True Crime Investigation

It has become increasingly popular to write, produce and watch true crime series. True Crime Investigatio n focuses on the Danish series The Investigation (TV 2, 2020) within this context. The series was written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and based on the so-called ‘submarine case’ - a cruel crime case from 2017. However, the series, and this book, is more about the police investigation than the crime itself. Readers are given an exclusive possibility for learning - through new interviews with significant actors from the production process - how the conditions for the production have influenced the creative processes, research phases and genre considerations. Readers are moreover offered insights into the impacts and concerns that ensue from working on the shoulders of an actual crime case, and how such conditions can affect the ethical choices that need to be made with a series such as this one. True Crime Investigation is for everyone who loves series on a professional or private basis. It is, however, extra relevant to screenwriters or those involved in serial productions. It brings out knowledge from the production study on which it is based and formulates that knowledge into suggestions for best practices and concrete exercises. The suggestions are all relevant to serial drama development in general and true crime specifically.

It has become increasingly popular to write, produce and watch true crime series. True Crime Investigatio n focuses on the Danish series The Investigation (TV 2, 2020) within this context. The series was written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and based on the so-called ‘submarine case’ - a cruel crime case from 2017. However, the series, and this book, is more about the police investigation than the crime itself. Readers are given an exclusive possibility for learning - through new interviews with significant actors from the production process - how the conditions for the production have influenced the creative processes, research phases and genre considerations. Readers are moreover offered insights into the impacts and concerns that ensue from working on the shoulders of an actual crime case, and how such conditions can affect the ethical choices that need to be made with a series such as this one. True Crime Investigation is for everyone who loves series on a professional or private basis. It is, however, extra relevant to screenwriters or those involved in serial productions. It brings out knowledge from the production study on which it is based and formulates that knowledge into suggestions for best practices and concrete exercises. The suggestions are all relevant to serial drama development in general and true crime specifically.