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THE KILLING

Danish police proceduraldrama television series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. 

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. In many countries of the world, funding comes from governments, especially via annual fees charged on receivers. DR (Danish Broadcasting ) is funded by a media licence which is charged to all Danish households and companies with television sets, computers, smartphones and other devices with internet access.

Original Danish air date[3]	Danish ratings (DR1)[4]	Original UK air date[5]	UK ratings (BBC Four)[6]
1	“Episode 1”	7 January 2007	1,550,000	22 January 2011	472,000
2	“Episode 2”	14 January 2007	1,707,000	22 January 2011	421,000
3	“Episode 3”	21 January 2007	1,622,000	29 January 2011	424,000
4	“Episode 4”	28 January 2007	1,213,000	29 January 2011	388,000
5	“Episode 5”	4 February 2007	1,532,000	5 February 2011	524,000
6	“Episode 6”	11 February 2007	1,600,000	5 February 2011	443,000
7	“Episode 7”	18 February 2007	1,512,000	12 February 2011	524,000
8	“Episode 8”	25 February 2007	1,712,000	12 February 2011	466,000
9	“Episode 9”	4 March 2007	1,634,000	19 February 2011	536,000
10	“Episode 10”	11 March 2007	1,678,000	19 February 2011	480,000
11	“Episode 11”	23 September 2007	1,371,000	26 February 2011	509,000
12	“Episode 12”	30 September 2007	1,480,000	26 February 2011	474,000
13	“Episode 13”	7 October 2007	1,481,000	5 March 2011	563,000
14	“Episode 14”	14 October 2007	1,385,000	5 March 2011	511,000
15	“Episode 15”	21 October 2007	1,581,000	12 March 2011	597,000
16	“Episode 16”	28 October 2007	1,624,000	12 March 2011	535,000
17	“Episode 17”	8 November 2007	1,767,000	19 March 2011	613,000
18	“Episode 18”	15 November 2007	1,767,000	19 March 2011	551,000
19	“Episode 19”	22 November 2007	1,827,000	26 March 2011	603,000
20	“Episode 20”	29 November 2007

NO OFFENCE

Created by Paul Abbott and produced by his company AbbottVision.

In the UK, the first episode of No Offence launched with 2.5 million viewers, Channel 4‘s biggest midweek drama launch for more than three years.

The weekly consolidated series average remained at 2.5 million and finished 47% up on Channel 4‘s slot average.

In France, the first episode of No Offence aired on 29 February 2016 on France 2 and was watched by 5.46 million viewers, 20.4% of the TV audience. The next three episodes were shown back-to-back that evening and together achieved an average 4.6 million viewers, 19.3% of the TV audience.

HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION – the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain

VERTICAL INTEGRATION – where a company owns or controls its suppliers, distributors or retail locations to control its value or supply chain.

COMMERCIAL MEDIA – media that is privately owned by larger companies and corporations – No Offence / Channel 4. Channel 4 receives no public funding and is funded entirely by it’s own commercial activities.

Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lund is in her last day with the Copenhagen police force; about to move to Sweden to join her fiancé and transfer to the Swedish police. Everything changes when 19-year-old Nanna Birk Larsen is found raped and brutally murdered. Sarah heads the investigation and is teamed up with her replacement, Detective Inspector Jan Meyer. Troels Hartmann, politician, is in the midst of a hard-fought mayoral campaign when evidence links him to the murder. The girl’s family and friends struggle to cope with their loss. Over a span of 20 days suspect upon suspect is sought out as violence and political pressures cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer.

Who is the primary, secondary and tertiary audience for this product?

The Killing acted as a catalyst for the globalisation/ distribution/ popularity of foreign language throughout UK television. However, The Killing was first released in Denmark, 2007, and only aired on UK television 4 years later in 2011.

What audience theories can you apply to which help you to develop a better understanding of the potential target audience?

The reception theory by Stuart Hall – A more conservative audience may respond negatively to the Swedish liberal attitudes to sex.

What organisations (rather than individuals) are involved in the production, distribution & exhibition of this product?

The original series is created by a production company called DR in collaboration with ZDF Enterprises. It was broadcasted on Danish television for the first time in January 2007. After that, it was distributed to many countries worldwide. The show was then recreated in english for the US by Fox Television Studios in collaboration with Fuse Entertainment which was later taken over by Netflix.

PRODUCTION

The processes required to complete a media product.

Birger Larsen directed three seasons with 40 episodes overall of Søren Sveistrup’s creation that fits into the Serial, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime film, Adventure, Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Police procedural, Action fiction genres. Birger filmed the series in Copenhagen with production from Dr and co-production from ZDF.

