All are very different from comic books, novels, conference panels, or a list of the first million digits of pi. TV is shown on a small screen that presents faces and close-ups better than landscapes. Because viewers sit in their living rooms with many distractions, shows tend to be at most one hour long, meaning that they cannot evolve complex plots. Series of TV shows are common because the audience likes the convenience of tuning in every week at the same time and because they can easily do so since the TV set is in their house and has no usage fees. Seeing the same characters week after week leads to extensive character development during a season.
Movies are about stories .
Viewers have gone to the trouble of driving to the movie theater, so they want more than a half-hour show, though most films are still less than two hours long due to human biology. Because of the lack of series, characters are developed less and the film rests more on a strong plot. Theater is about ideas . The audience sits far away from the stage and cannot see the actors as well as on film. Nor can the stage show as elaborate sets or landscapes.