Finished Treatment Sheet

Treatment sheet draft: 
The show: 
  • Crime drama programme for itv 
  • The Dying Truth (?) 
Target Audience: 
  • Millennial audience (18-35) 
  • Predominantly female audience 
  • Socioeconomic grouping -> appeals to all groups, probably more to B/C1 or 2 
  • Probably not working in the police force themselves as they would want to escape their work whilst watching tv 
  • Quite curious and adventurous, seek escape from reality 
  • Enjoy trying to solve the mystery and any other problems that occur 
  • British people due to the location but potential to sell it to other countries due to its insight into Britain. 
  • Probably quite active, enjoy problem solving and other brain activities. 
  • Probably fit in the achievers and aspirer groups due to the heavy focus on a professional work environment and the impact of that on the character' lifestyle 
  • Mainly white audience due to the dominantly white cast 
  • Quite a social person with strong moral values and attitudes, but also quite free-willed 
  • Keeps up with current affairs and events around the globe – aware of Black Lives Matter movement and the feminist movement 
Form and style: 
  • Features typical codes and conventions of a crime drama, such as police iconography and any other iconography linked to the genre. Also features typical characters outlined through Propp's character theory but will have a male 'damsel in distress' rather than the typical female.  
  • Narrative: follows a female detective who has just been promoted and transferred to a rural area from London. She doesn't receive any disrespect for being a woman in a higher position from her male colleagues but does sense tension from her female partner/detective and is suspicious as to why she's acting that way. The main detective then gets allocated a case of a teenager who has been discovered unconscious in a ditch. The boy is then comatose in the hospital with serious injuries and almost dies at one point. However, he eventually wakes up with little recollection of the events that occurred and tries to help solve the case with the detectives. The extract of the programme focuses on the two-female detectives talking about the case whilst walking to the location of the crime (a forensic scientist passes them the other way as well), when the main detective questions why the other is acting cold towards her. Follows Todorov's narrative theory. 
  • Representation: focuses around two female detectives and defies classic conventions by making the victim male. However, the two detectives are white whilst the victim is black (brings up the current topic of racism and hate-crimes)  

Themes and Typical features: 
  • Typical themes featured in the programme include themes of crime and mystery, as well as addressing the theme of racism and prejudice in modern society. 
  • The programme will include lots of typical features of crime dramas, such as police iconography, formal outfits, a desolate location for the crime and other elements of mise-en-scene. It will also follow the detective’s point of view and the narrative will have a strong focus on solving the crime whilst also dealing with a sub-plot focusing on the detective's personal life. 

  • The script will also feature repeated aspects of crime dramas due to the language typically used when talking about a crime. 

Potential advertisers: 
  • Potential advertisers could include brands that are quite well known due to it being prime-time tv, and the cost to sponsor the programme would therefore be more expensive. 
  • Could include product placement such as drinks and other products that are easily accessible whilst working. 

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