SHERLOCK

Sherlock is a modern TV series which is a re vamp from the books written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Series follows Sherlock in the 21st century. The genre of the series Crime, Drama and Mystery. Theses are fitting genres because the show is all about Sherlock an his sidekick Watson solving mysteries.

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Genre Crime Drama Mystery

The show started in 2010 and was created/written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The show has lasted for 3 series so far and is planning to return later 2015 – early 2016. Sherlock Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch and John Watson is Played by Martin Freeman.

INTERVIEW WITH WRITERS Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.

https://youtu.be/oSB2lN_kjBU

THEMES AND GENRE

The themes presented in Sherlock Holmes are stereotypically found in crime, drama mystery program. We have the detective Sherlock, this is common for a crime themed program as we usually need someone to solve it. There are hints of comedy between Watson and Sherlock, this is commonly used in crime/mysteries to build relationships between characters before something terrible happens.

Themes such as murder appear a lot in crime/mysteries as they are base of the genre. The murder creates the problem in which the villain has caused for the detective to solve.

Themes – Death, mystery, friendship, crime solving, light comedy Genre – Crime, mystery, Drama

Friendship isn't usually found in crime/mysteries but this isn’t the case for Sherlock. We see Sherlock grow and bond with Watson which influences the show in many ways. The convention makes the program what it is now as Sherlock fights to keep his only friend safe.

Light comedy can also be found within Sherlock. This is most likely used to give the audience a rest from tension brought on by the murder/mysteries.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience for Sherlock would be young adults and above. I say this because you have to have certain amount of intelligence and patience with crime/mysteries which younger audience members may not have. The genre itself stereotypically relates to older target audience members due to mature scenes such as death and corruption. I would say that the target audience is manly aimed for British viewers as it is themed in London/Britain which will catch the attention of the target audience who live there. I would say that it’s stereotypically aimed more towards men due to the gendered themes such as killing and male dominate detectives. All characters are males apart from two supporting female characters, this will make it more targeted towards men as it doesn't feature many females.

SUMMARY

The target audience for Sherlock would be young adults and above. I say this because you have to have certain amount of intelligence and patience with crime/mysteries which younger audience members may not have

The show started in 2010 and was created/written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The show has lasted for 3 series so far and is planning to return later 2015 – early 2016. Sherlock Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch and John Watson is Played by Martin Freeman.

Genre Crime Drama Mystery