TV Drama Conventions - Eastenders.

Programme      - Eastenders.

Broadcaster     - BBC1.

Writer              - Sarah-Louise Hawkins and Tony Holland.

Director           - Sue Dunderdale

Producer          - Brian Kirkwood

Characters - Alfie Moon and Nana Moon.

Nana Moon is a stereotypical grandmother. She is hard of hearing which makes her a comical character who is very much loved by her grandson Alfie. Alfie Moon is a typical bubbly cockney character taking care of Nana.

Narrative - Alfie Moon is spending Christmas with his elderly grandmother, Nana Moon. The two are discussing the family past and how she had had 'the best day' with him. They sit on the sofa and watch the Christmas snowman dancing when Alfie admits being scared about Nana dying. Nana reassures him by saying, "There's nothing to be scared about."The snowman then stops and Nana asks Alfie to turn it on again. As he turns away, Nana lies down and quietly passes away. As Alfie turns back he sees Nana lying down and gently tries to wake her. He soon realises she has slipped away, and it is an emotional end as we hear Alfie repeating the words "Not yet Nana."

Mise en scene - The location of the scene is upstairs in the Queen Vic Pub, which is the most iconic feature of Eastenders. It is also where Nana Moon and the whole Moon family live which is significant as it shows that she died in a comfortable place around people she loves, which is how the director would want her death to be portrayed, as she was a well-loved character in the series. The lighting is fairly dark with dim lighting and a few Christmas lights. This is significant in setting as it is displaying that the scene is not going to be happy or light hearted but rather a somber, melancholy scene. The set is a fairly simple setup, representing a working class family, which could be something that the audience could relate to as they are most likely to be working and middle class also. Both characters are wearing casual clothes, which are the same style as they wear in every episode they are in. Nana Moon wears stereotypical elderly lady's clothes in warm lavender colours, which help to represent her personality of being kind and caring. Alfie is wearing a burgundy shirt, which could show that he was trying to get into the Christmas spirit during his day out with Nana.

Sound - The  music that is playing in the background is 'jingle bells' whilst Alfie is telling Nana that he is scared. This is juxtaposing, which helps to display the seriousness of the conversation and situation. Whilst Christmas and festivities are happening around them it is like they are disconnected from everyone else. There is no non-digetic music used during the scene which could be to keep the attention on the dialogue between the characters in order for the audience to feel the emotion within the conversation and feel connected with the characters. At the end of the scene however, we can hear the Eastenders theme tune playing in the background, although it is different than the usual theme tune. It is much slower and on piano to make the mood more emotional as it finishes with Alfie crying.

Icons - Alfie and Nana Moon are both huge, much-loved icons in Eastenders. The audience can see their loving relationship in this scene, which makes the scene much more emotional.

This is an unusual camera angle, as it feels as though we are peering in at the scene, almost like we shouldn't be there. We, as the audience, are sharing an emotional, tender moment between and grandmother and grandson in her final few minutes. 

Here we can see a closeup of both of the characters, which helps the audience to capture and understand all the emotions shown on their faces. It also shows the intimacy and closeness between them.

In this clip, the camera pans round from Alfie, to an out of focus Nana, who is now lying down. It is a gentle, emotional way of showing that she has passed away, as the audience do not notice her lying down straight away. The audience also notice Nana lying down before Alfie does, which leaves them anticipating his reaction.

The scene uses closeups such as their hands touching, to show the closeness of their relationship, and the care they have for one another.

At the very end of the scene we see one final closeup of Alfie crying, hugging Nana. This could be used to show the raw emotion Alfie is feeling, triggering emotion in the audience also.