Vampire Diaries: Supernatural Hybrid Drama Genre
Explore how far the 'Vampire Diaries/Being Human/Misfits' DVD cover conforms to genre conventionsIn this essay, I will be analysing the DVD cover of the 'Vampire Diaries' which is a television programme in the teen-supernatural hybrid drama genre. I will also be analysing the covers of 'Being Human' and 'Misfits' and I will compare and contrast them with the 'Vampire Diaries' cover. The typical genre conventions of supernatural dramas are that there are supernatural beings such as ghosts. Werewolves and vampires, and 'ordinary' setting, a trigger/event that leads to the creation of supernatural beings. 'Ordinary' people becoming supernatural or finding out about supernatural beings, and the running theme which is good vs bad. On the front of the
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The elements are there, especially when a love triangle is introduced into the plot. 'Misfits' is a British science-fiction drama television series based on a group of young offenders who obtain supernatural powers after a strange electric storm. The plots of 'Misfits and 'Being Human' follow a majority of the genre conventions, but some parts of the narrative completely subvert them. For instance, there is a lightning storm that leads the characters gaining supernatural powers, but they are a group of young offenders and they wouldn't usually be the kind of people to gain powers. On the back cover, there are profile images of each character which are comic-book like, which links with the idea of superheroes which is iconic, but the characters subvert the conventions of superheroes. There is a different colour behind each character which again suggest they are a team of superheroes. In 'Being Human' all three supernatural characters share a flat together in Bristol. The darkness surrounding the characters with some light suggest they are fighting against something evil that is almost taking them in. The messy house suggests chaos and along with the simple font and location suggest the simple they want is not
The elements are there, especially when a love triangle is introduced into the plot. 'Misfits' is a British science-fiction drama television series based on a group of young offenders who obtain supernatural powers after a strange electric storm. The plots of 'Misfits and 'Being Human' follow a majority of the genre conventions, but some parts of the narrative completely subvert them. For instance, there is a lightning storm that leads the characters gaining supernatural powers, but they are a group of young offenders and they wouldn't usually be the kind of people to gain powers. On the back cover, there are profile images of each character which are comic-book like, which links with the idea of superheroes which is iconic, but the characters subvert the conventions of superheroes. There is a different colour behind each character which again suggest they are a team of superheroes. In 'Being Human' all three supernatural characters share a flat together in Bristol. The darkness surrounding the characters with some light suggest they are fighting against something evil that is almost taking them in. The messy house suggests chaos and along with the simple font and location suggest the simple they want is not