Codes and Conventions of British Drama;

Whilst deciding the genre to work with for our teaser trailer, we have had to consider a number of factors for the genres and sub-genres we are interested in.

I have looked into the genre of British Drama, focusing on mainstream commercial British drama films such as Kidulthood, Trainspotting, This is England and FishTank.

Codes and Conventions of the British Drama genre;

•Usually focused on working class people
•Characters struggle to cope with day-to-day life
•Usually the characters are not normal and have some sort of interesting twist
•Location is usually focused on, especially its decay/ industrialisation/ urbanisation or’run-down’ ness
•Diegetic sound is usually used to show the reality of the situation(s)
•Deal with sensitive issues such as; drug or alcohol abuse, racism, sexism, prostitution and various forms of neglect or violence
•The ending of the film is usually not particularly happy one and usually leaves the audience wanting to know more about the character
•Typically located in major cities as they are typically the most poverty stricken
•Vinnie Jones is a very iconic actor for British drama some would say he is a signifier of the genre

Having looked at the codes and conventions of British drama as a genre, I would say it may be challenging as we would have to negotiate sensitive issues carefully and location may be difficult as it would incur a lot of travelling. However, none of the codes and conventions are totally unreachable to it may still be something we can consider.