My final scripts have improved significantly after the feedback from Jody Smith of Channel 4 to fit the target audience of Stupendous. Before the changes my scripts were of good standard but did not fit the budget of the production and may have offended certain people. In the feedback Jody stated that I must reduce the amount of characters and sets to save on money. From her feedback I removed scenes in the Santa Claus' bedroom in the first sketch which were unimportant not needed. These scenes had few or no funny material included and it is therefore beneficial for me to remove these scenes which are not needed. The sketch is equally funny without these scenes.
My feedback also recommended me to reduce the amount of characters in the second sketch who were uneeded. This was to save on actors/actresses wages. From this suggestion I removed the characters Grandma and Mr Deans from the sketch as these characters only had a minor role at the start of the production and was not included in the rest of this sketch. The sketch is equally funny without these characters involved and the humour in the starting driving test centre scene is not affected.
Jody stated in her feedback that as the show is targeted at 16-30 year olds, I needed to change elements of the sketch which could be controversial. Such as the black stereotype in the second sketch and the homosexual Mystery Sender in the first sketch. The comedy from the second sketch originally came unintentionally from the racial stereotype that Cleveland, Jackson and Detroit who are black may be 'bullying' Simon who is white. I changed Simon too black and because his Grandma and Mr Deans had already been removed, every character in the sketch was black so their was no racial stereotype.
In relation to the homosexual man in the first sketch, originally the man was a hairy, overweight 30 year old which may have caused offence to homosexual people and may have created a negative stereotype for homosexual people. I changed the character to a smartly dressed man, who smelled and looked nice and was also nervous. This removed the negative stereotype of homosexual people.
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Friday, 21 June 2013
Task 6: Obtaining Feedback
Jake brinksman from jb04156218
When Redrafting my final script I will take the feedback on bored and change my script to suit a wide audience. My feedback stated that I need to alter my script so I don't offend anyone. The show is targeted at young people and I need to alter the content to ensure it is suitable for this age range. I must also take care in ensuring that my comedy sketches do not offend anyone of any: gender, sexuality or race. The feedback tells me that because the production is on a budget I must remove some sets in my program and also narrow down the characters who are not needed.
I have decided that some sets are not needed and I have decided to remove scenes in the bedroom in the Santa Claus sketch to save on money. Also I have removed some characters from my second sketch who are not needed such as Simon's Grandma and Mr Deans.
I have also edited some characters so I do not cause offence to anyone. I have removed the black stereotype by also making Simon black and because I have removed Mr Deans and Simon's Grandma, all the characters in the second sketch are black. I have also changed the Mystery Sender's persona in the first sketch. Instead of him being a confident, overweight, hairy slob. He is now in fact a shy, nervous, well dressed man.
When Redrafting my final script I will take the feedback on bored and change my script to suit a wide audience. My feedback stated that I need to alter my script so I don't offend anyone. The show is targeted at young people and I need to alter the content to ensure it is suitable for this age range. I must also take care in ensuring that my comedy sketches do not offend anyone of any: gender, sexuality or race. The feedback tells me that because the production is on a budget I must remove some sets in my program and also narrow down the characters who are not needed.
I have decided that some sets are not needed and I have decided to remove scenes in the bedroom in the Santa Claus sketch to save on money. Also I have removed some characters from my second sketch who are not needed such as Simon's Grandma and Mr Deans.
I have also edited some characters so I do not cause offence to anyone. I have removed the black stereotype by also making Simon black and because I have removed Mr Deans and Simon's Grandma, all the characters in the second sketch are black. I have also changed the Mystery Sender's persona in the first sketch. Instead of him being a confident, overweight, hairy slob. He is now in fact a shy, nervous, well dressed man.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Monday, 17 June 2013
Task 2: Researching TV Comedy Sketch Shows
Task 2: Researching TV Comedy Sketch Shows
Little Britain
Channel and Scheduling: Originally the programme was aired on BBC 1, 2 & 3 but since the program is not in production any more, repeats are usually aired on Gold and Gold+1. The program has themes and behaviour which are not suitable for anyobdy under the age of 18 so the program is aired after the Watershed and runs through the night.
Target Audience:
The program's target audience is 25-34 year olds and series 3 was watched by 1 in 4 people of this age range.
