Ingredients of a TV Drama

Characters.
Characters are usually easily identifiable and often represent the stereotypical characteristics in which are presented through media language.

Story lines.
All TV Dramas that we watch are told through a story line. The story line usually relate to the audience by using everyday problems and dramas that fill the public's lives. The story's usually escalate from equilibrium to dis equilibrium and sometimes back to equilibrium again leaving the viewers with a happy ending.

Sound and Music.
Music is used a lot in TV Dramas to reflect a particular mood that a character may be feeling. It can be used to create a bad atmosphere in a certain situation to build suspense. It can also be used to create a good atmosphere in which would build characters up to a high point. Ambient sounds are used to emphasise certain plots and events that are present the drama.