Crime Drama Audiences

Narratives

Give Examples of opening teasers in the shows you've seen,
-In the second episode of season 1 of luther, a man is pretending to be dead and as the police pull up and get out he stands ups and shoots them dead and takes on of their radio's, then the title sequence comes on,
-Girl is seen at a party then the screen turns to he tied to a football post being stoned to death, then the title sequence come on
Whats examples of enigmas have you seen?
-In sherlock, he sees that the dead woman has mud splatter up the left side of her leg, he the figures out that she must of had a suitcase and the splatter on her leg is from the small wheels and he also digures out that she was holding something in her right hand because most people are right handed and would normall pull a suitcase with thier right hand unless they were doing something with thier dominant hand.
-in luther a police woman gets shot in the stomach, they know the killer is a trained marksman but cant understand why the killer would leave this police officer alive and have such a sloppy shot, but then luther realises its an ambush and all the killer wanted was to get the other police officers to the scene so he could kill even more in one go,
How would you describe the 'quests' of the key protagonists of the crime dramas,
-Horatio does his job becvause he wants to clean up the streets of miami
-Luther does his jobs because he enjoys the excitement and because his job keeps him on edge,
-Sherlock does his job as a hobby, Sherlock doesnt even get paid to do his job,
How have shows you've seen use either closed or open naratives?
-In Luther you find out who the killier is straight away but for luther its all about proving they done it for his own satisfaction,
-In CSI: Miami you only find out who the killier is right at the end of the show, withing about 5 minutes of the credits,

Set Pieces

-The laboratory Scene

the scene were the forensic side of the show takes place

-Interrogation Scene

where the suspects are questioned

-The Eureka Moment

when the investagator find a peice of evidence then thing just click

-Crime Scene

police tape,

cones,

people in blue investor overalls,    

in the Crime Scene setpieces, they also look for a murder weapon, in this case its these rocks...

they also look for all types of evidence at the crime scene,

Drag marks on the floor by the victims car,

-Arrest/ Confession

-Crime Flash Back

shows you the crime that the team are investigating happening,

shows how the person died/ what happened in real time,

-The Chase/ Dash/ Action Scene

-Notification of Next of Kin

-Autopsy Scene

informs you on the cause of death

-Press Conference

a very tense scene,

you are informed more on the crime,

it makes the programme seem more realistic,

Character Types Prezi

Pitching Ideas For A New Crime Drama

Pitching Ideas for A New Crime Drama

Name:  Jane Doe (the name given to bodys found that have not yet been identified)

Type of Crime Drama: Forensic Investigation, autopsy, very modern, high tech labs, big expensive equipment, fast paced, engaging for the audience,

Characters: Duo… Ex Mossad Agent (Female) and an Ex FBI Agent (Male), both well trained for physical combat, but the woman is in charge, the man is quite tame and follows all the rules and regulations, but the woman won’t stop at anything until she finds who’s responsible, the man is a charmer and thinks he’s a bit of a ladies’ man, the woman doesn’t have much luck with men and doesn’t really have time for them because she puts all of her effort into her work.

Structure of Show: Series, each crime is resolved at the end of each episode and it shows the criminal being taken away in hand cuffs, the is an ongoing back story going on throughout the series about a traitor inside of the investigation service who informs the criminals when the team find something, but this is resolved at the end of the series.

Typical Narrative: Restrictive Narrative, you only know who the killer is when the team do, and you only find out what happens when the team does

Setting: Lab, Streets, Big Cities, glamorous Miami, back street alleys, run down parts of Miami, places where glamorous TV shows wouldn't normally be filmed

Style: Glamorous, fast paced, humorous, intelligent, and very clever, they find things that no one would normally notice, they can figure out what happened with only a few pieces of evidence

Scheduling: Chanel 5, 10:00-11:00pm, Thursdays, 12 episodes per series, each episode is 1 hour, 4 series, repeated at 11:00-12:00pm Sundays on channel 5, final two episodes of each series are 2 hours long each.

Target Audience: Adults, Men and Women, B, C1, C2, between the ages of 18 and 35, people who aren't scared of blood or violence,

Similar Shows: NCIS, CSI: MIAMI, because of a lot of lab work and very fast paced and glamorous story lines

USP:  there is a woman leading the operations and really taking control, there is always and ongoing back story with one of the characters. the back story is that the mans wife and child were killed after the man sent someone to prison for murder,