The Responder Flashcards
(16 cards)
Premier Date?
January 2022 on the BBC
After the watershead
Genre
Crime Drama
Applying Todorovs Theory of Narratology
Equilibrium - Carson is shown Receiving counselling for work related stress and is getting ready for the night shift
Disruption - Carson recieves a call from Carl Sweeney with whom at this point has an unspecified relationship
Recognition - Carson realises sweeney’s request means he must now try and manage conflicts between this and his work
Attempt to Repair - Carsons attempts to find town centre Casey lead to increase narrative complexity
New Equilibrium - Double crossed by Casey and threatened by Sweeney, Carson sits in car and cries
Hegemonic view of police
They uphold law and order However in recent events like the George Floyd case this has diminished
View of Police in Responder
Chris subverts the myth that police should uphold high standards and not be corrupt. the audience consider the complexity of the situation and asses realism.
Chris in his Area
- Realistic representation of living in a deprived area
- Health issues
- money and relationship issues
Regulation
- Regulated by ofcom
- On the BBC
- Funded by license fee on the BBC
Trending on Twitter
- the responder was trending on twitter from the 24th of Jan
- Reviews were retweeted
- Interviews with actors were posted
- Radio times did polls on engagement
Viewing figures
- On BBC 1
- 7 million views in the first week
Production
- Produced by Dancing ledge productions
- Work with Fremantle media
- they have a development deal with Martin Freeman
Marco representation
- Stereotpyical of a young teen in his environment
- Seen to be familiar with police as well as drugs and addicts
Rachel - Representation
- Morally good
- Desperation to be good
- Subverts stereotypes of representation within the police
- Naive towards the feds believes they are all good people
Chris Representation
- Represents the police
- Breaks the hegemonic view of the Police doesn’t align with the fair representation that police are given
- Chris says ‘Im gonna Kill you’ when he is stressed
City Representation
- A very rundown city
- Violence and drugs shown in opening credits
- View of city with lots of lights and buildings
- Rubbish and graffiti
Carl - Representation
- Typical crime/ drug dealer
- Hostile towards others
- Subverts to this by showing his family which makes him more human
Chris’s mum stereotype
- She fills the traditional role of female - being the mother figure who holds the family together
- Encourages Chris to go to more therapy sessions
- Very patient with Chris- telling him ‘Its fine’
