Sherlock

2. 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

4. 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.

5. INTERVIEW WITH WRITERS
Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
https://youtu.be/oSB2lN_kjBU

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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