The detective who has a ‘natural’ instinct for law and order. Victim, Villain and Hero
The Killing, The mising has the main detective as female
PROPP
NARRATIVE
The first episode often introduces a lot of different characters, and there are also a lot of different themes introduced, story is set. The victim is often found/discovered
The missing peaks at the beginning as the girl comes back and is supposedly alive, whereas The killing starts at equilibrium
TODOROV
THEMES
The use of binary oppostions around familiar themes: family, community, law and order, justice. Some sort of crime drama
LEVI-STRAUSS
REPRESENTATION
Reactionary representations of police, family, law and order, urban/rural
Radical representation of main detective as The killing had a female detective but The missing had the stereotypical male detective
SEMIOTICS
TECHNICAL CODES / LANGUAGE OF MOVING IMAGE (music, setting, props, lighting, use of camera, editing etc)
Opening montage sequence that often gives clues as to the whole series – themes, locations, characters, events etc.
The killing has less dramatic music than The missing
