1. TV Crime Drama Exam Introduction
C To able to define TV Crime Drama
B To able to identify the three sub-genres of TV Crime Drama
A To be able to analyse the conventions TV Crime Drama
Brief Release Date: 14th May
Exam Date 14th June

2. What is TV Crime Drama?
Definitely
Definitely
Not
Maybe
EXT: In your book make a list of what
elements helped you make your decision

3. 27/02/12
What is TV Crime Drama?
EXAM DATE: 14th June Unit 1: Assessment Objectives
• Media Knowledge and Understanding AO1
• Research, Planning and Presentation AO3
• Production and Evaluation AO4

4. 27/02/12
What is TV Crime Drama?
EXAM DATE: 14th June Unit 1: Key Concepts
• Media Language
• Institutions
• Audience
• Representation

5. What is TV Crime Drama? Genre
Factual Comedy Drama Within these genres there are
sub-genres
Soap
Historical TV Crime Hospital
Operas
TV Crime Drama - Crime fighters
Individual Procedural Crime Solving
Detective Dramas Professionals
AO1 & AO3

6. What is TV Crime Drama? Sub-Genres
Individual Sometimes not a member of
Detective the police force I.D.
Procedural
Dramas
The police force itself P.D.
Crime Other crime solving
Solving professionals - forensic C.S.P.
Professionals scientists, psychologists
AO1 & AO3

7. What is TV Crime Drama?
Discuss
What Sub-Genres do your
examples fit into?
EXT: What clues do you get
from the DVD covers?
I.D. P.D. C.S.P.
AO1 & AO3

8. What is TV Crime Drama?
Textual Analysis
Sound
Mise-en-scene
Title Sub-Genre Characters Setting (music & sound
(costumes, props)
effects)
Sherlock
The Bill
Silent Witness
(3:20 - 6:14)
AO1 & AO3

9. So, What is TV Crime Drama?
•C To able to define TV Crime Drama
•B To able to identify the three sub-genres of TV Crime Drama
•A To be able to analyse the conventions TV Crime Drama
Write a paragraph defining TV Crime Drama
D Grade- TV Crime Drama is...
C Grade- The different sub-genres of TV Crime
Drama include...
B Grade- Some examples of these sub-genres
are...
A Grade- Give detailed conventions of each sub-
genre using your grid.
AO1 & AO3

10. Using the template create a character for a
TV Crime Drama
Swap your character with a partner
and underneath answer the following
questions:
1) Who is the ‘stock’ character type.
2) How have they represented them?

12. Consider the following statements about characters in TV
Crime drama
TV Crime Drama presents us with unfair
representations of gender
Using your DVD covers,
notes on character from
Crime drama still portrays a very masculine culture in
the screening and
the police force
sketches which do you
agree with and why?
Crime drama shows women playing powerful and
intelligent characters
Leading detectives in television crime drama are
mostly white and male

13. Characters and Representation
Homework:
Over the next few weeks you will
Need to research your own case
study TV Crime Drama to discuss
in the exam:
By next week you must hand in
the first two slides of your case
study

14. What is TV Crime Drama?
AO1 & AO3