Vladamir Propp’s Character Types:

HeroHero

VillainVillain

DispatcherDispatcher

DonorDonor

Who goes on a Who goes on a questquest

Who is Who is againstagainst the hero/causes the hero/causes obstaclesobstacles

Who sets the hero off on their Who sets the hero off on their questquest

Gives the hero something usefulGives the hero something useful

PrincessPrincess What is the What is the prize prize for the hero?for the hero?

HelperHelper Supports the hero on his journey

TV Crime Genre: Settings and LocationsKey words:SettingLocationRuralUrbanRealismMise en scene

Key words:SettingLocationRuralUrbanRealismMise en scene

What is the difference between setting and location?

Wire in the BloodSetting- time and place-present day fictional city of Bradfield

Location- Bradfield university, BradfieldMetropolitan Police HQ

What are the setting and locations seen in this extract

C: To understand the typical settings and locations used in TV Crime Drama

A: To evaluate how the typical settings and locations used in TV Crime Drama appeal to audiences and provide storylines

B To analyse how mise en scene represents typical locations and settings

Settings in TV Crime Drama tend to fall into one of the following categories

Wide open spaces-hills/woods/valleysClose communitiesLimited outsidersWealthyQuietSleepyIsolation

PovertyGritty Streets/AlleywaysCrime and threatIsolationNoisyCrowdedCosmopolitanExciting

RURAL OR URBAN

Compare the following locations in the these TV Crime Dramas:How are they represented?

Watch the extract again from Luther. Discuss how the settings and locations offer the functions above?

The key functions they provide are:

Realism/escapismCreate Fear for the audienceCreate excitementChallenge the protagonistProvide opportunities for crime and deviance

The role of settings/location is to appeal to the audience and support the storylines

Which setting would allow for the most crime/drama/excitement and audience appeal in

your TV Crime Drama?

Which setting would allow for the most crime/drama/excitement and audience appeal in

your TV Crime Drama?

Write at least 200 words on your choice of setting and whyConsider: Setting and location

Potential for storylinesConventions of TV Crime Genre

Appeal to audience

Ext: The possibility of conflict between the protagonist and criminals

Write at least 200 words on your choice of setting and whyConsider: Setting and location

Potential for storylinesConventions of TV Crime Genre

Appeal to audience

Ext: The possibility of conflict between the protagonist and criminals

E

Enigma Codes

Action Codes

Resolution and cliffhangers

Audience/appeal/narrative/setting fear

Todorov’s Narrative Structure

Stage 1: Equilibrium

Stage 2: Disruption (the crime)

Character recognises the disruption and begins to solve the enigma codes

Stage 3: Character overcomes obstacles to repair disruption (attempted repair)

Stage 4: situation is resolved, equilibrium is restored