In the series, we meet Jake Peralta, a talented but carefree detective in Brooklyn's 99th Precinct who's used to do whatever he wants. The serious and stern Captain Ray Holt takes over the precinct, which includes Jake and the two of them soon ends up in a conflict with each other.The other employees of the 99th precinct include Detective Amy Santiago - Jake's overachieving, competitive partner, Detective Rosa Diaz - a tough and kept to herself co-worker, Detective Charles Boyle - Jakes best friend who also has a crush on Rosa, Detective Sergeant Terry Jeffords - recently taken off the field after the birth of his twin girls, and Gina Linetti - the precinct's sarcastic administrator.
The series has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best TV series - Musical or Comedy and one for Best Actor - TV Series Musical or Comedy for Andy Samberg.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine follows it's genre more or less by the book, using stereotype characters (the talented, but carefree detective (main character) and his competitive partner, the strict and serious captain etc), high key lighting to get an upbeat mood, free from dark shadows and a lot of verbal humour.
Andre Braugher, who plays Captain Ray Holt" shared in an interview some information of how the creators of the series handle each episode's production.
"When we were on set we're working pretty fast and efficiently, which actually gave us more time to play around. In any given scene we're going to do five or six takes of the material that's scripted and really cover that thoroughly, and then we have enough time to do what we call 'fun runs,' which is where everyone pulls the craziest stuff they know out of a bag and throws it into the scene."
The series might look very spontaneous, but it's all carefully planned. They do a lot of handheld in the programme and also often use a zoom to help land a joke. Examples of the zoom-jokes is shown in the clip below:
When watching this series I was mainly focusing on the office scenes, as I was a bit unsure how I wanted the office to look like prop-wise and also how to shoot it. In the original clip from 'Catch Me If You Can' they do a lot of wide- and medium wide shots to show all the people in the room. I have decided to use less actors and I'm therefore thinking og going with more close ups when filming, similar to what you can see in the office scenes in B99.
Props wise I've decided to go a bit minimalistic, both due to budget, but also because I feel that you'd expect higher authority staff to keep their offices more tidy and clean, not messy with a bunch of papers and stuff lying around.
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