Concept: The program is about exaggerating real day life situations and making turning them into very funny events. An example of this is the man in the wheelchair Andy who features in every episode is not actually disabled and does lots of extraodinary activities which his carer Lou does not know. This is related to benefit fraud where people in the UK are pretending there disabled when they are not.
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Structure: As the sketch is coming on a narrator does not clearly say what the sketch is but instead makes a joke about society or the sketch itself. The opening credits start with the camera whipping across the different main characters with the same narrator throughout constantly making jokes about different parts of society. Sometimes a sketch will occur and then later in the show the sketch will be continued and concluded. At the end of each show their is always a world record attempt which either goes wrong or is ridiculous.
Content & Style: The sketch show involves characters of all ages and characters of all social classes ans social groups. Vicky Pollard played by Matt Lucas is a troublesome working class teenager whereas the their is Mr Mann who is a middle aged stubborn and awkward consumer. These regular characters feature in the show every week but different things happen to them all the time.
The Catherine Tate Show
Channel & Scheduling: The Catherine Tate show has similar humour, themes and language as Little Britain. Replays are usually on Watch, Watch HD and Watch+1 after the watershed around midnight.
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=The%20Catherine%20Tate%20Show
Target Audience: The target audience for the show is 18-30 as some of the characters such as: mouthy school girl Lauren Cooper played by Catherine Tate is aimed at a younger audience whereas Janice, a middle age housewife targets middle aged people.
Concept: The program is similar to Little Britain as it exaggerates the personalities of everyday people in everyday situations.
Structure: Unlike Little Britain their is no introduction to a sketch. Instead it just appears on screen and avid fans of the show know immediately who the characters are.
Content and Style: The sketch show contains the same characters every week from different social classes, social groups and ages. An example of these characters Joannie Taylor. An old aged pensioner who is always complaining and uses foul and abusive language. The programme has pre recorded canned laughing so the audience know when to laugh.
Big Train
Channel & Scheduling: Big Train has ran from 1998-2002 and was originally aired on BBC 2. Nowadays replays of the programme are screened on Gold and Gold+1. Originally the program was aired just after the Watershed as most of the humour is suitable for children but there are some sketches that were unacceptable for under age viewing and so the programme was aired around 11:00pm. Replays of the programme are aired during the night these days.
Target Audience: The target audience for Big Train was people aged 20-40 as a lot of the characters are older and there are few young characters which would appeal to a younger audience.
Concept: The show is about making small jokes out of things and creating parodies out of other programmes and films. An example of this is a parody of 'Robocop in the Future Cop sketch.
Structure: The programme always starts off with an opening sketch before the opening titles. This sketch is designed to attract the audiences attention and make them laugh so they continue to watch the program. The program was shown to a live audience to record a laugh track which is used so the audience know when to laugh.
Content & Style: As well as real life sketches the programme also contained animated sketches. This was to remind audiences that the programme is still 'silly' and not to be taken seriously. It also gives something different to the audience, stretching to a younger audience.
Bo' Selecta!
Channel and Scheduling: The original channel for Bo' Selecta in 2002-2004 was Channel 4 past the watershed as there is a lot of swearing and sexual references which is not suitable for children under 18.
Target Audience: Bo' Selecta! often used celebrities and also made light hearted fun at other celebrities. The target audience was adults aged 25-40 who were fan out of these celebrities. The celebrities they made fun of were all of different ages but majority older people attracting an older audience.
Concept: The show is about making fun of celebrities. This is highlighted as the masks of the celebrities are exaggerated and silly, making the programme silly and suitable for adult humour.
Structure: Leigh Francis the creator of the show dresses up in silly outfits which resemble celebrities and mimmicks their jobs and possibly makes references to controversies the celebrities may have had. He does this for several characters in an episode.
Content & Style: The program contains real celebrities who interact with the unreal celebrities who are wearing the costumes and masks.
The Catherine Tate Show
Channel & Scheduling: The Catherine Tate show has similar humour, themes and language as Little Britain. Replays are usually on Watch, Watch HD and Watch+1 after the watershed around midnight.
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=The%20Catherine%20Tate%20Show
Target Audience: The target audience for the show is 18-30 as some of the characters such as: mouthy school girl Lauren Cooper played by Catherine Tate is aimed at a younger audience whereas Janice, a middle age housewife targets middle aged people.Concept: The program is similar to Little Britain as it exaggerates the personalities of everyday people in everyday situations.
