Shameless TV Drama

My chosen TV Drama series is Shameless.

Shameless started out in 2004 till 2013 and is a British comedy drama series. It follows a story of a large family 'Gallaghers' living on a fictional council estate 'Chatsworth' in Manchester. It shows the young siblings pretty much being abandoned by their parents while surviving on their wits and humor.

'Frank Gallagher'

In 2005 the show has won best drama series at the BAFTAs and best TV comedy drama at the British comedy awards.

Shameless was created by Paul Abbott. It was directed by Paul Walker and David Threlfall from 2006 to 2013. Johnny Campbell directed 3 episodes in 2004 and Dearbhla Walsh did 7 episodes 2004 to 2005. These were the first directors of the show. David Threlfall, along with directing and producing the show, also plays the main character, Frank Gallagher who is pictured above. Frank has appeared in all but 3 episodes of the show. (139 episodes).

At the start of each episode a title sequence is played with Frank talking about his family and introducing them.

The sequence is just shy of two minutes.


I enjoy watching Shameless. I like the camerawork and sound design, it is directed very well. For my project I want to use smooth, tracking camera shots instead of the gritty handheld used in the show. I want to enhance the colours slightly without changing the concept of the scenes. The pace of the drama changes a lot so I want to pick a scene that has a good steady pace but still with conflict.