One night whilst I was browsing the television guide I came across a crime drama called "Harper's Island", I was lucky enough to catch the first episode on the first encounter of the series. It is an american crime drama which is usually shown on CBS, April 9, 2009 - July 11, 2009. It is only a 1 season crime drama which is very annoying as the crime drama was very interesting and unique. The series was shot on Bowen Island. Instead i viewed this series on BBC Three. I watched this series a while back when it was relatively new. As Harpers island is based on a wedding, so there in a minimal amount of characters. It consists of a background humming type of sound to girl the audience that creepy style effect to the episode which they are about to watch which excites the viewers. The intro illustrates a main character in a scene then that specific scene has a caption to explain who he/she is, then it skips to scene which they are in. The scenes are very fast paced so they let any clues out about the series.
The show takes place on Harper's Island, where John Wakefield went on a killing spree and murdered a number of people before supposedly being killed by the island sheriff, Charlie Mills. One of the victims was the sheriff's wife. After her death, the Sheriff Mills sent their daughter, Abby, to live with family in LA and she hasn't returned since. After 7 years, Abby is finally returning to the island for her best friend Henry's wedding but now the killing starts again and everyone is a suspect. The guests manage to unlock secrets of the island and of Wakefield as the series progresses. (from Wikipedia) The series included a live online chat on a Fan cast Forum each week with the "murder victim" from the Saturday night U.S. broadcast, where questions and comments from viewers trying to solve the mystery are encouraged, as well as providing a behind-the-scenes view from the series. This encourages the views to interact with the series and make them feel closer and more personal to it. This series was rated 7.3/10 with 5,927 votes. Each episodes around about 45 minutes so it doesn't bore the audience. Due to the dramatic scenes when adverts approached I became anxious what will proceed on the island, the blocked out island also gives the series that extra scare!
I began to develop a real love to this crime drama as it was unique and there scare theme was always recurring, even though this series is in the past I know I will come back to it in the future to uncover the forgotten mysteries. Through the 13 episodes at some point someone (or as many as five) were killed off during each episode. This made the audience become alone as in episode 1 there were 30+ guests and at the episode (13) there could have been 10. The episode began to have more and more space for individual characters to roam which made them vulnerable. Each episode was around 45 minutes long which made the audience have the same feel towards the series "Scared".
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