The Changes in Police and Crime Drama Over Time
Crime drama has always been featured as one of the most popular genres
of our society. However over the year’s crime drama has been changed
and adapted to fit into different times. Many aspects of crime drama
have been changed such as camera shots, seriousness of crimes and
police language/jargon in order for crime drama to change with the
times, become more realistic and retain its former popularity.
Throughout time many crime programmes featured on T.V have changed
through Media language (Iconography, editing, camerawork and music).
The Bill, first created in 1984 featured a lot of Iconography. At the
start of the title sequence the camera focuses on a police shield on
top of a police hat. This can be seen as one of the obvious symbols of
the police. It can be compared to a later title sequence in the late
80’s, which featured a close up of a blue light. This can be seen as
more symbolic, symbolising the way in which good overcomes evil
compared to the way police overcome crime. In the mid 90’s a new tile
sequence was used. Here we see many different images such as
fingerprints, a close up of the police cell, mug shots, data on a
computer screen and a police cell door closing. Here Iconography is
more varied and is used to portray the different aspects of a
policeman’s job and show how the nature of police work has changed. It
has also become more modern and features more technology. The final
title sequence created in 2000 features less iconography. We see
images of the victims of crime and the different emotions they
experience. This allows viewers to see the emotions that people
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...ery society and in all social
classes, a genre that affects everyone. For other people crime drama
is simply reassuring, a genre in which good always overcomes evil and
where you feel that society is under the right protection.
Police drama has good as well as bad points. Crime drama is popular as
the seamy side of life fascinates people and allows them to identify
with that side of their character. However crime drama also makes us
believe that crime is a regular thing that we should not be shocked
by.
Crime drama always features the police overcoming crime. In this way
police are always represented as positive contributors to the running
of society whether in 1952 or 2004. Police drama will always feature a
crime that is the most horrific in their time and this is one-way
crime drama will adapt in the future.
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Joseph Straubhaar (2009) stated that television genres continue to develop over time in response to changes in audience tastes and original creative ideas. Indeed, television genres will keep on developing to meet the expectations and satisfaction of the audience. Crime drama series have become one of the most popular television genres within our society. It attracts the audience by dealing with themes and issues relating to the news and current affairs that the viewers are aware of. Crime fiction has various sub-genres including detective fiction such as Monk (2002-2009) where a detective investigates and solves a crime. Furthermore, Law & Order (1990-2010) represents the legal thriller and courtroom drama sub-genres as these crime dramas focus more on the struggles of the law and deal with many criminals such as rapists, murderers etc...and the strain of defending the innocent people.
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I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of the police service. I will constantly strive to achieve the objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession-Law Enforcement.