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Conventions of a long form TV drama

 40 60 mins long
Binge watch because they are on multi media platforms so you can watch more in a short space of time such as Netflix
Barthes
- open narrative
- semantic- location
- enigma-  dot know what is going to happen with Russo and the revenge from Frank Underwood
Hybrids- HOC political drama and thriller
Million dollar budgets
High profile actors such as Kevin Spacey
Propps theory
- antihero - Frank Underwood
- helper - Zoe Barnes 

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