-the detective who has a ‘natural’ instinct for law and order -female protagonists
The Killing, The missing has the main detective as female
PROPP
NARRATIVE
-the first episode often introduces a lot of different characters -has a peak due to the victim being discovered/found
-missing peaks at start (girl comes back), killing starts at equilibrium (don’t know severity of case)
TODOROV
THEMES
-the use of binary oppositions around familiar themes: family, community, law and order, justice. -crime drama
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LEVI-STRAUSS
REPRESENTATION
-reactionary representations of police, family, law and order, urban/rural -radical representations of the main detective(female)
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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. -fast paced -a lot shown to show how dramatic it Is and jam packed
