The Missing

The Missing is a British-American television drama series first broadcast on BBC One in the UK.Currently there are only 2 seasons of the series.

SEASON 1 TRAILER ~



Through watching the trailer, non-dietetic sound is heavily incorporated to introduce a new scene being introduced. The sound chosen at 0.08 seconds  is used to replicate the sound of the camera as though these are all moments captured in the mind of the parents and emphasizes the fact that they cannot be erased so easily. In addition at 0.16 seconds,there is a very quiet screeching sound in the background which gives an insight to the audience the state of mind through those who were effected creating a sense of sympathy.Furthermore the sound adds to the tense atmosphere that is being created and adds to the verisimilitude of the whole plot. Also flashbacks and flash forward results in the audience being reeled in to the drama and leaves the viewers with their imaginations to wander what is being discovered that helps piece the mystery.

SEASON 2 TRAILER ~



SUMMARY OF THE PLOT :

 Season 1 focuses on Tony Hughes, who in the summer of 2006, during the Fifa cup travels from the United Kingdom to northern France for a holiday with his wife Emily and 5-year-old son Oliver. Not long after entering France, their car breaks down, forcing them to spend the night in the small town of Chalons du Bois. One evening, Tony and Oliver visit a crowded outdoor bar, where the quarterfinals football match is being watched. Tony loses sight of his son, never to find him again.

Eight years later, Oliver has not been found; the police have closed their investigation, and the couple are divorced. Although Tony never stopped looking for his son, after seeing a recent picture of the French village where a little boy is wearing a scarf identical to the one Oliver was wearing the day he disappeared, and that was specially made for him with a unique insignia, Tony gets back on track, and with the help of retired detective Julien Baptiste, who led the original investigation, he starts to put the pieces together while the police decide to officially reopen the case.

It is classified as a swift-moving crime thriller that also takes the time to measure the effects of the crime on Tony and Emily's marriage, their state of mind, and the lives of the French townspeople who were drawn into the investigation.

In Season 2 The story is told in dual timelines: flashing between 2014 and the present time. It features Sam and Gemma Webster, whose daughter Alice, went missing in 2003. She mysteriously returns home towards the end of 2014, apparently having been held captive with Sophie Giroux, a French girl who disappeared at about the same time. The French detective Julien Baptiste, who investigated the Oliver Hughes case, was in charge of the Giroux investigation. Although now in retirement, he becomes involved again.

It is said 'The Missing' elevates the familiar dynamic to a new level with a gut-wrenching mystery.