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MURDOCH MYSTERIES

TV Drama Homework 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=816iVaMklrs

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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

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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

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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.

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MISE EN SCÈNE

Setting: 1890s, Hotel, Toronto, Canada.

Locations:

The sisters’ hotel room

Hotel Lobby

Elevator

2nd Floor Corridor

Room 212

Police Department

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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

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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

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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.