Research and Planning - Wire in the Blood

Wire in the blood is a British crime drama television series, created and produced by Coastal Productions for the ITV network, that ran from 2002 to 2008. The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid, including a university clinical psychologist, who is able to tap into his own dark side to get inside the heads of serial killers. All of the main episodes revolve around a serial killer whom Hill helps to track down by means of a profile, based on the killer's actions. ITV is a channel we are looking into for broadcasting our show, therefore this drama relates well. The serial killer is a male similar to ours therefore this show relates well. The narrative of this show our similar to ours, crime, violence and dominant males.

Camera-work
Dark lighting, close-ups, long distance shots. The opening title is not quick paced, it takes it's time to introduce the main characters and it shows their character in-depth. It shows some characters in more detail and more close-up than other characters which makes the audience realise who the main characters are.

Editing
The title sequence is in red, the names of the characters are shown in this colour to signify the importance of this colour in this show, red connotes blood, fear and death which is the main narratives to this programme. Due to the opening title pace being slow we see every character in detail and we familiarise ourselves with them, the characters are shown in-depth and in detail to show the audience how important their roles are. We see effects such as blur and fade during the opening title.

Mise-en-scene
We see some characters in black and white professional office wear, we automatically assume these people are good, their professional and they're not bad characters. We also see a lady in more nude clothes such as lingerie, this enables to us that she may be a loose-character lady. In the beginning we see a lot of emphasise on female legs and heels, this shows the audience the importance of female in this show and it also shows them as 'sex objects'. Mulvey's theory of the 'male gaze' is outlined very well throughout the opening credits of the programme.