Luther and The Fall analysis
Luther and The Fall analysis
The main character in Luther (John Luthor) portrayed by Idris Elba. He is a respected police detective. The first shot shown is an establishing shot. After this shot there is a quick edit of a man running. Because of the quick editing style, tension is created in the audience. The next shot cuts to outside and a whole squad of police cars are seen. The camera then pans and zooms into a woman speaking. Judging by her authoritative tone it can be assumed that she is a person with high power in the police force. The camera does mid-shots of a dark, hooded figure. When not doing mid shots, there are obscure close-ups of a hand and other body parts of the hooded figures body. The first proper shot that we see of Luther is an extreme close-up of his eyes. The camera then moves back and we see both characters standing facing each other on a small ledge as if its a western-like duel. It is evident that there is a conflict between the two. We then get close-ups of the characters eyes symbolising that things will get heated. After a set of events the criminal is left hanging from a ledge, Luther is hanging over him. As Luther makes a phone call, the camera repeatedly transitions from Luther to another police officer investigating the same case. An audience can see that Luther's policing methods are very unorthodox.
The Fall is an Irish-British crime drama. In The Fall we are introduced to our main villain very early on in the episode. One of the tropes that they used makes the audience response feel uncomfortable to the antagonist is the fact that we don't actively dislike him as we do with another average serial killer. He is an average, everyday man with a family and a wife. Despite his crimes the audience are almost meant to sympathise with him and one of the main ways they do this is by having a POV shot early on when he breaks into the house. Also, the audience is introduced to the investigator later in the show, The representation of women in The Fall is strong. The detective is arguably the strongest character on the show as she is brave and fearless and tends to make the leading decisions. The Fall uses many camera shots such as close-ups, long-shots, pov shots, perspective shots and tracking shots. The editing of the camera angles matches the pace of the slow narrative. The mis en scene of this series overall is dark in tone and is much more serious then Luthor. However I would say that Luthor did a better job of setting up an over-arcing narrative for the rest of its series.
The Fall is an Irish-British crime drama. In The Fall we are introduced to our main villain very early on in the episode. One of the tropes that they used makes the audience response feel uncomfortable to the antagonist is the fact that we don't actively dislike him as we do with another average serial killer. He is an average, everyday man with a family and a wife. Despite his crimes the audience are almost meant to sympathise with him and one of the main ways they do this is by having a POV shot early on when he breaks into the house. Also, the audience is introduced to the investigator later in the show, The representation of women in The Fall is strong. The detective is arguably the strongest character on the show as she is brave and fearless and tends to make the leading decisions. The Fall uses many camera shots such as close-ups, long-shots, pov shots, perspective shots and tracking shots. The editing of the camera angles matches the pace of the slow narrative. The mis en scene of this series overall is dark in tone and is much more serious then Luthor. However I would say that Luthor did a better job of setting up an over-arcing narrative for the rest of its series.
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