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MURDOCH MYSTERIES
TV Drama Homework 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=816iVaMklrs
MURDOCH MYSTERIES
The name of the episode is “Monsieur Murdoch”
It was originally broadcasted by the Canadian channels
City TV and CBC. It’s broadcasted in the UK by Alibi.
Writers: Characters based on novels written by Maureen
Jennings. Episode written by Paul Aitken and Graham
Clegg.
Director: John L’Ecuyer
Producers: Jan Peter Meyboom and Laura Harbin
From the beginning: Sophie and Monique
Poirier
Front Desk Clerk
“David Deletran”
Roderick Dalewood
Elevator Operator
CHARACTERS
Constable George Crabtree
Inspector William Murdoch
Inspector Brackenreid
Isaac Lowe
Constable Henry Higgins
Inspector Marcel
Guillaume
NARRATIVE
Two French sisters, Sophie and Monique Poirier get
ready to go to the theatre. They meet in the lobby
with Roderick, the owner of the hotel and Sophie’s
husband. Monique remembers she has forgotten her
camera and goes up to their room to get it. She does
not come back. Inspector Murdoch investigates the
disappearance of Monique, asking everyone involved
questions. He finds Inspector Guillaume looking
around in Room 212.
MISE EN SCÈNE
Setting: 1890s, Hotel, Toronto, Canada.
Locations:
The sisters’ hotel room
Hotel Lobby
Elevator
2nd Floor Corridor
Room 212
Police Department
Music and sound effects:
Elegant, light-hearted music
Mysterious, suspicious music
Terrifying, tense music
Echoing “boom” when the
letter is slipped under the door
The turn of the handle
Opening of the door
SOUND
Dialogue:
French accents
Canadian accents
A lot of dialogue from
every character involved
INDUSTRY
Production Companies:
Shaftesbury Films
Rogers Media
(seasons 1-5)
UKTV
ITV Studios Global
Entertainment
Assistance from:
Canadian Film or
Video Production Tax
Credit
The Ontario Film and
Television Tax Credit
The Canadian
Television Fund
AUDIENCE
Mainly for retired people (daytime television), 60+;
male and female, mainly female due to the good
looking main character; people who like old time
costume TV dramas such as Murdoch Mysteries,
Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs, etc. I like it
because it is a fast moving drama, everything is
included in one episode, moves on quickly from one
bit to the next.