This document provides an analysis of the script for Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk. It summarizes that the script follows the true story of the evacuation of 400,000 trapped soldiers from Dunkirk beach in France during World War II through the perspectives of soldiers on the beach, RAF pilots, and civilians on a boat assisting with the evacuation. It describes the script's style, its 12 rating indicating a target adult audience, and how the multiple storylines do not follow a traditional narrative structure by jumping between characters and times. Finally, it analyzes that Dunkirk incorporates elements of different genres like war and drama, supporting the idea that genres are now hybridized.

1. Content– the script isfor the ChristopherNolanfilm
‘Dunkirk’.Itfollowsthe storyof the evacuationof 400,000
soldierstrappedonDunkirkbeachinFrance,the onlyway
theycan escape ison boats,howeverthe Germansare in
the air bombingfromabove.The filmfollowsthe events
throughthe eyesof 2 soldiersonthe beach,twoRAF
fighterpilotsandcivilianstakingtheirboatDunkirkaspart
of the evacuationeffort.
Style - the script issetout followingthe normal scriptstyle,
it cutsbetweenthe soldierspointof viewinthe seaandthe
civiliansonthe boat,thisisshownas itis describedinthe
scene isinteriororexterior,the time of dayandsetting.It
alsoindicatesthatthe dialogue fromthe soldieris
continuedonthe nextpage of scriptat the bottomof page
36 and re statesthe character talkingatthat it iscontinued
fromanothersectionif dialogue atthe topof page 37.
Target audience – the filmisrated12 meaningthe target
audience mustbe above thatand are more likelytobe
youngadultand adultbecause the filmisabout a
historical eventthatdoescontainviolentimagesandsome
stronglanguage that isinappropriate foryounger
audiences.Onthe NRSscale the audience can be very
broad,as olderaudience thatmayrememberthe warthat
are pensionersandwidowscanenjoyitasa grade E as
well asthe more general audiencessuchasgrade D-C1. On
4Cs scale the audience islikelytothe resignedasthese are
olderaudiences.
Narrative- because thisfilmfollows3differentstorylinesthroughthe
eyesof differentcharactersitdoesn’tfollowthe Branigantheorythat
narrative ‘a wayof organisingspatial andtemporal dataintoacause-
effectchainof eventswithabeginning,amiddleandend’asthe
beginningmiddleandenddoesn’toccurat the same time for all
characters andtime jumpsarounddependingwhichcharacterwe are
following,asshowninthe scriptwhenitchangesfromthe soldierstothe
civiliansitgoesfromdayto night.
Genre – Dunkirkhasmanygenresas there are different
elements,asitis a war filmbuthaselementsof actionand
drama, thissupports RickAltmansviewthatthere isno
such thingas pure genre anymore wasall genresborrow
fromothersand that genre issurvivingdue to
hybridisation.