Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Genre families · Working

Crime

Also called: crime drama

ELI5

Storytelling centred on crime, its causes, investigation, participants or consequences.

Used in conversation

“The crime should be visible in the examples, not just the overview.”

Pitch context

Use this when a deck or treatment needs to describe the people, world, tone or audience promise precisely.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Sources & evidence · 6

Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.