Structure: Unlike Little Britain their is no introduction to a sketch. Instead it just appears on screen and avid fans of the show know immediately who the characters are.
Content and Style: The sketch show contains the same characters every week from different social classes, social groups and ages. An example of these characters Joannie Taylor. An old aged pensioner who is always complaining and uses foul and abusive language. The programme has pre recorded canned laughing so the audience know when to laugh.
Big Train
Channel & Scheduling: Big Train has ran from 1998-2002 and was originally aired on BBC 2. Nowadays replays of the programme are screened on Gold and Gold+1. Originally the program was aired just after the Watershed as most of the humour is suitable for children but there are some sketches that were unacceptable for under age viewing and so the programme was aired around 11:00pm. Replays of the programme are aired during the night these days.
Target Audience: The target audience for Big Train was people aged 20-40 as a lot of the characters are older and there are few young characters which would appeal to a younger audience.
Concept: The show is about making small jokes out of things and creating parodies out of other programmes and films. An example of this is a parody of 'Robocop in the Future Cop sketch.Structure: The programme always starts off with an opening sketch before the opening titles. This sketch is designed to attract the audiences attention and make them laugh so they continue to watch the program. The program was shown to a live audience to record a laugh track which is used so the audience know when to laugh.
Content & Style: As well as real life sketches the programme also contained animated sketches. This was to remind audiences that the programme is still 'silly' and not to be taken seriously. It also gives something different to the audience, stretching to a younger audience.
Bo' Selecta!
Channel and Scheduling: The original channel for Bo' Selecta in 2002-2004 was Channel 4 past the watershed as there is a lot of swearing and sexual references which is not suitable for children under 18.
Target Audience: Bo' Selecta! often used celebrities and also made light hearted fun at other celebrities. The target audience was adults aged 25-40 who were fan out of these celebrities. The celebrities they made fun of were all of different ages but majority older people attracting an older audience.
Concept: The show is about making fun of celebrities. This is highlighted as the masks of the celebrities are exaggerated and silly, making the programme silly and suitable for adult humour.
Structure: Leigh Francis the creator of the show dresses up in silly outfits which resemble celebrities and mimmicks their jobs and possibly makes references to controversies the celebrities may have had. He does this for several characters in an episode.
Content & Style: The program contains real celebrities who interact with the unreal celebrities who are wearing the costumes and masks.
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Task 1: Researching Scripts
TV Comedy Sketch Show
Style and Format: The scripts for a TV Comedy Sketch shows are introduced with: where the scene is, whether it is interior or exterior and if it is day or night. An example for how these scripts start is EXT. TERRACE STREET - DAY. This is called a Slug Line and states clearly the details of the scene. EXT stands for exterior and is in place if the scene is outside and INT stands for Interior if the scene takes place inside a location of any kind. Characters names are in capital letters the first time we meet them and are in lower case for the rest of the script unless they are speaking, when characters are speaking the names are in capitals and are centralised. In between dialogue there is a description of the action of which the characters perform and that is written in the present tense. They have the same format with a 12 point Courier font.These are all conventions of a TV Comedy Show Sketch.
Content: Content of a Comedy Sketch show includes slug lines which introduce where, and when the scene is as mentioned in Style and Format above. Following this is the action of what is happening in the scene and possibly dialogue if needed. Camera directions are not used in a spec script, they are instead used in a shooting script. In the Future Cop sketch below the script describes what John is wearing and also what happens between the lines of dialogue.
Narrative Structure: The narrative for the Future Cop sketch like any other script has a beginning, middle and end. In the beginning of the sketch John wakes up in an unusual place whereas in the middle he is being told he is the future of law enforcement where at the end of the sketch he is put into action and fails his task. Usually in comedy sketch shows the sketch builds up to the funny events which happen at the end. This is the same for this sketch as John is being hyped up to be the future of law enforcement but when we see him he is dressed in carboard boxes which are eventually thrown out of the warehouse. The end of a sketch usually ends with one line of dialogue which is described as 'The Punchline'.
Genre: The Genre for TV Comedy Sketch Shows is as it says in the name which is comedy. These are designed to make audiences laugh in small sketches 2-3 minutes long. The characters in the comedy sketch shows are simplified and often stereotypes so the audience know immediately what type of person they are by the way they look and speak. The comedy is produced through the use of 'punch lines' and the amount of laughs produced depends on when and where the punchline is. TV Comedy scripts are part of the TV scripts genre, and all scripts are like any other TV show scripts.
