Statement of Aims and Intentions

Statement of Aims and Intentions 

For my brief, I have chosen to work with a Television sequence, more specifically a investigation in a crime drama. My idea going into this assessment was to use my knowledge of crime drama and comedy to create a short and engaging piece of work. My target audience for this assessment will be 16-35 year olds, using intense drama and relatable characters to draw them in.  My theoretical perspective will aim to be seen almost as a picture frame, to include and exclude ideas and interpretations on the piece. I want the audience to see the intelligence of the main character and the way how he operates, using gut instinct and quick wits to figure out a crime. I want the audience to be able to see characters become established in the 3 minutes and be able to relate to and understand what the characters may be thinking and how they operate. The idea is for the antagonist being presented as a villain who can only be beaten by his own wording slipping up, presenting the antagonist as an intelligent teen who is able to avoid charges if not for his own actions and slip of the tongue. 

I will construct different representations of individuals by playing of the idea that the crime could be seen as a hate crime. For example, the idea that a black man  could kill a white man based on some racially sensitive comments that went out of hand or potentially the other way around being a white person killing a black man for the purpose of a racially charged crime, rather than being a retaliation to a hate crime. This will be a direct link to issues of events of today. I will target my intended audience by using comedy to relate it more to the younger end of my intended target audience, while using the intensity and tension that could be broken by a pin-drop to relate to my older audience.

My production will conform to the set industry text in many ways. The main way it will conform is by fitting into the given guidelines, focusing on having a varied cast representation wise, making it so that the work may feel as authentic and relevant as possible. Also, I will aim to include as many different techniques and filming effects as possible without it becoming over-edited and unrealistic. I aim to tell the story of my assessment through dialogue and facial expressions, instead of editing and after work as I feel as if my style suits more to performance rather than editing. I want to include some key media aspects into my work such as postmodern reflexivity, with the film jumping from black and white to a subverted colour style to symbolise that the film is a spin off of film noir.
 Also, the genre of my TV show fits more into storytelling through acting than editing on a visual aspect. The TV channel I have decided to work with is Channel 4. The reason for this is because it attracts the demographic that I plan to (16-35).                    

The Bridge

The Bridge Season 3 episode 1 analysis 

In The Bridge S3:E1, narrative elements are used to position audiences and create audience pleasure, identification and responses. The use of the main enigma is the best example of this. The main enigma for this episode and season is who the killer is. They paint multiple suspects so that the audience cant assume and predict who the killer is from the get-go, leading them on and keeping audience pleasure high as a crime drama fans mainly focus on the mystery as their way of staying intrigued. The show's structure positions the audience along for the journey, starting with the body discovery, leading to the suspects being painted and the investigation taking place, using small subplots throughout to keep the audience from getting stale from the crime. The main plot of the show focuses on the murder of a woman who was attempting to rid of the traditional nuclear family in Denmark, a country traditionally more conservative and traditional: against the idea of families that have foundations from gay parents.

In The Bridge S3:E1, genre codes are used to position audiences and create audience pleasure, identification and responses. The show uses traditional procedural elements to create audience pleasure and responses. It doesn't stray too far away from the traditional crime drama aspect, with a murder being committed and the body just being found, keeping not only the characters in the show but the audience also intrigued and interested in the goal of trying to find out who committed the crime. The show plays off character stereotypes in an attempt to create some form of identification with the audience. The main stereotype played on in this episode is the idea that people from Denmark are very traditional, with people from Sweden seen as being hipster and modern. An example of this is how the main character refers to the character (who's gender they don't know) as "hen"- a way to keep both gender options open in the air, with the Denmark associate chuckling- almost disrespected that the main character didn't refer to the mystery killer as he or she.

In The Bridge S3:E1, technical codes are used to position audiences and create audience pleasure, identification and responses. The use of binary opposites in terms of lighting being predominantly artificial or dark and bleak is key as it shows the  dark and almost dismal atmosphere of the world the show tries to convey, creating responses from the audience to react from this. The shows seems to be mainly on a constant mid-shot, focusing on 2-3 people in a frame so the scene doesn't become oversaturated.  The mis-en-scene of this episode is a key way of creating audience pleasure. They place one of the murder suspects in a dark room, feeding reptiles in a slow pace sadistic manner, following it up with a direct realisation he could be a suspect by having him put a woman's necklace on. Audio codes, specifically  music, is used to create the perfect atmosphere to position the audience in. When the explosion occurs, the music hits a stop and turns into a eerie buzz almost, making the severity of the crime become more clear and taken on seriously, especially after the close up of the blown off leg is shown.

In The Bridge S3:E1, representation of the character is used to position audiences and create audience pleasure, identification and responses.