State of play

Television is viewed to be inferior to film.
Cinema is superior to television in every way.
Recent advances in technology mean that the picture and sound quality its not poor meaning it can still compete with cinema. Ellis wrote about the aesthics of television he concluded that industrial limitations such as budget can have a effect on camera, mise en scene and editing. Jonathan Bignel also made a similar point about television "the emphasis on mise en scene associated with the greater depth of colour, lighting and camera movement. Film is responsible for the stylistic interest to quality programmes.
HBO- Home Box Office
HBO can afford to make better production because its a subscription channel, therefore they receive good reviews E.g The wire. These create lots of money because they can go on for lots of series and can bring in lots of money from box set sales.
State of play- small screen to big screen
Paul Abbott wrote about the investigation on journalists unravelling a narrative about political corruption.  The film had a $60 million budget. T.V dramas have the possibility of extended narratives, this means they can be more detailed and complex. Television uses one kind of establishing shot in a way that is never used in film. between scenes and before breaks televison programmes uses a repeated visual motif before cutting to the interior for the next shot.