Tv Crime Drama for Media

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TV CRIME DRAMA TREATMENT M:\MEDIA\YEAR 10 GCSE\TVCD TREATMENT.doc ELEMENT | DESCRIBE | EXPLAIN * The Brief * Audience (Categories, U&G) * Genre (conventions, sub, hybrid, * Narrative (Todorov, meta, episodic, Propp) * Representation (archetypes, stereotypes, binary opposites) * Connotations * Institution (Scheduling, Marketing) * Examples (compare to real shows wherever possible) | TitleDes – Name of showEXP – connotations, genre, aud appeal, clues about characters, relate to brief | Criminal Detective | Criminal Detective connotes a criminal that helps the police to solve crimes as he is a detective. The audience is for a family because there isn’t going to be any bloody scenes or sexual scenes, it is going to be a show that will make the audience think. The character is named Derek, he is nothing like a stereotype as he is white and he is a criminal. The show will be on from 8pm to 9pm and it will have a polished finish, every episode will have a criminal finished.This show is for entertainment as it will show how amazing the detective is at solving crimes.The main character is morally ambiguous as he is a criminal but helping the police to find out who the criminal is, the character is a little like Dexter because Dexter helps the police but commits crimes. | Sub-genre, Hybrid GenreDes – Name of show, types of crimeEXP – typical of genre, appropriate for audience, meets the brief, relate to real TVCDs | CSI – Crime ProfessionalSherlock Holmes – Police Detective drama | Criminal detective has a hybrid genre, it is a Police Detective Drama and Crime Professional as the main character is trying to solve a crime and it has flashbacks. This is appropriate for a family audience because it doesn’t have any scenes of sexual, violent, swearing or bloody things. It is just a show that will make the family think of who is the criminal? This show

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