Thirteen is a British drama television series. The series was created by Marnie Dickens and directed by Vanessa Caswill. Ivy Moxam whom is played by Jodie Comer, is a 26 year old woman who escapes from a cellar, that has been her prison for the previous thirteen years.
The music in the opening 'The title music is In Your Dreams from the album Wild Go (2010) by Dark Dark Dark' Having this music made me feel much more at ease when watching the show, the TV drama is actually quite scary if your sitting down by yourself, so by having this more playful tone didn't make you feel as uncomfortable. It also had a more younger feel, not as adolescent and adult. As the show is quite grown up, the character of Ivy is although 26 when she was taken she was 13 so it makes it feel as if there is youth again.
I have really enjoyed watching 'Thirteen' and I was so excited to sit down on a Sunday evening to watch the following episode. Every episode was left with a really good cliff hanger which made it so much more intriguing and exciting. The best cliffhanger was definitely the one were Ivy gets out of the car in the evening and the man takes his hand from behind her and grabs her mouth. This was really good as a cliffhanger because you didn't know what to expect in the next episode, also it is the same scene which we used when were making our thriller opening. That worked well because we could compare and gather inspiration for when we were filming ours.
The characters each individually were really different and everyone created dynamic. As you can see in the image below, her parents are split up and Ivy doesn't know this. Only when her sister tells her her dad left, Ivy realises and then argues with him how he 'gave up on her'. This guilt left on her fathers shoulders then brings the family together and her dad leaves the woman he is currently with. Ivy as we can see feels quite alone as she comes home after escaping, her sister is now engaged and lives at home with her fiancé. Then Tim comes back into the picture when he realises Ivy has come home, Tim was someone previously close to Ivy and the feelings come back when they are spending time together. Ivy doesn't realise Tim is engaged until she goes to tell him she loves him at the pub where he works, this is when she goes downhill and feels as if she has lost everything and everyone.
Overall, alongside 'The Night Manager' which is also currently on this has been one of the best British TV Dramas that has been on in a while and I would definitely recommend you to watch!
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