Narrative
- Enigma codes - A mystery (who committed a crime)
- Red Herrings - A false lead (leading the hero in the wrong direction or like a goose chase)
- Main character tends to have an inexperienced sidekick(like robin in TITANS)
- A chase (normally in a car)
- Cliffhanger at the end of an episode if not resolved (like in Eastenders when a big thing happens and its not resolved in the episode usually finished off in the next episode)
Character
- Character teamwork and pleasure in success ( there satisfied when the hero beats the villain and succeeds)
- protagonist tends to have major personality defects (alcoholic, gambler, failed marriage) (The bodyguard his wife left him)
Gangster - A crime drama following the leader of a gang or just gangs an example could be peaky blinders
Police soap series - A crime drama following a never ending police solving crime drama for example cuffs
Cold case - When the police close a case for a long time then re open it when the get more evidence onto the crime for example cold case
Court room - A crime drama taking place in a court room following lawyers for example how to get away with a murder
Detective dramas - Follows the detective solving crimes for example broad show
Serial killers - A drama based on following the serial killer whilst being the main character for example The end of the f**cking world
Prison - A drama based on people living in prison and what they do for example Prison break or orange is the new black
Investigate detective and sidekick - A drama base on an investigation with a detective and with a sidekick following them
Criminal - Focuses on a group of criminals who commit crimes for example criminal minds
Good definitions. For each convention though, please provide an example from Cuffs and explain how it is used in the show. For the sub-genres, explain how the examples you give show the conventions of that sub-genre.
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