Why do people watch crime drama?

Crime drama is very popular in the UK alone. This type of drama may be popular for many reasons, maybe because of the time of day they are shown (relating to my last post) or maybe people enjoy the contrast they rarely see in their day to day lives. Crime creates suspense and often follows a story, which may leave cliffhangers at the end of episode, encouraging viewers to tune in next week. 
                                         A particular theory is the gratification theory. In the 1960's, media theorists realised that people make choices about what they do when consuming texts and that drama left entertainment, surveillance, correlation and cultural transmission with society. Blulmer and Katz then went on to publish their theory in 1974 concluding that the individuals in society might choose and use texts for reasons such as; diversion, personal relationships viewers may have with the characters, personal identity, and surveillance. This is a good example of one of the reasons why people may watch crime drama.
                                          People may watch crime drama to experience the adrenaline rush that the criminals get, or the police get, in a high speed chase without actually getting involved with crime. Usually crime drama is exaggerated to draw in more of an audience, and it does exactly that. Writers always try and make the few main characters, whether they are criminals or police members, very relatable , and even though the main character may be in the wrong, the viewer will still route for them as they get to know the character personally and therefore makes a 'relationship' with the viewer, and again encouraging them to tune into the next episode. 
                                          In conclusion, people may watch crime drama to experience the excitement of being involved with the police or being a police member without personally being in trouble. They may also see similarities between one of the characters, therefore making the viewer interested. Also a certain crime series may be on at a certain time of day which the viewer had adapted into their daily routine.

TV Drama and Scheduling

TV Drama
There are many different sub categories that follow 'TV drama.' These could be comedy;Gavin and Stacey. crime;The bill. detective; CSI. period drama; Downton Abbey. sci-fi;Doctor Who. law; Law and Order.

Scheduling
Deciding when certain shows are scheduled is a crucial part of getting maxium viewers. The same types of TV shows are shown at the same times of the day. For example, at the start of the day theres breakfast shows, such as 'Daybreak' and 'BBC Breakfast' which provide the day's headlines and interviews with celebrities. As the day comes to around 10pm-2pm theres more programmes aimed at women such as 'loose women' and home shows like ' Escape to the Country' once 3 o'clock comes around, the kids TV shows take over, till about 7:30 when the soaps air. TV channels sometimes debate when they show their shows. A Classic example of this would be the Saturday night war between BBC and ITV, when they air Strictly come Dancing and The X Factor. They compete every week for viewers and timings are often changed each week to suit eachother.

Intro To Media

In my third lesson or so of Media studies, we learnt about camera angles which are used in certain TV dramas. I watch my fair bit of TV, such as Eastenders, and i never really put much detailed thought into what camera shots directors use. There's lots of different types of shots, such as 'very wide' shots which shows scenery and sets the scene. Also the 'over the shoulder' which is used during conflict. The angle of the camera is also important. For example, if the camera is at a high angle, it makes the people in the scene look small, and if the camera angle is low down, it makes the people in the scene look small. These angles could be used to represent the power of the characters.