Gcse practice

Name:
a case opened

Type of Crime Drama:

It’s a cross between the legal problems of the wire and the action of the shield and it focuses on the LA crime battle of the crips and the bloods in the 90’s. The investigation will start with a dead politician who shot in the area of LA which leads the detectives go trying to take down both crews

Characters:

There is a group of 5 with

Billy Minolta = He is the leader of the team but also is troubled because he is trying to find the man who stabbed him a year before.

Jane gorgan = She is the brains who also had a recent divorce with the leader so there is some tension between them

John hardnut= He is the muscle of the crew who gets in the action and commands the swat when there is a deadly situation

Jenny dunknoe= She is the one who always goes undercover

Structure of Show

Series: Each series will cover a different case

Typical Narrative

Omniscient (Open)= In the beginning we see the crime and throughout the series the team solve the crime.

Setting

Rural, Urban, Streets, we will see the undercurrent of londons background

Style

its a slow paced drama with more interest on character development than action

Scheduling

HBO and sky atlantic in the UK because it has the violence of boardwalk empire and the language of the sopranos

Target Audience

Young Adults, men,social groups (A,B,C1,)

Similar Shows: The wire and the shield

USP:  Its different because it takes it time with the story