Genre and launguage
Charecter Types- charecter type in a crime drame can vary from policemen, to forensic scientists a lawyer or something else. A hero or a heroine. Are they smart, quick and on the job, or are they dis interested, slow, a bit dopy and can't get the job done? Are they the normal stereotypical heroes? or do they have differant specialities about them. Do they include their personel issues, or do they stick to just work?
Settings- Is the location rural or urban? Is the setting mainly indoors or outdoors? is it in a big city centre, or on the rough outskirts? how does the setting link with the programme? Is there alot of time spent in the police station, forensic labs or court?
Props- Do they wear casual normal clothes, or do they use clothes to suit a certain charecter? Isit modern or made in the future or past?
Mise-en-scene- What has been included in the shot, does it give the viewer ideas, or does it trick the viewer? How are the charecters shown in the picture, what picture does it generate? What is in the background? what is the lighting like?
Style- A drama set in the city might use fast editing, hand-held camera work, dialogue using colours and lighting that reflect grim city life and contemporary music whereas a rural drama might be more serene. There might be panning shots to show beautiful countryside, slow editing to suggest a quieter pace of life, rich, warm colours and lighting, polite dialogue of the middle-class and soothing orchestral music.
Themes- The theme might run throughout the whole series or for just one episode, the main themes includes Goof versus Evil, but can have others like love and betrayel.
Sub-genres and hybrids- Within the wider genre of Crime Drama, there are smaller categories such as private detective (Columbo) or forensics (CSI). These are sub-genres. Sometimes there are crossovers with other well established genres such as science fiction (Life on Mars) or comedy (The Thin Blue Line). These crossovers are hybrids.
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