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1'''Format''' refers to the general shape of the show, rather than the show's {{genre}}. For instance, a SitCom is in a particular genre. It might be any length from a half-hour up to a miniseries. That's the format.
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3'''Format''' can also refer to the technical aspects of a show or electronic media, or what kind of media it's distributed on -- for example, UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s, [[Platform/HighDefinition Hi-Def]], etc.
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5See also CameraTricks.
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8!!General:
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12'''Subindex:'''
13+ {{Seasons}}
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16%% General: %%
17* AnimatedAdaptation: A non-animated work is adapted into an animated film or series.
18* {{Anthology}}: A collection of stories that follow the same genre or theme but are otherwise unrelated.
19** AnimatedAnthology
20** AnthologyComic
21** AnthologyFilm
22** AnthologySeries
23** GenreAnthology
24* CompilationMovie: A movie made by editing together episodes of a television show.
25* DirectToVideo: A movie isn't released in theaters or aired on television and is instead released straight to home video upon finishing production.
26* DramaticHalfHour : A dramatic series that can be run for around 30 minutes.
27* DramaticHourLong
28* FauxDocumentary: A film done in the style of a documentary recounting fictional events.
29* TheFilmOfTheSeries
30* FilmSerial
31* HalfHourComedy
32* InconsistentEpisodeLengths
33* IrregularSeries
34* {{Julekalender}}
35* KidsBlock
36* LogFic
37* MadeForTVMovie: A film that is made exclusively for airing on television rather than theatrical release.
38* MiniSeries: A television series that is intended to only run for a limited number of episodes.
39* {{Mockumentary}}
40* TheMovie
41* NarrativePoem
42* NatureDocumentary
43* {{Newsreel}}
44* {{Omnibus}}: A book series or comic book series receives a huge collected volume that contains the entire series or at least a significant portion of it.
45* OriginalVideoAnimation (aka OVA or OAV)
46* PanelGame
47* PrimeTimeCartoon
48* PrimeTimeNews
49* QuarterHourShort: A show that runs a quarter hour of 11-15 minutes.
50* RadioDrama
51* {{Rerun}}: Re-airing an episode of a television show that has already aired before.
52* RoadshowTheatricalRelease
53* SaturdayMorningCartoon
54* SaturdayMorningKidsShow
55* ShortFilm: A film with a running time that is much less than an hour.
56* SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: An animated series that lasts 65 episodes.
57* SketchComedy
58* SoapWheel
59* SportingEvent
60* SundayEveningDramaSeries: Unobjectionable, family-friendly series meant to air on Sunday night.
61* TalentShow
62* {{Telethon}}
63* TelevisionSerial
64* ThreeShorts: A television series where every episode has three segments.
65** ThreeShorts/WesternAnimation
66* TVDocumentary
67* TwelveEpisodeAnime
68* TwoForOneShow
69* UnratedEdition: A work that had to be censored in order to be released theatrically or aired on television has a raunchier cut made available on home video.
70* VarietyShow
71* VignetteEpisode
72* VisualNovel
73* WheelProgram
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75!!!Modifiers:
76* AlternateSpeciesCounterpart: Creating a new character by changing the species of an existing character.
77* CelebrityEdition
78* DistaffCounterpart: The female equivalent of a pre-existing male character (the reverse of this would be called a Spear Counterpart).
79* {{Pilot}}: An experimental "first episode" of sorts that may or may not be picked up for development of a full-fledged television series.
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81!!!New Media Formats:
82* InfiniteCanvas
83* VlogSeries
84* WebSerialNovel
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86!!Technical:
87* Platform/ThreeDMovie
88* MediaNotes/AnalogVsDigital
89* Platform/BluRay
90* Platform/{{CED}}
91* Platform/CompactDisc
92* Platform/{{DVD}}
93* Platform/{{DIVX}}
94* MediaNotes/FilmFormats
95* Platform/HighDefinition
96* Platform/LaserDisc
97* Platform/SDCard
98* Platform/{{VCR}}/Beta
99* Platform/UMatic
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