New dynamics of production in the Argentine serialized narrative: the noir detective story and the temporal dimension in “El jardín de bronce”

Abstract

This article proposes to address the new production dynamics of Argentinean serialized narrative in the framework of the alliances between national media production companies and international networks and, within them, to point out a marked trend of serialized fiction towards film noir. To this end, it will examine the landing of HBO Latin America in Argentina and its partnership with Pol-ka Producciones in the generation of original content, taking as a case study the fiction series El jardín de bronce (2017), directed by filmmakers Hernán Goldfrid and Pablo Fendrik. It will analyze the narrative structure of its two seasons and the audiovisual grammar procedures used, in which elements associated with the noir genre prevail. It will also investigate the temporal dimension and the construction of the point of view, as these are the discursive operations that best adapt to the commercial needs of the television product and the most effective for the expansion of the fictional universe, the incorporation of new subplots and the development of the characters.

Keywords

• serial narratives
• noir detective story
• national production
• international market
• temporality