There are quite a few differances between American and British crime drama:
For example- In American crime drama's everything is made more dramatic and the crimes are alot more serious and dramatic. We also see alot more serial killers in American crime dramas then British ones.
Also in American crime dramas it is definatley more usual for every single character to be good looking, as thats what they think that American audiences look for whereas in British crime drama there are usually a few good looking characters but also some average/ugly characters because they think that British audiences concentrate on the content of the programme and the characters personality more than what they look like.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Crime drama
Dexter:
Narrative: The overall theme is about a serial killer that only kills other killers and works for the miami metro policeforce.
The content consists of the main character Dexter going through his every day life being a blood analyst for the miami metro and then at night he tracks down killers that havent been charged due to lack of evidence and kills them.
The structure is usually Dexter going into work helpng to solve crime and then going home to his family (which changes throughout the different seasons) for a couple of hours and then when they are in bed going and hunting down people who have literaly got away with murder.
Iconography: There are lots of props used in dexter suchas guns, badges,knives, childrens toys, a boat, and many more.
The costumes vary throughout each episode as the police force the protagonist works at has no uniform so it is mainly just smart wear suchas suits and shirts. Although Dexter the protagonist has a uniform that he wears when he goes out into the night, he wears a certain green top that is form fitting and plain he also wears leather gloves and sometimes he wears an apron so that he leaves no trace.
Characters: The protagonist in this particular programme is a strange one, he is the protagonist because the way the programme is made it endears you to this character who works with the crime lab to help solve cases, but he also sees it as his duty to track down killers who were never charged and permanantly delte them from existance. His name is Dexter and he is in his thirties, the show explains that the reason he kills people is because when he was a toddler he watched his mum be brutally murdered and sat in a pool of her blood for hours before he was found.
There are two types of victim in dexter, there are the victims who are murdered by the villains and then there are the actual villains who are killed by dexter. It is all very confusing.
The villains are usually serial killers that the police cant charge for the murders because of lack of evidence but everyone knows it was them. sometimes the police get them but most of the time Dexter does. There are sometimes some other villains that dexter chases famous serial killers who have never been identified and kills them.
The helpers in Dexter are the cops Dexter works with, especially his sister Debbie who is a detective and is always there for Dexter. Sometimes the helpers in the programme hinder Dexter because he prefers to kill the killers than for them to be arrested. Another helper to Dexter is his dead adoptive dad who gives him guidance and appears in times of trouble (Dexters imagination). His dad knew about Dexters problem of needing to release by killing and he gave him a set of rules to follow and the most important was to never kill anybody innocent.
Setting: The main setting is in the miami metro police station, and in particular a section where all the detectives desks are situated because they all confer and chat there. Another room that is used alot is the room where they have a big whiteboard with thier current case on it and have a briefing and figure out the plan of action. Another important room is Dexter's room in the station where he analysis the blood found at crime scenes and researches his next victim. The last important place is Dexters flat where he plans alot and talks to his "dad" alot.
It is set in Miami in the city and is not very rural.
Narrative: The overall theme is about a serial killer that only kills other killers and works for the miami metro policeforce.
The content consists of the main character Dexter going through his every day life being a blood analyst for the miami metro and then at night he tracks down killers that havent been charged due to lack of evidence and kills them.
The structure is usually Dexter going into work helpng to solve crime and then going home to his family (which changes throughout the different seasons) for a couple of hours and then when they are in bed going and hunting down people who have literaly got away with murder.
Iconography: There are lots of props used in dexter suchas guns, badges,knives, childrens toys, a boat, and many more.
The costumes vary throughout each episode as the police force the protagonist works at has no uniform so it is mainly just smart wear suchas suits and shirts. Although Dexter the protagonist has a uniform that he wears when he goes out into the night, he wears a certain green top that is form fitting and plain he also wears leather gloves and sometimes he wears an apron so that he leaves no trace.
Characters: The protagonist in this particular programme is a strange one, he is the protagonist because the way the programme is made it endears you to this character who works with the crime lab to help solve cases, but he also sees it as his duty to track down killers who were never charged and permanantly delte them from existance. His name is Dexter and he is in his thirties, the show explains that the reason he kills people is because when he was a toddler he watched his mum be brutally murdered and sat in a pool of her blood for hours before he was found.
There are two types of victim in dexter, there are the victims who are murdered by the villains and then there are the actual villains who are killed by dexter. It is all very confusing.
The villains are usually serial killers that the police cant charge for the murders because of lack of evidence but everyone knows it was them. sometimes the police get them but most of the time Dexter does. There are sometimes some other villains that dexter chases famous serial killers who have never been identified and kills them.
The helpers in Dexter are the cops Dexter works with, especially his sister Debbie who is a detective and is always there for Dexter. Sometimes the helpers in the programme hinder Dexter because he prefers to kill the killers than for them to be arrested. Another helper to Dexter is his dead adoptive dad who gives him guidance and appears in times of trouble (Dexters imagination). His dad knew about Dexters problem of needing to release by killing and he gave him a set of rules to follow and the most important was to never kill anybody innocent.
Setting: The main setting is in the miami metro police station, and in particular a section where all the detectives desks are situated because they all confer and chat there. Another room that is used alot is the room where they have a big whiteboard with thier current case on it and have a briefing and figure out the plan of action. Another important room is Dexter's room in the station where he analysis the blood found at crime scenes and researches his next victim. The last important place is Dexters flat where he plans alot and talks to his "dad" alot.
It is set in Miami in the city and is not very rural.
Friday, 9 December 2011
Friday, 25 November 2011
Cast list
Emily Smith: Emily Robinson
Teacher at school gates: Mr. McInnes
Tilly hanner: Tilly weston
Daisy Jones: Daisy rogers-crook
Mum: Alison Weston
Teacher at school gates: Mr. McInnes
Tilly hanner: Tilly weston
Daisy Jones: Daisy rogers-crook
Mum: Alison Weston
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Character Profiles.
Character Profiles:
Name: Emily Smith.
Age: 11 Years Old.
Birthplace: London.
Height: 4”11
Hair And Eyes: Straight Blonde with blue eyes.
Dress: In the film she will be wearing a school uniform.
Home: London.
Dominant Character Trait: She can turn herself invisible.
Best Friends: Tilly Hanner and Daisy Jones.
Family: Lives with her mother and father, but only her mother is seen in the film.
Hobbies: Turning invisible and causing mayhem to everyone she doesn’t like.
Description of character role: She is the main character in the film. She can turn herself invisible and uses that to make fun of other people.
Played By: Emily.
Name: Daisy Jones.
Age: 15 Years Old.
Birthplace: London.
Height: 5”6
Hair And Eyes: Straight Light brown hair, with blue eyes, wears glasses.
Dress: She will be wearing school uniform for the film.
Home: London.
Best Friend: Tilly Hanner.
Other Friends: Emily Smith, even though she doesn’t really like her too much.
Family: Lives with her father.
Hobbies: Hanging out with Tilly and Emily, likes to draw and design dresses.
Description of character role: She is one of Emily’s so called friends who is talking behind her back with her best friend Tilly Hanner.
Played By: Daisy Beth Rogers Crook.
Name: Tilly Hanner.
Age: 15 Years Old.
Birthplace: London.
Height: 5”9
Hair And Eyes: Straight Dark Brown Hair, with blue eyes.
Dress: She will be wearing uniform for the duration of the film.
Home: London.
Best Friend: Daisy Jones.
Other Friends: Emily Smith, although she doesn’t like her to much
Family: Lives with mother.
Hobbies: Hanging out with Daisy and Emily if she has to come, she likes to write and draw designs.
Description of character role: Emily’s other friend who also doesn’t like and and talks behind Emily’s back.
This is Emily's bed, this is the first Scene where she wakes up.
This is the stairs Emily will be running up to get to the kitchen in the 3rd scene.
This is Emily's kitchen, where her mum will be making coffee in the 4th scene.
Mine and tilly's script :3
Now you see me – Script.
Now you see me – Script.
(Emily's alarm clock goes off. She wakes up, she slowly, tiredly gets up - Camera is a Birdseye view of her in bed sleeping and then the camera changes to face her while she is sat up)
Narrator: That's Me, Emily Smith.
(She goes into the bathroom, looks in the mirror and realises that she can't see her reflection. She is scared, runs down the stairs, trips up at the top step – Camera shot is walking with her to the bathroom, only seeing behind her head, as she is running up the stairs the camera is still at the bottom of them)
Emily: Ouch!
(She drags herself back up, brushes herself off and runs into the kitchen where her mum is making a cup of coffee – Camera is placed behind the actors, Emily is the only one that can be fully seen)
Emily: Mum! Mum!
(Her mother can't see or hear her because she is invisible)
Emily: Mum? Hello? Why can’t she hear me? It’s like I’m invisible.
Narrator: That's Me, Emily Smith.
(She goes into the bathroom, looks in the mirror and realises that she can't see her reflection. She is scared, runs down the stairs, trips up at the top step – Camera shot is walking with her to the bathroom, only seeing behind her head, as she is running up the stairs the camera is still at the bottom of them)
Emily: Ouch!
(She drags herself back up, brushes herself off and runs into the kitchen where her mum is making a cup of coffee – Camera is placed behind the actors, Emily is the only one that can be fully seen)
Emily: Mum! Mum!
(Her mother can't see or hear her because she is invisible)
Emily: Mum? Hello? Why can’t she hear me? It’s like I’m invisible.
(Camera freezes)
Narrator: oh yeah, i have the power to turn myself invisible. No, seriously i can. Just woke up one day and bam. Invisible.
(Cut to the scene were Emily is walking out of the door, fully dressed for school, with a worried look on her face. still invisible. she walks down the road, see's her two ‘friends’ – Camera is set up at the bottom of the outdoor steps watching Emily Come down – Camera is a long shot of the two girls walking the road the camera is following backwards, Emily walks into the shot)
Tilly: Hurry up! Emily will be leaving in a minute, i don’t want to bump into her right now!
Daisy: I know! She is really getting on my nerves lately, she acts like she is 3 - so childish
Tilly: I know right!
(Because Emily is still invisible the girls do not realise that she is standing there, Emily looks sad, and then realises she could use her new 'power' to her advantage, she smiles to herself, then she casually puts her leg out as they are passing, Tilly is the one who trips)
Emily: Oops. *smiles*
Tilly: Ahh! Omg! What the... *some sort of loud noise*
Daisy: *tries not to laugh and shakes her head* How can you trip over, well, nothing?! *laughs*
Tilly: Shut up! *strops off*
(Emily smiles proudly and almost skips off to school, The next Shot is of her, walking down to the school gate, she stops outside the gate and goes to walk in but stops – Camera is a long shot of her walking down the road by her side, then when she gets to the gate a close up of the back of her head, then she speaks, and spins to face the camera)
Emily: Wait, if i really am invisible, no one in school is going to see me anyway... what’s the point of going in? Aha, i could get used to this!
(She has a big grin on her face and turns on her heels, she takes one step away from the gate and a teacher calls out for her, she is no longer invisible but she is unaware of this as she is not able to control her ‘power’ yet – Camera is still a close up on her face, until the teacher calls out which is then behind both the teacher and Emily)
Teacher: Emily! Hurry up your late
Narrator: oh yeah, i have the power to turn myself invisible. No, seriously i can. Just woke up one day and bam. Invisible.
(Cut to the scene were Emily is walking out of the door, fully dressed for school, with a worried look on her face. still invisible. she walks down the road, see's her two ‘friends’ – Camera is set up at the bottom of the outdoor steps watching Emily Come down – Camera is a long shot of the two girls walking the road the camera is following backwards, Emily walks into the shot)
Tilly: Hurry up! Emily will be leaving in a minute, i don’t want to bump into her right now!
Daisy: I know! She is really getting on my nerves lately, she acts like she is 3 - so childish
Tilly: I know right!
(Because Emily is still invisible the girls do not realise that she is standing there, Emily looks sad, and then realises she could use her new 'power' to her advantage, she smiles to herself, then she casually puts her leg out as they are passing, Tilly is the one who trips)
Emily: Oops. *smiles*
Tilly: Ahh! Omg! What the... *some sort of loud noise*
Daisy: *tries not to laugh and shakes her head* How can you trip over, well, nothing?! *laughs*
Tilly: Shut up! *strops off*
(Emily smiles proudly and almost skips off to school, The next Shot is of her, walking down to the school gate, she stops outside the gate and goes to walk in but stops – Camera is a long shot of her walking down the road by her side, then when she gets to the gate a close up of the back of her head, then she speaks, and spins to face the camera)
Emily: Wait, if i really am invisible, no one in school is going to see me anyway... what’s the point of going in? Aha, i could get used to this!
(She has a big grin on her face and turns on her heels, she takes one step away from the gate and a teacher calls out for her, she is no longer invisible but she is unaware of this as she is not able to control her ‘power’ yet – Camera is still a close up on her face, until the teacher calls out which is then behind both the teacher and Emily)
Teacher: Emily! Hurry up your late
(Back is still turnt, camera turns to her face)
Emily: WHAT?!END OF OPENING SCENE.
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