Target Audience: The target audience for Comedy Sketch shows can vary on the comedy involved in the sketch. Some sketches such as: Little Britain or The Catherine tate show include swearing and themes inappropriate for children and are therefore targeted at a older audience. Other shows are suitable for children and are therefore targeted at a younger audience.
Radio Drama:
Style and Format: The slug lines for Radio Dramas are different to TV Comedy Sketch Shows as they are more precise with the times as for this script the scene is set as 'Morning' whereas in a TV script it would be stated as day or night.. The whole of the slug line is underlined but not in bold unlike the TV scripts and do not have INT. or EXT. Because their is no visuals everything is happening through dialogue and not action. Occasionally their will be sound effects which are formatted as: F/X: KNIFE ON CHOPPING BOARD - CHOP. This uses an abbreviated style which makes it very simple. In between the dialogue there is only sound action but not action of characters. Radio script is a genre in which places are identified in italics and most of the program is about dialogue and the script also displays when an actor should speak in a different way. E.g (SIGH) means a someone should sigh before speaking.
Content: The content of a Radio Drama is mainly dialogue throughout and a conversation of characters. However sometimes to emphasise the setting where the characters are in their will be sound effects. So if the characters were in a kitchen, a knife chopping could emphasise what the characters were doing. The content of this Radio Drama Smooth Apparatus is a man and a woman having a conversation in a kitchen and sound effects of the blender working and a knife cutting vegetables up on a chopping board. Radio scripts tend to not explain characters in great detail and allows the audience to imagine the characters themselves.
Narrative Structure: The narrative has a beginning, middle and end with the beginning is of Dave waking up and entering the kitchen, the middle is of his wife Sarah is angry at Dave for coming home early hours in the morning, the end is dramatic as Sarah puts his money in the blender, blends it and forces him to drink it. During the script the sound effects get more louder and vicious as it starts with just a knife chopping which attacks his manhood and progresses to more vicious sound effects of the blender working. The narrative structure is linear as it is the same story throughout the drama. The action in Radio Scripts will be told through dialogue, occasionally their will be music overlaying the dialogue which sets the mood for the drama. This happens in this radio drama as the audience understands what is going on through the dialogue between Sarah and Dave and can understand the situation with the sound effects of the equipment. The Drama becomes more tense as it progresses
Genre: The genre is drama with an element of comedy. This genre is designed to create an audio dramatic situation. It does this entirely by sound. The characters must use a certain tone in their voices to transfer that emotion to audiences and this conversation is on a Radio script. The sound effects also create drama and comedy because the audience can visualise Sarah's increasing anger through sounds of her voice and the progressing sound effects.
Target Audience: This Radio drama was aired on Radio 4, a radio station that is targeted at older people so the drama itself is targeted at older people. The drama could also be targeted at blind people who may not are not able to see visuals of TV dramas so instead listen to a Radio Drama where they can listen to the drama and imagine it.
Style and Format: The scripts for a TV Comedy Sketch shows are introduced with: where the scene is, whether it is interior or exterior and if it is day or night. An example for how these scripts start is EXT. TERRACE STREET - DAY. This is called a Slug Line and states clearly the details of the scene. EXT stands for exterior and is in place if the scene is outside and INT stands for Interior if the scene takes place inside a location of any kind. Characters names are in capital letters the first time we meet them and are in lower case for the rest of the script unless they are speaking, when characters are speaking the names are in capitals and are centralised. In between dialogue there is a description of the action of which the characters perform and that is written in the present tense. They have the same format with a 12 point Courier font.These are all conventions of a TV Comedy Show Sketch.
Content: Content of a Comedy Sketch show includes slug lines which introduce where, and when the scene is as mentioned in Style and Format above. Following this is the action of what is happening in the scene and possibly dialogue if needed. Camera directions are not used in a spec script, they are instead used in a shooting script. In the Future Cop sketch below the script describes what John is wearing and also what happens between the lines of dialogue.
