AS Media - Daniel

Recurring Situations - Murder and attempted murder/ Terrorist plot/ Countdown to destruction/ Examining CCTV footage Police car chase/ Photofit/ Timely rescue Car search/ Clear the building / Confronting the suspect. Detective stands alone. Elements of the Narrative - Investigative narrative Clear disruption of equilibrium (Todorov) Closure of some narrative strands with some resolution Surreal elements (Martin’s vision of Jens) Driven by binary opposites e.g. cops v criminals, personal v professional Style - Chiaroscuro lighting – effect of duality or bars (imprisonment). Low key. Closed frames - entrapment Desaturated/grey/khaki colour palette – bleak Soundtrack – eerie, echoing. Windows and reflections – themes of appearance v reality Iconography - Police uniforms, cars, flashing lights and sirens  Technology- PCs/mobile phones/ evidence bags  Clues (e.g. lapel pin)/ handcuffs/ poison / gun / alibis – dates, times/jargon Setting...

The Bridge,  9PM, Saturday Night, BBC Four. They’ve given us, to name only a few, the legendary  Forbrydelsen  ( The Killing) ,  Borgen ,  Bedrag  ( Follow The Money ) – all Danish – and two distinctly different versions of the Swedish  Wallander , a character we liked so much that the BBC’s made its own excellent version with Kenneth Branagh. First aired here in 2012, and quickly acquired a devoted following, just as it had back home.  Two adaptations have since appeared: a Franco-British series,  The Tunnel , just about to start its second series, and a recently cancelled version of  The Bridge  set on the US/Mexican border. The Bridge ’s unique appeal lies in its settings: the city of Malmö in southern Sweden and Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, linked since 2002 by the Øresund Bridge. That impressive structure is a constant presence in the show, looming in the distance in misty daytime scenes or viewed from above at nigh...