cuffs exam questions//homework

What do the opening scene and credits suggest/tell us about the genre, narrative and characters? What would the audience expects from the series?
 
The font in the opening scene in Cuffs is yellow which follows the crime drama because police cars are yellow. The colour yellow also connotes happiness, and it could also link to the setting suggesting Brighton is happy. In the opening scene there is graffiti  on the walls which is suggesting that the target audience is young. because old people associate  graffiti with young kids. The sound follows the crime conventions because its up beat and intriguing like crime.




How has sound be used to create meaning?(5)

The opening scene has non diegetic music which is upbeat and is showing the tv series is going to be exciting and something is going to happen. Also it suggest because its happy and modern music its for a younger generation. Also there is diegetic sound of police sirens which is showing that  its a crime drama. There is diegetic sound at the beach which shows the funny and not so serious side to the crime drama - it brings the realistic side into it.

Police Crime drama conventions

What are the audience expectations of a TV police drama? 
They expect lots of crime

What kind of characters? 
A alpha male. Lawyers, criminals , police officers, Detectives.


What locations? 
Crime scene. Police stations. Public places. Rural and Dense places.



What values will they think will be shown?



Narrative:
A car chase. Arrests. Gory images+ Mental health storylines. Good people vs bad people. Murders.



enigma means the crime.
Example the enigma in a crime drama could be murder, rape, stealing ect..