Crime Drama

Tuesday 7th January 2025

Do now:

1. 2 exams 

2. 1 hour and 30 mins

3. Genre is a type of a media form that involves a certain set of characteristics

4. Older middle class people, white British women

5. Educate, inform, entertain

Component 2 - understanding media forms and products

Written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes

60 marks

Crime Drama:

Genre - A type of media form that involves a certain set of characteristics

Sub genre -A category that is a subdivision of a larger genre

Hybrid genre - A combination of two or more genres that share conventions from different categories

Responder:

Narrative - police man who seems depressed

Setting - Office, Liverpool

Characters - White man, police officer, wife and child

Mis en scene - Dim lighting, police uniform, sirens, medication

Happy Valley:

Narrative - Man at park who has fire and a lighter with too much to drink 

Setting - shop, park

Characters - 2 police officers, drunk man 

Mis en scene - police car and uniform, alcohol

Line of duty

Narrative - Officers shoot innocent man who's holding a baby. Wrong person.  

Setting - run down apartments

Characters - multiple police officers

Mis en scene - police cars, sirens, radios, guns, uniform

Similarities - Police officers, run down places, sirens, lowkey lighting, ariel views, starting with a problem every time. 

The typical codes and conventions of TV drama are urban areas, police officers, crime, guns, mostly men but some women, tends to start with a crime that is being committed but not usually the main crime, normally a victim, protagonist tends to be a detective or police man, antagonist is often intelligent and craft always being 1 step ahead, handful of suspects with reasonable opportunity of them being linked to the crime, there are many clues and red herrings to keep he audience thinking, narrative ark that unfold over many episodes, often in city or urban area, you get usually a villain hero and helper,

representations of characters and themes are difficult which makes it difficult to guess, lowkey lighting, gritty, realistic, handheld camerawork, fast paced and diegetic sounds. 

The impact of these conventions keeps the audience intrigued and guessing as the representations aren't clear and they cause lots of tensions through mis en scene. The villain isn't clear as there is many suspects which keep the audience intrigued a they will guess who it is.

Friday 10th January 2025

Do now:

1. Hybrid genre - A combination of two or more genres that share conventions from different categories

2. The Sweeney and Luther

3. Lowkey lighting

4. Diegetic sounds

5. Tension

Watershed - The time of the day after which programming with content deemed suitable for only mature or adult audiences 

Peak Time - Includes the best programming the broadcaster has to offer to capture thee largest possible audience

Prime Time - The period during the day when the media is most active