Narrative Structure: The narrative for the Future Cop sketch like any other script has a beginning, middle and end. In the beginning of the sketch John wakes up in an unusual place whereas in the middle he is being told he is the future of law enforcement where at the end of the sketch he is put into action and fails his task. Usually in comedy sketch shows the sketch builds up to the funny events which happen at the end. This is the same for this sketch as John is being hyped up to be the future of law enforcement but when we see him he is dressed in carboard boxes which are eventually thrown out of the warehouse. The end of a sketch usually ends with one line of dialogue which is described as 'The Punchline'.
Genre: The Genre for TV Comedy Sketch Shows is as it says in the name which is comedy. These are designed to make audiences laugh in small sketches 2-3 minutes long. The characters in the comedy sketch shows are simplified and often stereotypes so the audience know immediately what type of person they are by the way they look and speak. The comedy is produced through the use of 'punch lines' and the amount of laughs produced depends on when and where the punchline is. TV Comedy scripts are part of the TV scripts genre, and all scripts are like any other TV show scripts.
Target Audience: The target audience for Comedy Sketch shows can vary on the comedy involved in the sketch. Some sketches such as: Little Britain or The Catherine tate show include swearing and themes inappropriate for children and are therefore targeted at a older audience. Other shows are suitable for children and are therefore targeted at a younger audience.
Radio Drama:
Style and Format: The slug lines for Radio Dramas are different to TV Comedy Sketch Shows as they are more precise with the times as for this script the scene is set as 'Morning' whereas in a TV script it would be stated as day or night.. The whole of the slug line is underlined but not in bold unlike the TV scripts and do not have INT. or EXT. Because their is no visuals everything is happening through dialogue and not action. Occasionally their will be sound effects which are formatted as: F/X: KNIFE ON CHOPPING BOARD - CHOP. This uses an abbreviated style which makes it very simple. In between the dialogue there is only sound action but not action of characters. Radio script is a genre in which places are identified in italics and most of the program is about dialogue and the script also displays when an actor should speak in a different way. E.g (SIGH) means a someone should sigh before speaking.
Content: The content of a Radio Drama is mainly dialogue throughout and a conversation of characters. However sometimes to emphasise the setting where the characters are in their will be sound effects. So if the characters were in a kitchen, a knife chopping could emphasise what the characters were doing. The content of this Radio Drama Smooth Apparatus is a man and a woman having a conversation in a kitchen and sound effects of the blender working and a knife cutting vegetables up on a chopping board. Radio scripts tend to not explain characters in great detail and allows the audience to imagine the characters themselves.
Narrative Structure: The narrative has a beginning, middle and end with the beginning is of Dave waking up and entering the kitchen, the middle is of his wife Sarah is angry at Dave for coming home early hours in the morning, the end is dramatic as Sarah puts his money in the blender, blends it and forces him to drink it. During the script the sound effects get more louder and vicious as it starts with just a knife chopping which attacks his manhood and progresses to more vicious sound effects of the blender working. The narrative structure is linear as it is the same story throughout the drama. The action in Radio Scripts will be told through dialogue, occasionally their will be music overlaying the dialogue which sets the mood for the drama. This happens in this radio drama as the audience understands what is going on through the dialogue between Sarah and Dave and can understand the situation with the sound effects of the equipment. The Drama becomes more tense as it progresses
Genre: The genre is drama with an element of comedy. This genre is designed to create an audio dramatic situation. It does this entirely by sound. The characters must use a certain tone in their voices to transfer that emotion to audiences and this conversation is on a Radio script. The sound effects also create drama and comedy because the audience can visualise Sarah's increasing anger through sounds of her voice and the progressing sound effects.
Target Audience: This Radio drama was aired on Radio 4, a radio station that is targeted at older people so the drama itself is targeted at older people. The drama could also be targeted at blind people who may not are not able to see visuals of TV dramas so instead listen to a Radio Drama where they can listen to the drama and imagine it.
Radio script from mediadumbo
Short Feature Film
Style and Format: The style and format for a Feature Film script is very similar to a TV comedy Sketch Show script. However the Feature film script is a lot more descriptive of what is happening on screen, in describing characters and locations. It also has transitions to other scenes which are in capitals but not bold text. For example FADE IN: means that the scene is going to fade in at this point and it will usually be a new scene. Characters are introduced in the same way as a TV Comedy Sketch script with the characters names being in capitals the first time we meet them and in lower case for the rest of the script unless they are speaking. Sometimes the scene will continue with time passing but still in the same location. For example for this script My Mother Dreams The Satan's Disciples In New York there is A FEW MINUTES LATER indicating that it is the same scene just that time has passed.
