(although not approved by any teacher yet but i thought its important 2 at least write it)
For my independent study i have chosen to analyse and question C$I:cRiMe $cEnE InVe$tIGaTiOn (Las Vegas Police department *LVPD* ) and how it has helped develop the police genre in many serials and helped launch new programmes.
i will assess programmes American programmes such as
- CSI: crime scene investigation
- CSI: New York
- CSI: Miami
- Law & Order
- Without a trace
and British programmes such as The Bill, and many other films to see what affect the auteur Jerry bruckheimer has had on the police genre.
Jerry Bruckheimer and Anthony.E.Zuiker have both worked together on all CSI series.
CSI-CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION migrain
M--Mainly close up's situated in crime scene or science labs or offices, some establishing shots to show the crime scene.costumes involve casual clothing or lab suits. neutral facial expressions(not shocked nor happy). the lighting seems to not involve filler lights because shadows are quite prominent in a lot of shots.top and back lighting used effectively, and often use high key lighting.sound is both diegetic and non diegetic.CSI tends to use contrapuntal sound in their episodes. Involves continiuty editing and straight and jump cuts predominantly.
I--shown in the U.K on channel 5 which shows all CSI series and law and order.Also shown on five US.the epsiodes themselves are made by jerry bruckheimer productions.
G--crime,drama,thriller,police,mystery,investigation
R--of forensic scientists(men&women)=intellectual, smart, superior, nerdy.Of suspects=mentally defected, desperate, stupid, depressed.
A--18+ broadsheet intelligentsia both male and female, so they can relate to characters and understand and try and solve the crimes along with the program.although their estimated primary audience is much older than what it really is.early teenagers also enjoy watching the program,probably ones which are more diffused into science than others.
I--patriarchal showing grissom as supervisor above all employess, although catherine is second in command so also has feminist qualities to it,showing women are just as superior as men.heterosexual ideology to the fact that relationships are shown between characters, e.g sara sidle and gil grissoms relationship.quite nationalist as all CSI's focus on the crime problems facing AMERICA.Often focuses on capitalist problems within society as murders sometimes lead to hunger for more money.
N--the LAS VEGAS crime department try to crack to crimes and solve them (in one episodes, sometimes only focueses on one crime). Between all the work their is a distant feature on relationships.In the end of each episode there is closure to the crime by tracking down the cons.
CSI crime scene investigation SHEP
S--The actual LV crime lab is the second most active crime lab in the US so society must play a big influence in the CSI series and may give ideas about the stories they rely on to make the crimes
H--grissom often relates crimes back to ancient times so it shows that they use historical contexts for many of their episodes
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the auteur theory is very important as anthony zuiker and jerry bruckheimer have worked on all CSI series to produce such fascinating programmes this theory can help explain the development and success of CSI
