analysis of the 8 media products including Films, Radio, TV Shows, etc

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Unit 22 – Scripting for media products
Film:
1. 1917
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
Radio:
3. Educator
4. Damned, Damned, Damned
Television:
5. Doctor Who
6. News Report
Video Game:
7. Red Dead Redemption
8. Tomb Raider
Elements to analyse scripts:
- Language
- Format and layout
- Three act script
- Angle of article
- Type e.g fiction, non-fiction
Criteria: Each Script
- Give an intro on the type of script
- Annotate genre conventions
- Give a brief explanation on what happens
- Analyse elements

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FILM – 1917:
Intro:
This is a film which has the genre of Action & Thriller. It’s a non-fiction movie script that is based
on war in 1917. The script is a typical layout with the courier bold font.
Layout & Conventions:
The film’s conventions are action, thriller and drama.
Scene Heading:
The scene is exterior meaning it’s outside and shows the date which links to the title. The
meadows, which is the location of the opening scene which provides a description of the
greenery they are in.
Description:
In this scene, it describes the sky, settings and weather conditions. It gives a perfect description
of exactly what happens. Writes about a figure to make the reader imagine more clearly that it’s
a soulless human being. Gives the name in the description in Bold Capital letters to highlight
that it’s an important name.
Actual Script:
Shouts Blake with no exclamation mark and instead just a full stop to indicate the reader that
it’s only a warning at first
Blake doesn’t wake up as he is not fully shouted at, so he feels he doesn’t need to wake up
instantly
The sergeant shouts and immediately Blake wakes up
short sentence lengths to keep it simple for the reader
as soon as he wakes
Blake’s clothing is described in brief detail of the conditions of his uniform to tell the reader that
it’s been raining outside and they’ve napped there for a while
It also tells us that he’s had past battle experiences
In brackets tells us how Blake’s body language is when he wakes up

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Then switches to Sergeant Sanders who simply informs Blake what to do instead of arguing
with him which tells the reader that him and the sergeant are just colleagues and nothing else,
they are not emotionally connected or have a close relationship
Blake then finally gets back on his feet and the writer writes that his stiff limbs are coming back
to life which informs the reader that he is not just mentally but physically tired because he’s
been on his feet for several hours
The dialogue then concludes for the first page then gives a brief description of the task Blake is
asked to do by his boss.
It’s a very simple description with slight emotive language to not only inform the reader but
make it imaginative and make the reader have empathy for the fallen man to make him seem
innocent
The soldier is the same rank as Blake to tell us as the reader that the man is not unrecognised
Repetition of Same to remind the reader that everyone including the solider are in the same
boat and no one is better than everyone
The script is then continued after Blake responds to his Sergeant to indicate that he is still
talking after the description of the next scene
The descripted grass and the pure earth with the washing line next to it is in very good detail as
it perfects the idea of how rough the ground conditions are
Blake then asks if he got fed and Schofield is visibly disappointed from his body language and
says it’s just some mail which manipulates the reader as we think that it's nothing new or
anything good because of the simple words which picture in our heads of Schofield boringly
saying no
Then hooks the audience back in as it turns out the envelope does have an interesting letter as
we find out that Blake is anticipating some good news, and the writer describes it well it
pictures a visual in our heads by describing Blake’s actions and his movement
When asked if any letters were received, Schofield plainly says no, and further description
shows he doesn’t mind which therefore shows he is quite easy going and stoic and not quick to
overreact
The writer rather presents Blake here as more open minded and entitled to give his opinions
about lack of food and his hunger compared to Schofield who is more introverted and keeping
his thoughts and feelings to himself and is happy with his packed food.

