+*-Paper 2 Section A television crime drama Introduction-*+

 

PAPER 2 SECTION A TELEVISION CRIME DRAMA Introduction:

Summarise the key genre. narrative and character genre conventions of crime drama using your own examples and any we watch in class.  Luther is particularly useful  
Focus on the following :

Subgenres   e.g  procedural, gangster, forensic, buddy,  historical   

Hybrid genres  e.g crime/horror , crime/scifi

Narrative e.g recurring themes, situations and events e.g car chases, crime scenes.
                           Narrative resolution and structure: is the crime solved each episode?
                           Are there ongoing enigmas ( mysteries or problems to be resolved )
                            throughout a series as well as in each episode? What are they?

Character codes    e.g the investigator/hero, nemesis/villain, stock characters e.g boss, sidekick
                           What personal qualities or relationships with each other do they often have?   
                           Are they conventional representations of their gender, ethnicity or age? 

Technical codes :  Visual and sound  codes related to genre, especially in key scenes   
e.g  use of lighting and colour, music and sound effects, establishing shots of background setting, 
closeup camera shots, cross-cutting narrative scenes, fast-paced editing in action scenes, 
shot/reverse shot of investigator/nemesis, costume, iconography and props linked to character or narrative.