Week 2 Crime drama Analysis

Week 1 Crime drama studies Analysis:
Summary: Whitechapel is an english crime drama, of where the crime is based around a historical crime event, so the crime is replicated in a modern way. It is a series, that is aired a new year for a new series.
Codes and Conventions: Whitechapel is a typical english drama with the main detective(character) as a white british male. The audience it is aimed at is teenagers and adults as it is aired just after the watershed which suggests that it may contain some violence and swearing with adult themes. It is shown by ITV a big british TV channel for crime drama so is easily reconisable by other crime watchers.
Description of episode watched (episode 4, series 3): In this episode, it was based around a person who decides to kill people slowly by using poison, the twist is that he has mental issues and is unaware of what he is doing as he has an alter ego. This then turns into a chase to find the killer who is unaware that he is a killer making it more difficult for the police department to find the killer. This is a good way of keeping audiences coming back as it is easy to get involved in and ends on a cliff hanger each week so it become addicting wanting to know what is going to happen next week. This helps to continuealy appeal to a specific audience as the become involved in the murder solving.