Crime Dramas

Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals and there motives. It is normaly distinguised from mainstream fiction and other genres such as sfi-fi or historical fiction. it has several sub-genres, including detective fiction, legal thriller, courtroom drama and hard-boiled fiction.

Audience Appeal of Crime Drama?

• The storyline/the murder is the same/confused the main character
• Mysterious characters
• Car chases/chasing criminals
• The forensic investigation
• The location/indicates the crime level
• Escapism - not something we see in everyday life
• "Who dunnit?" (Intelligence)
• Solving puzzles
• Suspence
• Violence (visceral)
• Insight of police officers
• Identify with situations

Psychographics

Definition: Criteria for segmenting(categories) consumers.

Beliefs Attitudes Buying Motives

Personality Values Lifesyle

Extent of product usage

The 4c's

Cross-Cultural Consumer Characteristics

Mainstreamers

Make up 40% of the popluation. they like security, and belonging to a group.

Succeeders

People who have already got satus and control

Aspirers

Want status and the esteem of others. like status symbols, designer lables etc. Live off credit and cash

Reformers

Define themselves by their self esteem and self fufilment

Cinematography

What can the camera do?

Different angle shots, shots (long, medium), birds eye view, zoom in/out, white balence, rotate, move.

Shot Types

XCU (Exteme close up) MCU (Mid close up)

U (Close up) MLS (Mid long shot)

MS (Mid shot) LS (Long shot)

2s (Two-shot) OTSS (Over the shoulder shot)

Every crime drama consists of a MONTAGE. A montage is a collection of images that are combined with music which allows us to make meaning of what is going on withou any narrative.

AQT- American Quality Television

AQT consists of nine components. These components are;

• Contains 'Signiture Style' - Means that it is recognisable e.g the theme tune for Eastenders
• Ensemble Cast- No one main character
• Lack of narrative closure
• Handheld camera- makes it feel 'really fast'
• Highly cinematic- Some crime dramas look like that they could be made for the big screen
• Location shooting- LA, NYC
• High production values- Can see that they spent alot of money
• Proliferation of UK TV- Come over to the UK
• Overlapping dialogue- 'Real', fast, energy

The Narrative Theory

A chain of events in a cause-effect relationships

Story

Explicity presented events and info

Plot

Credits and other added non diegetic material