Mistresses, Cutting it, Goodnight Mr Tom, Diary of Shameless, Six Feet Under, Anne Frank, Pushing Daisies, The Chase, The L-word, Gavin Bones & Stacey, Cold Feet, Sex in the City, Queer as Folk Narrative Patterns http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=zSlB8Gtu_ik In the above clip of Shameless, simultaneous time is used when the woman is shown asleep in the house on the sofa whilst the man is outside ringing the doorbell and is getting ready for when she opens the door. Compressed time is portrayed as well from the scene at the beginning of when the man is walking to the part where the doorbell rings. This shows that the Family Hybrid Post-modern Examples 24, Lost, Heroes, Lost in Austen, Damages, Ally MacBeal, Green Wing, Desperate Housewives

Narrative Patterns http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=5PEQRMTOYyM In the above clip of The Bill, simultaneous time is used. This is shown when the police officers are at the crime scene and are communicating with the headquarter staff where they are shown to be listening and watching the police officers at the crime scene. Also, real time is used as it shows the actual time of when the crime scene is taking place.

Examples Little Dorrit, Bleak House, Lark Rise to Candleford, Pride & Prejudice, Tess of the DUrbervilles, Oliver Twist Narrative Patterns Narrative Patterns http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=f9vIzqBek_w In the clip above of Oliver Twist, real time is used as it shows the actual time of when the event takes place.

Narrative Patterns http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=bYVFmigWuRI In the clip above of Lost, real time is used as it shows the actual time of when the event takes place.

http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=BB1meNCLGsY In the clip above of Dr Who, real time is used as it shows the actual time of when the event takes place. Simultaneous time is also used when the scene where the Doctor and his accomplices are shown which changes to a different scene, giving us a quick show of different characters within a different setting.

Gina Gohil time in which he walked to the womans house has been compressed.