the killing

Question 1

director

Answer 1

Birger Larsen

Question 2

genres

Answer 2

crime drama, thriller, nordic noir

Question 3

writer

Answer 3

Soren sveistrup

Question 4

what does each episode of the killing represent

Answer 4

each day of the case (such an elongated narrative allows for in depth exploration not the characters)

Question 5

when did forbrydelsen originally air in Denmark

Answer 5

january 2007

Question 6

IMDB rating

Answer 6

8.4 (very high)

Question 7

uk release

Answer 7

2011 on BBC 4

Question 8

popularity of the killing in the uk

Answer 8

over half a million uk viewers of the final

in spring of 2011 more viewers than mad men (a very popular american show at the time)

Question 9

basic plot of episode 1

Answer 9

follows the search for missing girl Nana Birk Larsen

Question 10

what bafta did the killing win

Answer 10

best international

Question 11

costume

Answer 11

lund is for the most part covered up and non sexulised showing her independence
white dress on nana shows her innocence/purity

Question 12

lighting

Answer 12

low key dim lighting shows danger

Question 13

opening

Answer 13

the chase from an unidentified assailant shows mystery genre

Question 14

pernille and rie representation

Answer 14

possibly more conventional rie as love intrest and pernille as emotional and helpless

Question 15

representation of copenhagen

Answer 15

contrast to stereotype that it is a safe place (denmark rated 4th on the world peace index in 2011)

Question 16

dramatic shadows

Answer 16

shows suspense and intrigue

Question 17

violence against women

Answer 17

provides shock to the audience

Question 18

binary opposittes

Answer 18

The Killing uses binary oppositions to drive the narrative forward. The way the binary opposition is resolved may have ideological significance. The oppositions that The Killing uses is good and evil, dark and light/night and day, hero and villain

Question 19

quick cuts

Answer 19

shows action/intense scenes