Genre

 16/11/22

Genre

key words:

• Sub-genre- within overall genre there will be groups of shows different categories 
• Genre variation- differences of genre how media language illustrates it how much a film subverts or conforms the conventions and stereotypes of genre 
• Genre repetition- repeating codes and conventions to conform to the genre 
• Hybridity- genre that blends themes and elements from two or more genres you can put together 
• Intertextuality- process creating references to any kind of media text via another media text 

Hybrid crime drama (life on mars)

• Unusual hybrid: time travel, science fiction and crime drama
•  Creates mystery, unanswered questions, not typical crime drama
•  topics: sexism racism homophobia and police brutality

Genres I Watch :

• Bones/macgyver -  crime mystery drama
• friends -  comedy
• doctor who- sci-fi
• i'm a celeb - reality tv show
• Euphoria -  Teen 
• Fantasy -  spongebob 
  
• Thriller- killing eve

Crime Drama

• Sub drama of crime
• Committing crime and it being solved 
• Features: characters setting location narrative 
• Defining feature: types characters victim hero detective 
• Two types of crime dramas
• One off- create anxiety as a public murder serial killer 
• Long running- stories in stories that happen over time that build a relationships (sub blocks)

Narrative & Story

• Unknown mystery 
• Red herrings(unusal)
• Main characters tend to have sidekick in experienced 
• Cliff hangers to make us continue watching don't resolve at end of episode to make u come back and watch
• Chase sequence 
• Characters work as a team- police officers/ detectives solve mystery
• Protagonist- tends to have major personality defect alcoholic/ lost family/divorced/gambler 

Codes - a set of signs or symbols that create meaning for the audience 

Conventions- something typical of that genre (crime drama detective)

The wire 

Characters:

• police officers- hero
• lawyer-helper
• detective 
• suspects

Location:

• police station
• interview room

Narrative

• suspect being questioned by a detective 
• lie detector(fake)

Props

• photocopying machine 
• badges/lanyards

Costume

• suits formal
• tracksuits casual

Crime Drama Sub-Genres :

• Action
• Comedy
• Thriller/Physiological
• Cold case
• Forensics
• Gangster/Heist
• Mystery/Noir
• Serial Killers
• Court room

BROOKLYN NINE NINE:

Sub Genre - Comedy 

Characters:

• Detective Jake -hero 
• Dispatcher - captain ray holt/lieutenant terry
• Donor- Gina
• Helper - Charles

Location:

• Precinct 99
• Interview Room

Narrative:

• Each episode has a case which Jake and team have to solve that was set by the captain along the way there will be funny problems along the way that they have to solve and at the end theres is always a case solved 

Costume/Props :

• Formal Clothing
• Handcuffs
• Police badges
• Guns

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Codes- police badges 

Conventions- humerus cop