Viewing Log

CSI Miami
Scott and bailey
Sherlock
Luther
Whitechapel
Hustle
Above suspicion
Wire in the blood
Law and order

Narrative

In a show like Luther the narrative point  is crutial as the audience is more likley to switch over if they do not find it appealing. Luthers opening scene is effecrive as most crime dramas have a 5 minute climax clip to get the audience gripped an wanting to find out more, so they have to wait and watch the title scene and watch after to find out what happens after. Enigmas are used in crime dramas like luther to help the audience get invlolved. In this case Luthers enigmas are already known to the audience before the dectective "Luther", this makes it exciting for the audience as they are watching to see whethere or not the can solve the crime. The quests of the protagonist, are also and exciting point for the audience as they may sometimes contain chases or a timed amount of time to find something out.

Setting

A setting in any crime drama is significant and plays a vital role in the specific audiences which will or won't watch a crime drama. For example, an audience who live in and around rough areas of london are more likley to watch a show like Luther, where it is set in theses areas, audience find it easy to converse with these types of crime dramas as they can associate with the surrounding, crime, and types of people that are involved in these crime drama's. Although just as people may like to associate with familiar settings, some people like to get away from reality and watch something which makes them more able to relax knowning that they may never go or visit this area. CSI is a crime drama that appeals to many people as it is glamorous and for 50 minutes people can forget they're everyday lives and pretend they are a dectective living in an glamorous and rich area like miami when they may live in a concil estate and may never actually live this life. This gives oppotunitys to make an area famous or well known as it has been on a big hit crime drama.