Representations of the law (blog version)
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First impressions…Opening Credits The Wire and
A Touch of Frost
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1S69staui8• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDffAEg2jsw&feature=related
• Question: Opening credits / themes – What functions do they have?
• Answer: Establishing setting / mood / subgenre / themes and ideologies / stars
The Wire
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmIvu1yg3bU&feature=player_embedded
• Series 1 episode 1
• What do we learn from the opening scene?
The Wire
• What representations of the ‘law’ are constructed?
• How are they constructed?
A Touch of Frost
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hraDXLFtxA&feature=player_embedded
• Series Finale
• What do we learn from the opening scene?
How do the representations contrast?