'Luther' Analysis and application of Theorists

Camera

• Panning shots, view from different angles on building top
• Close up shot at cliff edge
• Over head tilt over cliff
• Over the shoulder shot with unfamiliar man

Mise en scene

• Shadows to create suspense

Sound

• Goes from quiet tense music to loud bird sound effects to create fear

Editing

• Fade to black

Barthes

Proairetic/Action code: Luther coming back due to Alice dying, the cannibal murder dying due to the gun being taken,
Hermeneutic/Enigma: Who killed Alice Morgan, why did he kill, where were the diamonds, why did he have the disease, what made him eat the certain body parts?
Semiology: Open interpretation due to unknowingness of who killed Alice
Semantic: Blood connotes death and dismembering of bodies, blood on head connotes injury
Symbolic: Antithesis of criminal helping in the investigation - not all people are what they seem
Cultural: The mental disease the killer had realistic side effects from condition

Todorov

• Equilibrium - DCI Luther content at home and DS Emma lane with her partner solving crime
• Disruption of Equilibrium - Theo Bloom dies, triggers need to get revenge, Luther on the hunt for diamonds and person who killed Alice, cannibal killer killing
• Recognition of Disruption - Seeing that deaths are occurring, clairvoyant
• Reparation of Damage - Killing cannibal, finding diamonds
• New Equilibrium - New partner on force, more leads on case for Alice

Propp

• The anti-hero - The character who seeks something.
• DCI John Luthur
• The villain - Opposes or bocks the hero’s quest.
• Steven Rose
• The donor - Provides an object which has some magical property. 
• Det. Superintendant Martin Schenk
• The dispatcher - Sends the hero on his way by providing a message.
• Megan
• The false hero - Disrupts the hero’s hope of reward by pressing false claims.
• Megan
• The helper - Aids the hero.
• DS Emma Lane
• The princess - Acts as a reward for the hero and as an object of the villains scheming.
• N/A
• The father - Acts to reward the hero for his efforts.
• N/A

Strauss

• Police vs. Criminals 
• Criminals breaking the law (George Cornelieus, guy handcuffed to radiator) vs. Help on the case
• Luther's conflicted mind: Morals vs. Actions
• Luther vs. Criminals