Development of drama

The development of drama refers to when the editor uses techniques along side the scene to help develop the drama further.

One of the techniques that the editor can use is the use of a protagonist. The protagonist can have a negative encounter with the another character within a scene. The audience is then engaged because they imagine if they were the narrator they would want them to win and if they were the character they would want the protagonist to lose. This can create tension and suspense because the audience wonders who the story will favour.

An example of this would be the TV series 'NARCOS'. You see within the film the protagonist is a DEA agent and wants to catch the head of a drug cartel. As the audience you see both sides of life, this makes it engaging because you are intrigued with both sides so the tension to what happens builds.





As Pablo Escobar slowly passes, you see the protagonist in the background. It makes the scene more powerful because you are not only watching what happens but you are seeing the protagonist an how he reacts. Viewing the protagonist  gives the audience a better understanding of the scene due to viewing it from different perspectives.