My Psychology Professor took me under his wing, challenged me with unsolved cases that the local Police couldn't solve. Then the FBI got interested in my expertise. After years of reading and watching tapes of killings, I couldn't have a relationship anymore, from the
MOVIE REVIEW #1 PSYC 2301-8001 Elliott Roberts Title of Movie: Se7en Year Released: 1995 Main Characters: Morgan Freeman Brad Pitt Gwyneth Paltrow Kevin Spacey Psychological Disorder: The psychological disorder in this film is the sociopathic behavior of Kevin Spacey. Movie Synopsis: Se7en is a psychological thriller about the “Seven Deadly Sins”. Freeman is a veteran detective that is about to retire and Pitt is his new to the department understudy. Pitt has a fresh go getter attitude towards the case, while Freeman exhibits tiredness of the job. The two of them are caught up in a case trying to catch a killer who is going off of the 7 deadly sins to set up his murders.
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.
The film is about two New Yorkers students Bill (Ralph Macchio) and Stan (Mitchell Whitifield) being pulled over by the police and charge for murder in the rural area state of Alabama while traveling through going back to college. They are put in trail for a murder they did not commit and Bill hires his goofy cousin Vinny Gambini played by Joe Pesci to defend him. The comedy depicts when Vinny who is inexperience, loudmouth, and not accustomed to Southern rules and manner manages to fool the trial judge about his experience as a criminal lawyer. The film received positive reviews with 81% of the audience liking (www.rottentomatoes.com). With an $11 million budget (estimated), the movie was very successful because it became to gross over $53 million in the U.S. (www.imdb.com).
Just as Christopher Wilder was celebrating his 39th birthday on March 13, the police were collecting a file on him. Three days later, he read in the Miami Herald that a racecar driver and wealthy contractor was suspected in the disappearances, and he realized it was time to move. He did keep his appointment with his therapist, who was treating him for sex crimes for which hed received parole. Knowing his preference for girls with long hair and his fantasy about holding a girl captive, the therapist asked if he knew anything about the missing Rosario. He looked her in the eye and denied it.
The FBI, State Police and the local law enforcement had numerous leads. State police officer, Tom Schumpp, who supervised the Tylenol case, along with 100 other officers, pursued thousands of leads and several suspects. None compared to the evidence they had on a man named James Lewis, 40, an unemployed accountant. Lewis was the prime suspect in the beginning of the investigation and he remains the prime suspect to this day (Hale). James Lewis was arrested after he sent a letter to Johnson and Johnson demanding $1million to “stop the killings.” If the money was not paid, a repeat of the killing would occur.
Mason Christopher 1/30/14 Psy 200-07H Professor Smith Psychology Analysis Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series, which was inspired by the work of Paul Ekman, the most advanced expert on facial expressions. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman is an expertise in body language, (micro expressions to be technical,) and the founder of the Lightman Group, which assists in investigations of local and federal law enforcement through applied psychology. The reason behind him becoming an expertise in micro expressions is due to the fact that his mother committed suicide while he was still at a young age, and he only could question “why?” Now for example, say the federal officials bring a suspect into interrogation, yet the person will not speak? While asking questions, Lightman will read body expressions, but mainly facial expressions, to notice emotions the person will produce in response to the question. One example of facial expressions would be chin thrusts, a gesture associated with anger.
Drake R. Lewerenz Professor Seals ENG 102-B003 5 October 2012 What a Private Eye Can Miss The short detective story, “Red Wind,” by Raymond Chandler, follows Philip Marlowe as he unravels a murder he witnessed in a bar. This famous literary detective meets a string of characters that are as connected as pearls in a necklace, however they may be more connected than meets the private eye. Chandler uses his character’s actions, observations, and impressions of each other to avoid stating their romantic connections to one another. The first character that is introduced using this platonic principle is Waldo, later known as Joseph Coates. It is made clear that he was a chauffeur for Lola Barsaly that was fired by her husband, Frank Barsaly, upon his return from a business trip, as well as a thief when it is revealed that he stole Lola’s pearl necklace, given to her by her lost love, Stan Philips.
Once the behavioral profile is done, the profiler can then compare this to other criminals or mental patients with the same basic characteristics. It is generally very difficult to get professional hands-on experience on how to be a profiler. Police have been able to catch a wide array of people using profilers, including serial killers. Once criminals have been taken into custody, profilers can learn even more about the criminal mind and can find possible motives, verify motives, and/or assess the defendant's state of mind. The police psychologist does more hands-on work with officers and victims as opposed to criminals.
In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories” as the title of the show appears. The weekly episode is on for a sixty minute time span while the viewer observes the various intertwining leads that the detectives deal with convey honor as well as righteousness to the victim. Law and Order: SVU attempts to convey those dreadful crimes along with their investigations that appear to be connected to those crimes to the diverse members of society. When we hear about crimes that have been committed on the television or we read about it in the newspaper we rely on our intuitive thinking to provide us with a mental image of what took place.