Audio codes

Cards (11)

  • How does music contribute to the programme's communication of meaning?
    It foreshadows the programme's pace and style
  • What does the haunting track in the credit sequence foreshadow?
    The slow pace of the programme
  • What genre does the tense music at the start reference?
    The horror genre
  • How does diegetic sound establish realism in the programme?
    By including the clicking of cameras
  • What effect does the sound of cans at Morten’s cabin have?
    It is unsettling and signals an explosion
  • How does dialogue contribute to the narrative in the programme?
    It advances the investigation and develops characters
  • What character trait does Saga's clipped dialogue reveal?
    Her idiosyncratic nature
  • How does Saga respond to the request to hurry up?
    She replies 'No'
  • What do the conversations between the detectives and Helle Anker’s wife provide?
    Back story and possible motives for murder
  • What does Saga’s mother’s reference to ‘your crime’ suggest?
    It creates an enigma about Saga's past
  • How does Saga describe her feelings towards her mother?
    She states 'I don’t like my mum'