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Henrik is portrayed as a "flawed", vulnerable character with issues. He's also presented more in domestic roles, through cooking, cleaning and appears to also be nurturing his children. Lise also has a male cleaner named Rikard who fulfils a domestic role too. Overall The Bridge seems to present men in more domestic roles than women

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Media Language - Binary Oppositions and Narratives 

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Media Language - Binary Oppositions and Narratives 

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As stated before, some people may be left disinterested because we seem to be following detectives on a 'normal day' of work which may not be interesting. Binary Oppositions tend to be what keeps audiences interested in the show even through we are using such a structure in the show. As an audience we are interested in the dynamic between Saga and Hanne, and for the Swedes and Danish who watch the show might be intrigued to watch to see what country the criminal is from since the show moves between the two countries. Binary Oppositions tend to be 'the bridge' that gaps seemingly uninteresting plot lines. *No pun intended

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Whilst Hans is in a hierarchically powerful position, he doesn't use his power in an oppressive way against anyone, and is more understanding of those who he works with, these traits could be said to be typically more feminine. He is also presented in an equal relationship with his partner Lillian who is also presented as a strong female. Hans is also a representation of age, and a more relatable character, which we can see through him struggling to get out of bed at an early time to work.

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The programme represents the changing attitudes towards gender through sagas masculine traits which is shown through mise en scene by wearing concealing clothes and a lack of makeup, it proves the social and cultural attitudes towards women by how they present themselves and their roles is changing. In addition it shows the binary opposition (Strauss) between Swedish and Danish cultures which proves the differences within treatment.

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The representation of masculinity within the bridge challenges the ideas of inequalities and and power between men and women, straying from the typical/stereotypical representations of female characters, and rather featuring them as key detectives.

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Plot situations are included that are typical of the crime genre. For example, the discovery of a body, an arrest, an interview with a suspect or the denouement where the perpetrator of the crime is revealed by the detective. These situations are made slightly different in The Bridge due to the incongruencies in Saga’s character. For example, in the interview with the victim’s wife Saga has to be prevented from showing her the crime scene photographs.

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Hanne Thomsen is also a way for the show to exemplify the cultural differences between Sweden and Denmark, we can see this through their first meeting, with hostilities beginning to mount and Hanne showing her contempt for Swedish political correctness

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Hall suggests that people will take a preferred, negotiated and oppositional reading towards texts, an example is through the representation of saga, a feminist audience would like the preferred reading, as she is an empowered women and in addition there is the representation of a lesbian relationship, a negotiated audience would like the codes and conventions of a typical crime drama, yet would disfavour the focus on the narrative - in contradiction some may take an oppositional reading as they cannot relate to the character of saga and liberal viewers may dislike the attitudes towards sex, gender and political correctness.

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Binary Oppositions function as a narrative element including good vs evil, police vs criminal as well as, in the case of The Bridge, the cultural differences of Sweden vs Denmark, Sega vs Hanne, the nuclear family vs non-nuclear family and illusion vs reality. The resolving of some of these binary oppositions within the story world may have an ideological significance, for example evil being punished and justice prevailing in a crime drama. (Sturcturalism: Levi-Strauss)

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Hanne Thomsen is another example of a strong independent female character who is presented as an older, more experienced and well respected detective. Like other women in the bridge, is not objectified, her clothing is functional and her grey hair whilst showing her age and experience also show her serious expression and representation

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Saga is also presented as a more emotionless character that doesn't seem to have any care for anything but work, and through her iconic passive expression we see throughout the show, when she is trying to process information and inter-relationships with her colleagues. Overall Saga as a character allows the programme to explore a character who doesn't follow the social norms, to reach a under/misrepresented social group.

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Barthes' enigma code is one that is present throughout the show. As an audience, we do not know who has committed the crimes. This can help build tension and suspense amongst the audience, although it may leave some people disinterested, because we seem to be following detectives on a normal day of work which may not be seen as interesting.

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The representation of a strong female lead character allows for a wider demographic of women, as some women are represented as passive within media texts, such as Life on Mars, it allows for a positive representation to be constructed to viewers.

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The construction of the different ideas from each country - Denmark and Sweden may allow for a wider audience to be accessed as they follow the traditional stereotypes from each country, this may be criticised as it is unfair to stereotype and may annoy audiences into not wanting to watch anymore.

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Narrative disruptions occur that change the course of the story, these can be events that happen or revelations that are made by characters. Sometimes the audience are in a privileged spectator position whereby they know more than the characters with the story world.

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Applying uses and gratification theory, offers a range of pleasures from crime dramas which can be denoted through the codes and conventions in season 3, episode 1 - the enigma code of not knowing why two womens body halves are there arises a confused tone throughout, which subverts todorovs narrative theory.

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With the BBC's remit being to inform, entertain and educate, whilst additionally being publicly funded, it allows for a niche audience to be targeted, it may also attract pre-concieved consumers of other nordic dramas such as 'The Killing'

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Crime Dramas may use a range of different narrative structures. They may conform to Todorov's theory where structure is linear from the initial disruption through to a resolution, or non-linear where times and space is manipulated. For example, inverted narratives show the crime and the perpetrator at the the start and they may have a non-linear structure including flashbacks.

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Crime dramas have a recognisable repertoire of element. These conventions have evolved over time and developed to reflect social and cultural change and the needs and expectations of audiences.

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Whilst Saga's representation is constructed as a powerful and independent woman, there are characteristics of Saga that show more masculinity, which can suggest she had adopted in order to survive a more patriarchal Society. We can see these masculine characteristics through her stance, walk and even clothing; the military styled overcoat, leather trousers, and neutral t-shirt.