TV Drama Analysis

When studying for Media studies, you need to know how to analyse them properly...

...In other words take Obama for instance he finds the character of Omar (From The Wire, picture to your left) fascinating.

 

 

 

 

 

5 reasons for way he is interesting;

• He is very clever, moral code, does not swear

• His interesting personality, revered in his community, respected.

• He is not you average gangster.

• Breaks the stereotype.

• His sexuality, (he is gay).

There actually many different layer, for characters that is, you mostly get the;

Crime drama layers;

• Bad guys - you get the idea with a villain.
• Good guys - the good guy is always going to be; grumpy detective, sidekick, troubled officer, crooked officer, brilliant genius.
• Victims - you get the idea with a victim.

You also get stock characters which mostly appear for the good guys;

They mostly follow the guide of;

–Grumpy detective

–Sidekick – nervous.

–Troubled officer

–Crooked officer

–Brilliant genius – just like Sherlock

 

The story behind the idea of the types of characters is that it was discovered by

Vladimir Prop which included;

–Hero – goes on a quest

–Villain – against the hero

–Dispatcher – sets the hero off on the quest

–Donor – helper

–Princess – hero's prize

 

 

Here is a table to show how different they are but still follow the same principle;

	Luther	Sherlock
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Clothes/ costume	Suits, dark not muck colour, twirl coat.	Long coat, dark blue or black, blue scarf, black leather gloves, suits with no tie and open quiet low. Smart but casual (when he is depressed, jeans and a plain t- shirt)
Appearance	Down, scary,	Long coat, scarf, long dark hair, typical stereotype of a detective
Way of speaking	Average Londoner talk, can      be a bit rude,	Posh formality, rude, fast talker.
Relationship with sidekick	Mix, loyal	Calls him a friend (sidekick prefers the term colleague), interested in his past a lot.
Personality	Gets strait to the point.	Rude, narcissist.
Any thing else?		Has a good aim with a       gun.

 The main issue or problem that always truly hurts the crime fighters are;

•Drinking.

•Affairs.

•Having you child taken away.

 

Types of TV Crime dramas are;

•Eponymous (named after them)

•Work as equals

•Hero and sidekick

•Ensemble drama – CSI, The Bill.

 

 That is enough on the heroes, lets look at the others, mostly the vics and villains; 

They are transient characters (one episode or one series; get caught or they die and the crime is solved). Different each episode.

 

There are lots of binary opposits in Crime Dramas for example;

Binary opposite is the total opposite

• Conflict between good and evil
• Hero vs. criminal
• Victim vs. suspect
• Innocent vs. guilty
• Criminal vs. law
• Truth vs. lies
• Bad police officer vs.  Good officer
• Police officer vs. criminal

 

This concludes our view on TV analysis thnks for reading.