TV Crime Drama Conventions

Name of Drama CSI GRAVE DANGER VOLUME 1

Broadcaster –

Scheduling details

19th May 2005

Channel 5

Conventions -

Characters

Gil Grisson played by William Peterson

Catherine Willow played by Marg Helenberger

Nick Stokes played by George Eads

Warrick Brown played by Gary Dourdan

Narrative

One of the team gets kidnapped and buried in a

glass box. CSI team get a usb stick with a live

feed to the boxes so they can see Nick. They try

to attempt to rescue him. The criminal asks for

million dollars which the team get, the criminal

then blows himself up with the money. The team

eventually find Nick and rescue him.

Mise-en-scene -

Locations

Sets

Lighting

Costume

Location - Las Vegas

We see underground- Where we saw nick

CSI lab - Where the team were

Car park - where nick was when he got taken

Nursery - The decoy

Shack/ warehouse - Where the criminal blew

himself up

Casino - Where they got the money from

The coffin - Where nick was held hostage

Lighting – Nick in the coffin was buried in the dark

but he had a glow stick to light up the box. The

light in the box also when the CSI team watched

the lives stream. This would annoy nick and upset

him. It could represent the bright light people talk

about before they die. They used a lot of cars and

other lights to shine on the characters showing

their importance in the scene.

Costume –

Lab coat

Black and brown casual clothing with bullet/stab

proof vest

Bomb vest

Suits

Police uniform

Sound –

Key dialogue

Sound effects

Music

In the scene with the ants the sound was very

hectic to represent how Nick would be feeling.

The general sound track was quite glum and

ominous to show the mood of worry and scared.

Police sirens and car alarms

When they rescue Nick the sound stops before the

bomb explodes to show tension in the scene.

Country music was playing through out to be

contrast the drama – added drama/comedy to

some scenes.

Theme tunes

Car alarms

Dogs

Gun fire

Bombs

Audiences –

Who is the target

audience?

Male/Female

How might they react

differently?

Will it shape their views of

people, issues or events?

16+

Males more than females

Females – Might feel sorry for the character in the

coffin

Males – Excited by the danger

People might think working in CSI would be a cool

job to have, however it might not be that busy or

dangerous in real life.

Industry –

Marketing & Promoting

Other platforms?

(DVD/online)

Quiet popular as a DVD box set.

Quite often repeated on TV channels

The episode was released on a single special

edition disc as was directed by Quentin Tarantino

Fans of his (but not CSI) may have brought just

this.