What even is a ‘microdrama’?
FremantleCharles Pulliam-MooreCloseCharles Pulliam-MoorePosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Hameiri also said that he believes the project will demonstrate how “premium vertical television will become a significant new entertainment category” — one that can help introduce new audiences to a classic series.Variety’s framing of RoseBerry’s new vertical cut of Neighbours as a kind of microdrama is curious. Microdramas are short-form vertical videos often featuring characters who get caught up in convoluted romance plots, which makes them somewhat similar to Neighbours in terms of their shared subject matter.
- ▪FremantleCharles Pulliam-MooreCloseCharles Pulliam-MoorePosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture.
- ▪Hameiri also said that he believes the project will demonstrate how “premium vertical television will become a significant new entertainment category” — one that can help introduce new audiences to a classic series.Variety’s framing of Rose
- ▪Microdramas are short-form vertical videos often featuring characters who get caught up in convoluted romance plots, which makes them somewhat similar to Neighbours in terms of their shared subject matter.
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EntertainmentCloseEntertainmentPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All EntertainmentReportCloseReportPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All ReportStreamingCloseStreamingPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All StreamingWhat even is a ‘microdrama’?Most microdramas are vertical content, but not all vertical content feels like a real microdrama.Most microdramas are vertical content, but not all vertical content feels like a real microdrama.by Charles Pulliam-MooreCloseCharles Pulliam-MooreFilm & TV ReporterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage…
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