Verisimilitude (very similar to).

Verisimilitude (very similar to).

• The appearance of reality,
• The way in which a TV drama attempts to look and sound:

Authentic

Believable

Realistic

• All TV drams are constructed. 
• Some TV dramas rely on high levels of verisimilitude:

E.g.) Life on mars- Sam Tyler goes back in time to 1970s, all aspects of Mise-en-scene i.e.) clothes, hair, make up, set design are similar to those people wore in 1970s. Period dramas rely on high levels of verisimilitude.