1. 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
2. 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.
