Prison Break Notes

Prison break notes

The role of the producer was to plan and to make the audience entertained

 The audience are the consumer s of the show.

In the beginning we are shown that Michael is getting a tattoo this was his him planning to get his brother out of prison. We are shown many flashbacks if Michael.

The hero – Michael Scoffield, he tries to rescue his brother from prison. His brother Lincoln Scoffield

The helper – Fernando

Tone: the tone is mature

It’s set in Chicago, USA

Sub-genre: action/drama

The prize and dispatcher: is the brother.

There is flashbacks when he think about the time he was visiting his brother. This is used to tell us why he decided to be in prison.

In the beginning he was at a Location which was tattoo shop, late at night

The villain: is the government because they put him in prison

The donor: Doctor Sarah

It’s a discontinuity because there is a flashback

In prison break there is a time and space within the show because the events occur as a single framework. There is a cliff-hanger, this is used to make the audience gravitate toward the show

Chronology – in prison break the events starts of in order , i.e. Michael goes to the tattoo shop to get a tattoo, then he robs a bank, then he goes to court and then prison, this is shown to the audience so that the audience can understand why he was planning to go prison.

Mode of address- 1/3 person

Narrative – its first person narrative because we are going through this journey with Michael.

The serial format is split into different episodes.

Linear because beginning middle and end.

Concurrent/ parallel: The show is concurrent because there more than one event for example the uncle is in prison but his nephew get arrested for drugs.