The show opens with a young woman we later learn is called Nanna running, this is stereotypical of the thriller genre, the clip also shows the victim as a teenage younger girl who is presented as isolated and venerable, their is also a Synthesized Drum beat that is quite quick paced almost matching the victims running tempo. The Scene starts with a low level following shot of her feet as she runs from her pursuer. The location is in a dark forest that creates a typical horror theme with a light being shown behind the girl. The ASL is fast and crosscuts between the victim and the murderer who is presented as an ambiguous figure with more measured menacing movements, we can only identify the murderer as wearing a hooded jacket that is black. The then stumbles through the forest into a waterway that she stumbles to get out of, this creates the feeling of panic, that showcases the diegetic sounds that match her movements creating a more realistic feeling scene. She then reaches a tree leaning on it for support where we get an extreme close up shot of her illuminated by the plane that shows her face as hurt and panicked, the plane shows the more urban outskirts setting and allows for a better transfer to the city and creates a brief moment of relief as she realizes where she is however it also has exposed her to the pursuer, then she begins to move again and is illuminated by the pursuers torch again allowing the reveal of her white under cloth allowing for the victim to seem innocent and young, this dress is visibly ripped showing her danger almost as if her the purity is threatened by the black clothed man, this is furthered by the fact that black can connote bad (Barthes Theory), and the in modern media black usually is associated with the bad guys. The scene ends with the girl begging to turn away from the pursuer. The creators then use a sound bridge to zoom out and show the forest and urban edges of the area to then link to the next scene.
How Forbrydelsen represents Danish culture and Social concerns, How far dose Forbrydelsen adhere to expected conventions:
The showing of Sarah Lund at the start of the next scene wakes up early worried showing the flaws of her personal life this is a convention of the Police Thriller Genre showing it adhering to the genre, the show then presents the importance of family to the Danish, this is shown with the way that Sarah walks in on her clearly teenage sleeping son with the TV left on, adhering to the typical teenage image of more care less as he seems to not have packed much adhering to that convention, Sarah is shown to smile, showing her love, this is continued by the showcasing of her boyfriend as a loving man who offers to put them some coffee on, their is also a remark about Sarah the Dane being exited to become a Swede, to which she responds with never showing the slight cultural rivalry between both nations. The bridge between the next scene however shows Sarah turning up at work where she is pranked by her colleges, this shows the parody of a crime as it is more funny, the blow up doll can foreshadow the themes of the story as possibly sexual. who give her a typical Swedish headpiece which she wears this is a friendly tease at the Swedish culture from the Danes. Their is then a transition that shows the Working man and then Lars is introduced and Sarah shows him around, he is quite Nobel with how he wants to protect the possible prostitute of the scene only to be put down by Sarah almost implying that the possible prostitute isn't worth as much effort to ensure she is fine as well as defying the stereotype that a woman would care more for the proustite than than the man showing the male dominated police forces almost jarring as if she is jarred against it. Theis who seems to be the boss of a moving company, his employee knocks over a glass ornament which he refuses to apologies for, Theis is then shown to negotiate for the employee and then the employee calls the man a Paki and refuses to pay Theis then says he will knock it of the bill and says tells his employee-Van to clean it up, this shows a cultural dislike for the Muslim culture. Theis' wife then calls with panic creating a convention that is false as it is the Dishwasher that has broken. This sequence shows the wife as panicked but also intelligent as she says to Theis to get the Plummer which he refutes and try's to fix it only to break it again, The bigger Theis is set up as a possible murderer as it shows him fooling around with him pushing his wife to the floor and the camera showing an image of Nanna the murder victim at the end this makes the watcher believe that Theis is a possible murderer.
Very good quality, however there is too much information and it almost summarizes the entire scenes, Nevertheless you have written about a lot of conventions. In future try and link it back to some theorists
How dose Forbrydelsen adhere to expected conventions?
Theis and his wife Pernille are shown as equal business partners at first but as the day develops the writers show a more traditional husband wife relationship this is shown in the line that Theis says to Pernille "I'll find her and bring her home" this shows the fact that Theis is more dominant and Pernille is staying at home even though she is willing to go look for Nanna. This is Judith Butler theory that gender should be a fluid variable that can change based on the situation and circumstance. Cultural Social context showing that this is an expected behavior of the family, this shows Lisa as more fluid and becoming a more modern fluid representation. In support of Butlers Theory Nanna was a very typical example of the groups, whereas Lund is shifting between the roles with family and work. This shifting of perceived gender defies the genre conventions as most Crime Dramas have a dominant Male protagonist or presence.
Sarah is shown as emotionless and not hugely empathetic to case or the victims only showing a brief sense of empathy for Theis, this is shown in a series of close-up shots of Sarah walking up to a distressed Theis and confirming his fear with a smaller nod, the camera then focuses on Sarah's emotionless expression then her eyes slowly dilate showing a brief moment of remorse. This opposes the genera as women are expected to be more emotional and worried like how Pernille is shown to need Theis for support in her worry and more emotional when hearing the news as well as the lack of emotion making her seem more invested which is also a convention of the detective caring more about the case and solving it more than helping the family recover. This is useful to the writer as it shows the detective dedication to the case and how they are professional.
Another way that Forbrydelsen adheres to genre conventions
is through the representation of Theis as disliking Oliver Nanna’s ex-boyfriend,
he is described as a Bastard by Theis and he is dismissive of Oliver when he goes
to Oliver’s’ parents house and Oliver insist that Nanna is not there, making Theis
apologies and begin to worry more than in the past. This is adhering to the
conventions of Fathers not liking their daughter’s boyfriend and also saying that adults
can be dismissive of the younger generations even when they are shown to be correct or have no reason to doubt them creating a situation where Theis is worried and also shown to be more worried.
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