Tuesday, September 14, 2021

POLICE PROCEDURAL GENRE CONVENTIONS

 We discussed police procedural genre conventions and compared those of Endeavour with Cuffs.  

We identified several mise-en-scene codes such as clothing codes, locations, uniforms, weapons, ranks. There was more evidence of violent crime, whereas Cuffs is pre-watershed and has to be family-friendly.

We noticed differences: Cuffs is set in the 2020s so there are representations of different ethnicities, of gay people, of women.


We then watched the opening title sequence to Strike. This TV programme is about a disillusioned private detective (rather than a police force). The colours are low-key and dirty. The title sequence uses strong contrast lighting - chiaroscuro. 

We then experimented with setting up photos to achieve a similar effect.

Props included a fedora, cape, mackintosh and guns.



Here are some photos of me as a 1950's police officer. I tried to look like how old fashioned detectives would have with their fedora and trench coat.






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