Content: Content of a feature film script is also similar to a TV comedy sketch show script. The script is designed to sell an idea to a production company and it has to be detailed enough so producers can imagine the script, the same as the person writing it. This means when characters or locations are introduced, they are very detailed. An example from this feature film script is "MARIAN PATERSON, a grey haired woman in her sixties. This gives the reader an imagination of what the woman looks like. The slug lines also have INT. and EXT. to state whether the scene takes place inside or outside. The content is a story which follows a central character which is Marian through an unusual place which is New York.
Narrative Structure: The narrative structure for the script is linear with a clear beginning, middle and end. The beginning is of a 60 year old lady Marian Peterson who lives in a rural village and visits a busy New York city to visit her daughter, a surrounding she is not used to. She is worried about a group of bikers called Satan's Disciples outside her daughter's flat. She eventually faces up to the bikers and offers to clean their club for them and eventually becomes their best friend.
Genre: The genre for the script is a drama but with elements of comedy. This is because an old lady who has just lost her husband is rightly scared by these violent bikers, she has nightmares where she sees her dead husband in the bikers club. Eventually she faces up to the bikers and becomes their best friend, this unusual relationship between the bikers and a 60 year old Marian creates a comedy effect.
Target Audience: Because most of the characters are older such as middle aged bikers and 60 year old Marian, it is targeted at an older audience who fit the ages of the characters. The program has a moral message about drugs and not judging people as at first we believe the bikers to be drug dealers themselves and violently beating up an innocent person when in fact they are beating up a drug dealer to keep them away from their area. In 2000 the film won an Oscar for the best 'short film' so it is likely to be made to enter competitions and to be watched by a wide audience.
Short Feature Film
Style and Format: The style and format for a Feature Film script is very similar to a TV comedy Sketch Show script. However the Feature film script is a lot more descriptive of what is happening on screen, in describing characters and locations. It also has transitions to other scenes which are in capitals but not bold text. For example FADE IN: means that the scene is going to fade in at this point and it will usually be a new scene. Characters are introduced in the same way as a TV Comedy Sketch script with the characters names being in capitals the first time we meet them and in lower case for the rest of the script unless they are speaking. Sometimes the scene will continue with time passing but still in the same location. For example for this script My Mother Dreams The Satan's Disciples In New York there is A FEW MINUTES LATER indicating that it is the same scene just that time has passed.
Content: Content of a feature film script is also similar to a TV comedy sketch show script. The script is designed to sell an idea to a production company and it has to be detailed enough so producers can imagine the script, the same as the person writing it. This means when characters or locations are introduced, they are very detailed. An example from this feature film script is "MARIAN PATERSON, a grey haired woman in her sixties. This gives the reader an imagination of what the woman looks like. The slug lines also have INT. and EXT. to state whether the scene takes place inside or outside. The content is a story which follows a central character which is Marian through an unusual place which is New York.
Narrative Structure: The narrative structure for the script is linear with a clear beginning, middle and end. The beginning is of a 60 year old lady Marian Peterson who lives in a rural village and visits a busy New York city to visit her daughter, a surrounding she is not used to. She is worried about a group of bikers called Satan's Disciples outside her daughter's flat. She eventually faces up to the bikers and offers to clean their club for them and eventually becomes their best friend.
Genre: The genre for the script is a drama but with elements of comedy. This is because an old lady who has just lost her husband is rightly scared by these violent bikers, she has nightmares where she sees her dead husband in the bikers club. Eventually she faces up to the bikers and becomes their best friend, this unusual relationship between the bikers and a 60 year old Marian creates a comedy effect.
Target Audience: Because most of the characters are older such as middle aged bikers and 60 year old Marian, it is targeted at an older audience who fit the ages of the characters. The program has a moral message about drugs and not judging people as at first we believe the bikers to be drug dealers themselves and violently beating up an innocent person when in fact they are beating up a drug dealer to keep them away from their area. In 2000 the film won an Oscar for the best 'short film' so it is likely to be made to enter competitions and to be watched by a wide audience.
