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, [[MediaNotes/HighDefinition Hi-Def]], etc. |
4 | |
5 | See also CameraTricks. |
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8 | !!General: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | |
11 | [floatboxright: |
12 | '''Subindex:''' |
13 | + {{Seasons}} |
14 | ] |
15 | |
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 |
74 | |
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. |
80 | |
81 | !!!New Media Formats: |
82 | * InfiniteCanvas |
83 | * VlogSeries |
84 | * WebSerialNovel |
85 | |
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 | * MediaNotes/HighDefinition |
96 | * Platform/LaserDisc |
97 | * Platform/SDCard |
98 | * Platform/{{VCR}}/Beta |
99 | * Platform/UMatic |
100 | [[/index]] |
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