Costume drama
This is wearing clothing relevant to the subject of the program, for example, downtown abbey was set during the first and Second World War era, therefore the actors are dressed as people from this era would. Another example of costume drama is the genre, for example a sci if drama may have the actors wearing obscure clothing such as space suits or abnormal clothing, a romantic genre of program may have the actors wearing seductive clothing and a war drama may have the stereotypical clothing that fits the time relevant era in which the program is being based on.
Some codes and conventions of costume dramas are,
elaborated costumes and sets to portrays the particular time period correctly.
Multi stranded narrative based on character, each character has their own storyline
Often part of a series
Linear, but use of flashback
Commercially successful
Sexuality seen as repressed and smouldering, it's left to the audience to imagine what happens
High production values
Distributed in uk and us
Audience appeals, based on history, someone might watch it because they like the history it is covering.
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