1. TV Crime Drama Conventions
Name of
Drama
Broadcas
ter –
Scheduling
details
Conventi
ons Characters
CSI
CBS
Channel 5
George
Eads
...
Nick Stokes (298
episodes, 2000-2013)
Paul Guilfoyle
Captain Jim Brass / ... (298
episodes, 2000-2013)
Eric Szmanda
Greg Sanders (296 episodes,
2000-2013)
Robert David
Hall
Dr. Al Robbins (290 episodes,
2000-2013)
Marg
Helgenberger
Catherine Willows (263
episodes, 2000-2012)
Jorja Fox
Sara Sidle (258 episodes, 20002013)
David Berman
David Phillips (250 episodes,
2000-2013)
Wallace
Langham
David Hodges (210 episodes,
2003-2013)
William
Petersen
Gil Grissom (197 episodes,
2000-2013)
Gary Dourdan
Warrick Brown (183 episodes,
2000-2008)
Narrative
Grave danger – operative gets buried alive, so they try and
save him.
Mise-enscene Locations
Sets
Lighting
Costume
Sound –
Key
dialogue
Crime lab- dark and eerie –creates suspense
Coffin- pitch black and very bright- tense
Corn field – know one would find them
Fake crime scene- night-cup-dog intestines
CSI uniform
Prisoner jump suit
Music creates tension
Sound effects help with the atmosphere like sirens and

2. Sound
effects
Music
guns/semtex.
When zooming in on thins there are sound effects.
Key dialog
Audience
s–
Who is the
target
audience?
Male/Femal
e
How might
they react
differently?
Will it
shape their
views of
people,
issues or
events?
Adults/ teenagers
Both genders
If they dramas/crime programs.
Industry –
Marketing
&
Promoting
Other
platforms?
(DVD/online
)
Tv
Dvd
Online
CSI website