My mother dreams the satan from mediadumbo
News Script
Style and Content: A television news report has a different style to other types of scripts. There are three columns, the left column has the timings of when everything is going to take place, the middle is video and the right column is audio. The timings audio and video all have to match and the exact dialogue of people talking whether its voice over (V.O.) or interviews with relevant people. The voice over of the news story is scripted but interviews with relevant people are not scripted. News scripts are not fictional but are true events so depending on the news story they could either be formal or informal. In this case the story is relatively informal because the story is light about an under 17 car club.
Content: The audio and visuals for a news script has to match for example the first 12 seconds of this script has close ups of a car ignition and long shots of car, during this time their is a voice over introducing the news story to the audience. The script does not include details what people or places look like. This is because the people and locations in the news story are real and do not need to be imagined. The story has different layout to a TV or film script and different camera directions. A Roll and B Roll are used significantly. A Roll is used when someone is being interviewed and B Roll is used for cutaways.
Narrative Structure: News scripts are different as they are not fictional, the events actually took place. The news anchor introduces the story briefly at the start as well as introducing relevant people. These people are then interviewed on A Roll with B Roll cutaways of relevant material. Throughout the middle of the script there is often statistics and the end of the script is either concluded with an open question or briefly concluded about what has actually happened in the news story. At the end of the news story the story goes back to the lead reporter who speaks to camera and the reporter signs off by saying who she is and where she is. In this case the reporter signs off with "Laura May McMullen, Midlands Today, Long Marston."
Genre: The genre of the script is a 'News Program Story' which are informative and non-fictional. However depending on the news story the tone could be informal or formal. If the story is serious the tone will be formal but if the tone is happy and fun the tone could be more informal. The news story for this is not so serious and quite light making it more informative. This means that the tone is formal and the interviews and cutaways are designed to keep the audience entertained and link the visuals with audio in the news story.
Target Audience: The target audience for a news story depends on the actual story. There is no specific age or gender which the news is targeted at but is instead targeted at people who are generally interested in the news. For this news story the story is about young drivers so people who might take a particular interest in the news story is young drivers that also face problems. Other audiences who watch the news regularly may also watch the news. The news story is from BBC Midlands Today and so it targets local people of the Midlands community in particular.
News Script
Style and Content: A television news report has a different style to other types of scripts. There are three columns, the left column has the timings of when everything is going to take place, the middle is video and the right column is audio. The timings audio and video all have to match and the exact dialogue of people talking whether its voice over (V.O.) or interviews with relevant people. The voice over of the news story is scripted but interviews with relevant people are not scripted. News scripts are not fictional but are true events so depending on the news story they could either be formal or informal. In this case the story is relatively informal because the story is light about an under 17 car club.
Content: The audio and visuals for a news script has to match for example the first 12 seconds of this script has close ups of a car ignition and long shots of car, during this time their is a voice over introducing the news story to the audience. The script does not include details what people or places look like. This is because the people and locations in the news story are real and do not need to be imagined. The story has different layout to a TV or film script and different camera directions. A Roll and B Roll are used significantly. A Roll is used when someone is being interviewed and B Roll is used for cutaways.
Narrative Structure: News scripts are different as they are not fictional, the events actually took place. The news anchor introduces the story briefly at the start as well as introducing relevant people. These people are then interviewed on A Roll with B Roll cutaways of relevant material. Throughout the middle of the script there is often statistics and the end of the script is either concluded with an open question or briefly concluded about what has actually happened in the news story. At the end of the news story the story goes back to the lead reporter who speaks to camera and the reporter signs off by saying who she is and where she is. In this case the reporter signs off with "Laura May McMullen, Midlands Today, Long Marston."
Genre: The genre of the script is a 'News Program Story' which are informative and non-fictional. However depending on the news story the tone could be informal or formal. If the story is serious the tone will be formal but if the tone is happy and fun the tone could be more informal. The news story for this is not so serious and quite light making it more informative. This means that the tone is formal and the interviews and cutaways are designed to keep the audience entertained and link the visuals with audio in the news story.
Target Audience: The target audience for a news story depends on the actual story. There is no specific age or gender which the news is targeted at but is instead targeted at people who are generally interested in the news. For this news story the story is about young drivers so people who might take a particular interest in the news story is young drivers that also face problems. Other audiences who watch the news regularly may also watch the news. The news story is from BBC Midlands Today and so it targets local people of the Midlands community in particular.
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