Investigating sound: Visual and aural style from Broadchurch to Gracepoint. Issue 1 (1st April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Keeler, Amanda
• Is Part Of: Soundtrack. Volume 10:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 57
• Publication Date: 2017-04-01
• Subjects: Motion picture soundtracks -- Periodicals; Motion picture music -- Periodicals; 781.542
• DOI: 10.1386/ts.10.1.43_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-4193

Abstract

Using Broadchurch and its American version Gracepoint as a case study, this article explores the aesthetic relationship between these two television programmes through an analysis of their visual and aural styles. The increasing proliferation of television-to-television adaptations and remakes necessitates revisiting the terminology to assess how it accommodates methodological approaches that extend beyond cross-cultural analyses. As narrative content and style are inextricably connected, this article attends to the complexity of employing existing terms to analyse the new version of a programme that simultaneously replicates and departs from the style and tone of its predecessor.