analysis of a film, radio, tv and computer game script

1. Film - Interstellar
Unit 11 LO1 - Script AnalysisTarget Audience
For the target audience Ibelieve the demographicthat
theyare tryingto reachis people of bothgenders,though
malesmayseemto preferit.Intermsof targetaudience
theywouldprobablyfitintothe Bto C1 sectionof the
scale since thatis workingclassandtherefore ittouches
uponthe most people,andalsoonthe Youngand
Rubicamscale,the mainpsychographicitfitsintoisthe
explorerdue tothe premise of tryingsomethingnew.
Content
The main contentof the filmfollowsthe mainfamily
cooperand herfatherin law,sonand daughter.Murphy
the daughterthinksthatthere isa ghostinher roomand
theyendup locatinga wormhole throughall of the signal
thisghosthas given,anditcan leadsto12 potential
worlds.Thisfollowstheirjourneythroughthiswormhole
and basedaroundit.Thisfilmreleasedin2014.
Genre
The main genre thatthisfitsintothisfilmandthe script is
sci-fi due tothe conventionsthatyoucan see inthe script
such as the mentioningof the stratosphere inthe first
scene,whichgivesoff space andout-of-this-world.
Furthermore,youcouldsaythat thisfilmfitsunderthe
categoryof Fantasyas well because itfeaturesaspecial
universe thatismade-upinthe sense of real life,orhasn’t
beenproventobe real.
Style
The mediumthatthisscript iswrittenforisthe film
industryandit iswritteninthe formof a propermovie
scriptwitheverythingformattedproperly.Theyhave
emphasisedthe title of the filminboldonthe scriptto
showitsimportance at the beginning andmade sure that
anythingincapitalsisspecificallyhighlightedonthe
screenas well.
Narrative Structure / Theory
Thisfilmisverycomplicatedto understand, andthe
narrative isn’tclearinmanyaspectswiththe amount of
differenttwistandturnsto understandinthe storybutit
can be saidthat the filmdoesfollowthe theoryof Edward
Branigan(1992) where the filmorganisesthe chainof
eventsintoabeginning,amiddle andanendwiththe film
showingthe change intimesthroughthe wormhole and
all of the characters gettingolderthroughthisprocessand
our maincharacters notaging.

2. Content
Thisepisode followsthe adventure of RickandMorty
makinga potionthatallowsMorty’scrush Jessica to
instantlyfall inlove withhim. We laterfindoutthatthe
love potionisdangerousbecause itshouldn’tbe usedon
anyone thathas the flu,and since itisfluseasonthings
turn forthe worstveryquickly.
Target Audience
The main targetaudience thattheyaimfor isthe teenager
audience andpotentiallybranchingintoyoungadultsas
well,because ithas anadulthumourvibe andcan be gory
insome sense especiallyinthisepisode.The maintarget
audience onthe NRSScale wouldmostlikelybe aC1
whichisworkingclassdue to itsmainstreamsuccess,
whichisalsothe type of audience onthe youngand
rubicamscale.
Narrative Structure / Theory
You couldsay that the episode followsthe VladimirPropp
theory(1928), withhimsayingthat there a limited
numberof character typesthat share a function,with
examplesbeingMortyas the Hero,Rick as the donorand
the helperandthe dispatchersince he givesMortythe
love potion,Jessicabeing the princessandall of the other
people affectedbythe love potionbeingFalse Heroesand
villainssince theyturnandtry to kill everyone else.
Genre
The main genre thattheyreach outto withthisshowis
comedy,mainlybecause of the amountof adulthumour
and punsthat getmade throughout the showas well.
Furthermore,we alsocansee that itfollowsthe theoryof
Tom Ryall (1978) withthe repeateduse of genre codes
and conventions, withthe comedycodesfollowinggoofy
characters suchas a crazy grandpascientistRickandthen
all of the love infestedmonstersthattheyturninto.
Style
The main style thatitbasesitself off isthe basicstudio
standardscript butbecause the TV showisanimatedthey
do needtoadd more detail intosome of the shots,suchas
whentheyspecifythe flugermsthathave gone intobrad’s
mouth,splittingandmultiplying‘CSIStyle,’sothatit
makesiteasierforthe voicesto understandwhatisgoing
on and the animatorstoalso be able to knowthe type of
style theyhave todraw.
TV Show – Rick and Morty
Season 1: Episode 6 – Rick Potion #9

