Learning Objective: To study Luther, TV series with consideration given to generic issues, signifiers, conventions, iconography
Key words: signifies, iconography, palette
Key words: signifies, iconography, palette
Mean world syndrome
a term coined by George Gerbner to describe a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is. Mean world syndrome is one of the main conclusions of cultivation theory.
An antihero or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroicqualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.
Sleuth: someone whose job is to discover information about crimes andfind out who is responsible for them.
Anxieties (Richard Sparks)
Luther:
Crime drama series starring Idris Elba as Luther, a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
Luther is a British crime drama series starring Idris Elba as the eponymous character DCI John Luther. Written by Neil Cross, the first series, comprising six one-hour long episodes, premiered on 4 May 2010 and concluded on 8 June 2010.
Wikipedia introduction to the series.
Conventions of TV Crime drama:
Task 1:
Opening Sequences and Titles
View the opening sequence for BBC TV's Luther, a crime genre programme, answering the following Q's taken from a WJEC handout:
* What information about the programme does the sequence give the audience?
* How do the graphics signify information about the programme that will follow?
* How have music and audio codes been used to reflect the pace and style of the programme that will follow?
* Which characters are introduced? What expectations will the audience have of them from this sequence?
* How have the narrative or specific plot situations been introduced?
* What clues are given about the sub-genre?
a term coined by George Gerbner to describe a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is. Mean world syndrome is one of the main conclusions of cultivation theory.
An antihero or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroicqualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.
Sleuth: someone whose job is to discover information about crimes andfind out who is responsible for them.
Anxieties (Richard Sparks)
Luther:
Crime drama series starring Idris Elba as Luther, a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
Luther is a British crime drama series starring Idris Elba as the eponymous character DCI John Luther. Written by Neil Cross, the first series, comprising six one-hour long episodes, premiered on 4 May 2010 and concluded on 8 June 2010.
Wikipedia introduction to the series.
Conventions of TV Crime drama:
Television crime drama is a sub-genre of the television drama genre and usually focuses on the committing and solving of a crime. Television crime dramas are the fictional recreation of real-life stories. The best television crime dramas engage the audience because we believe in the characters and the worlds they create, even if those worlds and characters are seemingly unbelievable. The defining features of the genre are CHARACTERS, SETTING and NARRATIVE.
Task 1:
Opening Sequences and Titles
View the opening sequence for BBC TV's Luther, a crime genre programme, answering the following Q's taken from a WJEC handout:
* What information about the programme does the sequence give the audience?
* How do the graphics signify information about the programme that will follow?
* How have music and audio codes been used to reflect the pace and style of the programme that will follow?
* Which characters are introduced? What expectations will the audience have of them from this sequence?
* How have the narrative or specific plot situations been introduced?
* What clues are given about the sub-genre?
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