EXHIBITION

The retail branch of a media form to sell and achieve interaction with targeted audiences

DISTRIBUTION

The act of promoting content to different audiences through multiple media forms.

The killing or Forbrydelsen can be found on Hulu, Amazon and Netflix with some DVD being created.

Background about the show

The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen, “The Crime”) is a Danish police drama television series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. It was first broadcast on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 7 January 2007, and has since been transmitted in many other countries worldwide.

The series is set in Copenhagen and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl). Each series follows a murder case day-by-day. Each fifty-minute episode covers twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season long story lines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the stories of the murdered victim’s family and the effect in political circles alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

According to Vulture, the show is based on the true story of former FBI agent John E. Douglas, who pioneered criminal profiling at the FBI. The Netflix series follows the fictional agent Holden Ford, played by Jonathan Groff, as he interviews serial killers who are based on real-life murderers.

In 2011, a US remake was produced by the American cable network ACM.

Who is the primary, secondary and tertiary audience for this product?

the primary audience would be crime drama show lovers with the age bracket of 16 and up

A Swedish tv programme that’s synopsis is ‘a crime series that follows the police investigation of the murder of a young girl. It interlocks three different stories.’ There is 44 episodes and was produced in Vancouver by Veena Sud it can fit into these genres: Serial, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime film, Adventure, Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure and Police procedural.

• Who is the primary, secondary and tertiary audience for this product?

The primary audience is people who speak Swedish or are Sweden because it is a language they would understand. Secondary could be Netflix watchers.

Definitions:

Production = These are the stages that are created in order to produce a finished piece of media.

Distribution = Refers to how the media source is given to its audience (ie online, DVD, videos and E-Books).

Exhibition = This is how the media source is shown to the audience, such as through a tablet screen or a cinema screen.

What organisations (rather than individuals) are involved in the production, distribution & exhibition of this product?

Who is behind the Production?

• There are two versions of this programme: one developed in the US by Netflix and Fox Television Studios and another developed in Danish by Danish production company DR in collaboration with ZDF Enterprises.
• Originally, before the programme was taken over by Fox Television Studios and Netflix, it was produced by a production company called DR in collaboration with ZDF Enterprises.
• The American version of this TV series was originally created by Veena Sud, it was also produced by Fox Television Studios in collaboration with Fuse Entertainment and later taken over by Netflix

How was “The Killing” Distributed?

• In January 2007, it was broadcasted on Danish television for the first time.
• Since being broadcasted on Danish television, it has also been distributed to many countries worldwide.
• There has been many TV shows based on “The Killing” and it has both a Danish and English (US) version.
• The English US version is available on Netflix and the Danish version is available online on Amazon.

What audience theories can be made from this TV show?

Stuart Hall’s theory of reception can be linked to this TV series as there will be 3 types of people: the people who love the series and want to continue watching it, people who may like the series but prefer a different programme and those people who absolutely despise the TV show and prefer to watch an alternative. However, it can be argued that George Gerbner’s cultivation theory can be applied to this TV show as some people may despise it, however, their views might change overtime the more that they see advertisements of the TV show and the more that they hear about people liking the TV show.

Audiences

Primary audience = this would be people who speak and understand Danish as this programme is produced in Danish and would want to watch the TV series again.

Secondary audience = these would be people such as critics and people who aren’t likely to watch the film, however they want to analyse the aspects that go into the TV programme.

Tertiary audience = these are the people that do not want to watch the TV show and they are only watching it because there is a theme that interests them. The tertiary audience for “The Killing” would be people who do not speak/understand Danish and people who like TV shows in the mystery genre. The tertiary audience would not want to re-watch the series again ,unlike the primary audience.

Genre(s) – Crime, Drama, Mystery, Adventure and Action

Set – Copenhagen

About – The killing is a Danish Crime/Drama which follows detective inspector – ‘Sarah Lund’, investigating the murder of a young woman.

The production, distribution and exhibition of the Killing shows how audiences can be reached, both on a national and global scale, through different media technologies and platforms = Transnational

(Each 50 min episode covers 24hrs – 1 day)

The Killing acted as a catalyst for the globalisation/ distribution/ popularity of foreign language throughout UK television. However, The Killing was first released in Denmark, 2007, and only aired on UK television 4 years later in 2011.

Primary audience is the main body of viewers, which may also be known as the target audience. People who may be classed as primary audience would be doctors, teachers and lawyers.

Secondary audience are people other than the intended audience who will also be listening to the station. Such as, hairdressers or sales assistants.

Tertiary audience is when a person is only listening to the station because they are familiar with the guest that is on. This could be a celebrity, family or friend.