3. Style
The main style thatthisradioscriptfollowsisn’tthe same
as a filmformattedone since there isn’tthe videomedium
beinginvolved.Instead,theysimplyjustfollowthe voices
withboldwritingandnon-boldwritingtospecify
monologuesandnormal dialogue, andthenthe directions
if neededforsoundsandotherwill be specifiedinitalics
and underlined.
Narrative Structure / Theory
It simplyfollowsasimple three actstorywiththe two
maincharacters aboutthe brief historyof paper,including
multiple scenesandanarrative as well.
Target Audience
The main targetaudience thattheyare tryingto reach is
the oldergenerationsince theyare the mostlikelythe
onesto watchthe radio than youngergenerations.It
couldalsoappeal to the youngergenerationsaswell and
parentswhentheydoa school run because thentheywill
mostlikelylistenintothe radioinordertopass the time.It
will probablyappeal tothe Bon the NRS Scale since more
formal people wouldlistentoradio as well.
Content
The brief scriptfollowsthe storyof the historyof paper
and howwe can see it aroundus ineverydaylife andhow
it isimportantto us. The main boyis29 andhas turned
intoan alcoholicsince hisgirlfriendhaslefthim,which
leadshimto drinkingeverynightandlisteningto
Radiohead.Itfollowshisjourneytofindlove again
throughmeetingthe next-doorneighbourwhopreviously
complainedaboutthe noise.
Genre
The genre that theyare aimingforinthe main runfor this
ispotentiallyinformativeandfollowsadocumentary
narrative since itrunsyou throughthe historyof the paper
and howit isall aroundus in circumstancesof everyday
life.Itcouldbe saidthat the genre theory followsalong
the line of RickAltman(1999), since the genre kindof
evolvesthroughoutthe story.
Radio Script – The History of Paper

4. Genre
The main genre isclearto be action andadventure,since
the maincharacter trait of Nathandrake isa treasure
hunterand explorerdue tohisfatherbeingfamous
explorerSirFrancisDrake,basedoff the real personalive
inthe 1400s. It alsohas a lot of gunfightandexplosions
whichare typical traitsof the action genre,meaningitalso
followsthe genre theoryof TomRyall (1978).
Target Audience
The main targetaudience demographicthatthisgame
goesfor isprimarilymalesintheirteenageyears.Ithasa
strongmale character as well thatpeople couldlookupto
and relate to.It will be forpeople thatare C2 or D on the
NRSScale since many people whoplaythese gameswon’t
have jobsyetsince theyare too youngand will alsofit
underthe explorercategoryonthe youngandrubicam
scale.
Content
It followsthe storyof NathanDrake and hisbestfriend
Sullywhoisalsoan exploreranda long-timepartnerof
his.It starts of for the questfora Mongolianoil lampand
leaveshimtogetdouble-crossedandarrestedall due to
Flynn,aformerassociate andwhenhe getsrescuedby
Sully,theyrealisethathe hasbeenworkingfora Serbian
war criminal seekingthe Cintamani Stone…
Style
The main style of the scriptagaindoesn’tfollowthe film
scriptas the voice actorsdon’thave any specific
instructionsthatneeddoingsotherefore,theyonlyneed
to knowthe characters voice linesandexpressions,hence
the format here withonlythe voices.Itwill alsohowever,
notifyinthisscriptwheneveranewchapterstarts inthe
game as that is alsospecifiedclearlyinthe game.
Narrative Structure / Theory
The narrative isverystraightforwardintermsof the fact
theypart on theiradventure tostopthe Serbianwar
criminalsfromfindingthe stone andisclearthatit follows
the TzvetanTodorov(1969) theorywiththe equilibrium
and disruptionandattempttorepairthe damage with
themtryingto beatthe Serbianstothe stone.
Computer Game Script – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves