You will examine and compare the way the "law" is represented in different dramas. Issues of representation to analyse: authority, gender, race as well as whether the representations are sympathetic, realistic etc... How do the producers position the audience in relation to the detectives / officers?
TASK: Write a comparative essay analysing the representations of the ‘law’ in the 2 extracts from The Wire and A Touch of Frost.
Post on your blog with screengrabs preferably + bring a hard copy (minus pictures!) to hand in.
Intro and credits, The Wire, series 1, episode 1.
Frost, Series finale, "If dogs run free".
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Showing posts with label crime detective genre. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Crime / Detective TV Drama
We have looked at The Bill in class.
Time for a bit more research into the genre.
- What other shows? UK/US
- What’s successful? What is less so?
- What different angles/ideas have producers adopted to keep the genre fresh and interesting? Find specific examples.
- Prepare a slideshow about the genre and some general notes on how cops / detectives are represented in specific dramas.
- Have a selection of shots/images/clips or links to clips to illustrate.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
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