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FILM – Bohemian Rhapsody:
Intro:
This is a 2018 musical film directed by Bryan Singer & Dexter Fletcher about Freddie Mercury
and his band who have incredible skills vocally and has great success and flourish in the world
of rock however despite the success he struggles as he has difficulties with his ego, and fatal
illness.
Description:
In the infamous film Bohemian Rhapsody, this scene is set in Freddie’s Mansion in Kensington
where a scared voice comes out
Script:

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The scene jumps straight from a black screen and boldly captions “is this the real life?” which
the writer possibly indicates that it’s a dream.
The famous “we will rock you” song which made Bohemian Rhapsody well known globally
around the world
The sound of the drums to visually imagine the settings of the concert and the audience
jumping and singing along to the song
Then cuts to a different scene inside Freddie’s Mansion from the sound and noise of the
infamous song as a flashback
Then a different song of Freddie Mercury’s plays with emotive language in the script with what
sounds like a scared voice
Jim Hutton appears and screams for Freddie's name, so we now know who’s voice it is and
abbreviates to O.S to tell us how he is heard in the actual movie
Brief 2 paragraph description of Mary’s appearance when Jim gives the bad news and ellipsis is
used when they both bend
It stops on a cliffhanger and doesn’t tell us much and only notifies us that something unknown
has gone wrong by giving us Freddie’s reaction
This could be because due to earlier in the story, there was something significant that had
occurred like a flashback so it’s obvious to tell what happened
We then go to another scene, and it is now nighttime in Freddie’s mansion as a party is going on
with the writing in bold
It continues from people calling out his name with him particularly wearing a venetian mask
With what appears to be a concert for him with a masked singer singing the song in bold
meaning it’s already published and well known and the name of the female singer duet being in
brackets and interrogation marks so that we are not certain that it’s even the name of the
person which creates mystery for the audience especially when the guests are masked as well
Suddenly, the song ends, and a new scene emerges to the BBC Studio where an anchorman
reports that Freddie Mercury has .... and it’s not clear what has happened as the writer adds
hyphens to possibly indicate that the scene glitches
This then creates anticipation and worry for the audience as we believe that Freddie has
possibly been in an incident and passed away as the Anchorman commences the news with
“Tragic”
This then makes the audience believe that Freddie and the singer performing the song live to a
handful of Masked people was just a blur
The scene then cuts to a new one with it being outside of Freddie’s mansion in Kensington at
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And we now know with clarity that Freddie Mercury has passed away with the “grieving fans”
keeping bouquets Infront of Freddie’s mansion
And the script is perfectly structured as it chronologically puts half of the reporter's statement
to create engagement then with the audience wanting to see more of the story gives an insight
of the aftermath to then pull back to the present time as the reporter reveals that Freddie
Mercury has died inside his home
RADIO – EDUCATOR:
Intro:
This is a drama script which is used in Radio. It does not have your typical film script with the
usual courier new font size 12 and does not describe the scenes of the interior or exterior
background. It doesn’t go into brief detail on each character's actions and their body language.
It is just simply used for lines of dialogue with simple and short explanations with minimum
reasoning.
Script:
In the beginning of the very script, we see a literal description with no added emotive language
to manipulate the reader’s feelings, it is plain
The story begins with a normal conversation between Maria and Lydia with Lydia seeming quite
interested in her and making obsessive assumptions about her.
It seems more like a conversation only between friends and it appears they both know each
other. This is because informal language is used between the two of them
Therefore, this tells us that there isn't any use for description of body language to judge their
emotions and expressions because they already do that in the conversation as it is very open
minded and carefree
The sentence lengths are quite short and not much punctuation is used apart from question
marks and full stops
Numbers are used for each character every time they appear in the scene to communicate, they
stop at 12 and go back to 1 to indicate that there is a new topic or new page
The words in bold such as “Beat” and the words in brackets are used to highlight key moments
or reminders for the characters in terms of what they must do off communication
There are mostly rhetorical questions used when both Maria & Lydia communicate
The use of hyphens after a half word show that they stutter

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RADIO – DAMNED, DAMNED, DAMNED:
Intro:
This is also a radio script which is the same compared to Educator as it has the same radio script
layout and structure. The story begins with 2 characters which is mentioned in the brief
description of the script before the conversation commences. One being Mick, a well-known
criminal who is behind bars who is most likely doing a heavy sentence and his counsellor inside
being Tony.
In this script, Tony has a calm conversation with Mick to give him peace and serenity while he’s
in jail
He advises that Mick should flash back to his old memories to bring him positivity and hope.
Script:
Tony suggests a technique for Mick in hopes of leading him to his goal. Instantly he brings up
the word “hoping” to create a sense of empathy for Mick before giving him the advice as it will
lead to greater success and possibility of Mick listening.