Crime-Drama

Deadwood is an american crime-drama first made in 2004 and ended in 2006, it stars Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane. The story is set in the 1800's in the old west, in a town called Deadwood. It follows the life of the towns people and the crime and corruption in the town. The first season of this programme has a linear timeline, as all the events in the programme happen in order. The Programme is a realist programme as it shows the everyday life of people in the old west even though these characters maybe fictional. The endings of the first and second series are left open as the show continues but the ending of series three is closed as it is the final episode of the show and the story needs to come to an end. The scene in deadwood where Bill Hickok gets shot, the camera is first aimed at the door as you see a blurred figure enter the saloon, the camera then pans across to a close up of Bill Hickok, in the background you can still see the blurred figure as he approaches Hickok. this builds suspense and the scene and makes the audience wonder who this figure is and what he wants with Hickok. This can be seen at the start of the video and ends at 0:07.