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Generic Signifiers - The Bridge

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
Settings -
Iconic bridge/incident room/police station (s)/ hospital/prison/IV room
Snow/bleak landscape/leafless trees
Laboratory
Themes -
Family – domestic v professional
Power of the past
Justice v vengeance
Moral dilemmas
Reflection of contemporary issues – eco-terrorism
Appearance v reality
Stock Characters -
Plain clothes detectives
Unlikely partnership
Anti-social detective (female)
Boss(es)

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