C2 Tv

TV drama                                                                                                          Tuesday 7th January 2025

L/o: to explore the content and format of the unit

Do now

1- 2

2- 1.5 hours

3- genre means a type of a media form that involves a particular set of characteristics 

4- older females ABC1 middle class white British women

5- educate entertain inform 

Component 2: understanding media forms and products, 1.5 hours, 60 marks

SECTION A: TV crime drama- 'Luther' and 'The Sweeney' 

SECTION B: music videos 

Section A:  

 question 1- media language or representations

 question 2- media industries or audiences or contexts

 

Crime Drama

Genre-a type of media form that involves a particular set of characteristics 

Sub-genre- a subdivision of a genre og literature, music, film, etc 

Hybrid-genre- share the conventions of more than one genre

In crime drama you can have police procedural, period crime drama, forensic drama all as sub-genre as and crime drama. 

The Responder

Narrative- a man needing help, man has trauma from something, man is a police officer, takes pills, trying to stop crime from happening

Setting-in some sort of office for therapy, night time in a car driving, in a city, 

Characters- man (main character) and woman, police, group of people, Daughter of man, wife

Mise-en-scene- black clothing (man), formal looking clothes (woman), dark lighting with orange tints to it, police car, police uniform, close up shots, low-key lighting, Ariel shots

Happy valley

Narrative- drunk man saying he might set himself on fire for being humiliated, police is trying to help, man trying to get a pay rise to send his daughter to a school, trying to stop crime from happening

Setting-in a village or small town, day time, play park, office

Characters- blonde police officer, dark haired police officer, drunk man, group of kids, older looking business man, younger dark haired woman, 

Mise-en-scene- police car, fire extinguisher, police uniform, messy desk of books and files, close up shots, low-key lighting, Ariel shots

Line of duty

Narrative- police going to raid a house or go to find someone, trying to get into someones flat, police officers blow up door and shoot man who might be in trouble, took down the wrong person, trying to stop crime from happening

Setting- police car racing around corner with blue lights on, block of flats, day time.

Characters- dark haired male,  SWAT team, family, other police officers

Mise-en-scene- police car, guns, walkie talkie, black clothes, dark lighting, close up shots, low-key lighting, Ariel shots

Similarities

Codes and conventions of Tv crime drama 

-set in built up areas

-includes police/detectives

-low-key lighting

-arial shot of police cars

-action shots

-crime scene images

-from the viewpoint of the main character (often a police officer or detective)

-middle of the day/nighttime

-someone in trouble for doing something they weren't meant to do

- starts with crime that has been committed or they are trying to stop

-normally a victim

- main character intelligent but flawed in some sort of way

-antagonist often intelligent, always one step ahead

-handful of suspects with motives

-clues and red herrings throughout the series that help or hinder the investigation

-suspense

-narrative ark continuing narrative the unfolds over multiple episode

-typical character type villain , hero, helper, dispatcher

-representation of characters and themes can challenge conceived ideas

-gritty, realistic settings

fast-paced editing

-handheld camera work

-diegetic sounds ( sound you would hear if you were there) 

These conventions engage the audience in the programme by catching their attention, create tension, creating suspense by having fast paced editing which makes it feel like there is a lot of things happening at once to the audience and they have to try to keep up with what is happening in the series. Having hand held camera work also makes the audience feel like they are in the scene with everyone else and make them feel like they are part of the crime drama when in reality they are sat in front of a screen watching it but still wanting to figure out what is going to happen next in the series. Including clues and red herrings add tension to the series for the audience because they would be sat there trying to figure out what is going to happen and who has committed the crime almost as if they are included in the investigation.