FORMAT

 24 the TV series shown below of box set.

 
A series is, informally speaking, the sum of the terms of a sequences. limited sequences and series have defined first and last terms, whereas infinite sequences and series  continue Open-endedly. -->

 so in terms of TV shows, Series-means a progression/succession/cycle of something, so in terms of TV , you could watch a TV show you could expect more episodes because it is progressing from that story line.


Boy A the single drama


A single drama is the opposite of a series, because it doesn't progress the story line more than once, compared to a series, its a like a short film version of it, because everything is compacted into one




The show 'the office'

The show 'the office' is Formatted as a Series Drama, it consist of genres such as Comedy. (sitcom, satire, mockumentary and parody).

Comedy

• In the contemporary meaning of the term, is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in television

 One of my shows called the 'office is a 'series' due to the fact it is done weekly per season,basically a program is broadcasted regularly, usually once a week where the same characters and basic situation will be used to tell a different story on each episode, 'The Office' has an average of 22 episodes per season excluding the first season which had 6 episodes in 2005(out of all the 9 seasons),


An example showing 'the office' being a TV series
I am just showing an example of how you could tell if something is a TV series(the office), and this promo shows just that, especially when they talk about 'season' which hints as a continuation .



A good example of a series format are series such as '24', which have an episode each week until a season ends.



Example of two single drama films
A single drama which are designed as a 'one-off' story for television, an example of that would be 'a short stay in Switzerland'(2009) which lasted for 90 minutes and 'Boy A'(2008) which lasted for 100 minutes.



This is showing(below) an example of 'the office' being both contemporary(modern) and humorous(for the characters).

I would consider the 'Office' as a comedy-drama, in  a Contemporary  genre because its based on modern times of people working in offices, and it creates humor most of the time with the actors being theatrical they say funny material.

Biolography 

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