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The wait has finally ended ladies and gentlemen! We are pleased to welcome director Bob Smith into our home studio for a short interview about his new crime drama "Mercenary" interviewed by the one and only Mark Steve.

MS: It's a pleasure to meet you Bob, tell us about your new crime drama release featuring on Netflix.

BS: Nice to meet you Steve! Yes, I'm thrilled to be here today so the name "Mercenary" is actually a synonym for the word "hit-man" which sounds much less exciting and exhilarating to the audience. Mercenary isn't like your typical action drama like Top Boy. The show is trying to highlight that even these stone-cold killers experience emotional trauma and draws onto the dark nature of that industry. 

MS: That sounds interesting! Never heard anything like that before. I view that as you adding a twist onto the crime drama specially after viewing that spectacular trailer that has the audience all hyped up behind. Tell us more about your cast and the way you have decided to portray all of them.

BS: Ah yes, that is exactly what I was going for. Anyways, I decided to hire a much younger main character who does the killings in order to convey the corruption of our youth and rising crime rate within London and the first victim was purposely chosen to be a middle-aged Asian man to convey a multi racial society. Black people are normally viewed as the main representations within crime dramas but I want to change that way of the genre all together.

MS: That is quite a challenge but I would love to see you pull that off. Creating a new norm would certainly change the genre as a whole. Tell us a bit about the opening sequence and the thought process behind.

BS: Thank you! Well for the opening scene I involved the clean up of a previous killing even before the show has started in order to kick it off with suspense soon as it starts, followed up by the agency of the licensed mercenary to instantly follow up with another mission for him, This was done so the audience can be kept engaged within the first 3 minute sequence. 

MS: I am quite certain it will but anyways I wish you all the best with this release!

BS: Thank you very much for having me.

MS: Could you share some insights into your creative process as a director? How do you approach storytelling and character development?

VR: I purposely put the main character in both a dominant and also inferior position using a combination of low/high angle shots to highlight the quickly the power dynamic changes in within the underground criminal world. This shows even the hit men are victims of the underworld. This helps the audience to sympathise and connect with him on a more deeper level so they feel much more immersed in the production. At first he is introduced as this cold-blooded emotionless killer clearing up his mess with no remorse of his actions yet is revealed to be much more aware of the harm he causes later on which represents his character development.

I will meet the brief of the TV Crime Drama extract by using two locations, using identifiable narrative features such as suspenseful atmospheres, moral dilemmas and key props like knives. I will refer to the industry channel (using a Netflix intro) and use appropriate graphics and titles.

I will meet the brief of the TV listings magazine by meeting the requirement of seven original images by taking pictures of classmates and people featuring in my filming. I will use a 3 page feature of 400+ words by interview of the director of the filming and behind the scenes information as well and it will be A4 sized.