Lesson 3: Sub Genres and Hybrids

So today we were thinking about some other key terminologyfor your exam:

Sub Genres : different specific styles but still within the catergory of TV Crime Genre

Genre Hybrids: When two or mroe established genres mix (e.g Romantic + Comedy)

We also talked a bit about this word and how Crime Drama trys to create it..

Verisimilitude: The world and the rules of reality created by the text.

Then we watched some clips from 3 different SUB GENRES:

• The private investigator (Sherlock)
• The police procedural (The Wire)
• The professions (CSI)

Then we tried to identify differences between the three using this sheet:

Website with good explanations of Subgenres: Crime TV Buddy Cop Show Forensic Drama

HOMEWORK : Read thsi article and try and note down new terms or examples you could use for your exam:

genre crime tv drama