Luther is a British Crime Drama programme starring Idris Elba, like many different television programmes, the show alternates within its directors, some come in to direct a one off whereas others come in for a block and stay for multiple episodes. Whilst they have different directors, Luther still has a particular directing style that flows throughout the series.Luther mostly alternates between establishing shots with discrete push in or out, so we have time to situate the characters in the environment they are in, very effective as characters are either in a criminal environment or a police background, as well as warm close ups where the eyes are often enhanced.
Luther is a programme that through the use of different cinematography, creates an extremely high sense of realism. The most reoccurring shot within each episode of Luther, is a wide angle shot of an investigation room, due to the programme revolving around a police detective. This type of shot is interesting because in some scenes it helps to highlight the maverick side of the main character Luther. We see this shot as Luther investigates a criminal or one of his victims, whereas in some scenes we see this same shot, in the same one table and two chairs set up but in a different location, of someone appearing above Luther whilst he himself is slouched down in his chair; perhaps making him look like the criminal for once. Another recognisable element of Luther is the colouring, each episode is very grey and dreary in colour, creating a very gritty and especially British feel to the programme.
Within my work, something that mainly inspires me is the colouring. The show itself uses mainly natural or low level lighting, nothing is too bright, everything is dim and sublime. This is an element i also would like to try and be an influence to my work.
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