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These are the notes I made when watching Sherlock Season 1 Episode 1: - The series begins with a series of shots of people in full bulletproof gear, bullets firing - Iconography of guns and the army - Birds eye view, medium shot of man waking up from sleep because of shock, low-key lighting - Close up of facial expression: shocked, beads of sweat - Breathing, shaking and crying - Music: soft piano notes. slow - Crutches, gun in drawer > Feelings of unsafe or uncertainty - Blog: Dr Watson - Setting: Therapy - "John, you're a soldier" > Introduction to the first main character through his hardships - PTSD - Title sequence: Iconic Sherlock title sequence music - Time lapse of long shot, wide shot, high shot of busy London/ city scene, streets and road - Landmark: Big Ben, London Eye, river, big red buses - Quick shots of gun, blood. graffiti, eye, photo and drops of chemicals - Establishing shot of city tops > It is common for crime dramas to ...

This is an analysis of Broadchurch Season 1 Episode 1, which is a 24 episode crime drama show (split into three series) which aired on ITV on 4th March 2013. The show follows two detectives as they try to find out what has happened to an 11 year old boy as his corpse is found bloodied and dirty on a beach in Dorset. When trying to find out about the crime the shows follows the interactions of people set in the fictional town of Broadchurch and if they had anything to do with the death of Danny Latimer (the boy). I decided to research into this show because after having looked into soap operas (e.g: Coronation Street) I found that if I were to create my own soap opera it would be difficult to convey any sense of narrative within the few minutes I have. As well as this soap opera don't necessarily have enough conventions to replicate in making my show unique or interesting, whereas the genre of crime drama can offer me a lot more variety in exploration ie: the focus...