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Report On the Generic Conventions of Two Scripts

The Dumping Ground

At the start of the script it shows a list of all of the characters who are going to be in the script and who the actors/actress who acts out their characters. There is allot of dialogue going on in this script and it states the time, date and the location of where each part is happening. Also, it shows what each character is saying and what they are doing. There are also sound effects in this script, e.g. ‘<TAXI HORN>’ that comes from the taxi. There are 16 characters that are included in this script. At the end of the script, The Dumping Ground uses ‘END OF EPISODE’ to illustrate that this is the end of the script and episode of the TV Drama.

Eastenders

Eastenders states what number the episode is at the front page of the script. There is approximately about 15 characters that are included in this script and this also states the time, date and the location of each part happening. The Eastenders script also the ‘CUT TO’ function to indicate the scenes that were going to change and the location to be somewhere else.

Report On Two TV Drama Programmes

Report On Two TV Drama Programmes

Ø  Prison Break

Prison Break is on TV for about 1 hour long. There were multiple stories in this TV Drama as each character has a story being brung along with them as they appeared in the series. Although all of their stories is all linked together as they end up together at the same place in prison.  They all have the same purpose, to break out of prison. Hence the name ‘Prison Break’. They all act very serious in this show as it looks like they are determined to get out of prison. There are lots of scene changes and the location is always different when it’s changed. This TV Drama includes many characters at an approximate of 12. The way they interacted was sometimes at parts were very serious and sometimes were jokes. There was some conflict between characters as they were in fights and such.

Ø  Friends

Friends are usually on for about 35 minutes. There is usually a different story for each character, and the storyline differs depending on the episode. The scene changes and the location in this TV Drama changes a lot and they are mostly at the cafe or at their department. Sometimes the scene is on the streets. The way they interact is mostly pulling off jokes and are not serious. But there are times when they interact a little bit serious. The number of characters in this TV Drama is 6 as there is six friends, however there are sometimes guest that come onto the show.

Acted Out

Acted Out

When it was acted out, there was no emotion when reading out the script of the characters that acted out the characters, so to enable it to produce feelings and emotions I decided to add actions that they will take in order to show how they speak their part.

There was too much speaking at once, so to enable this to work better and to improve I have given each character more time to breathe in-between when speaking so that they can catch their breath to be able to continue to act their part out.

When acting out the part when Jason time traveled  a slight idea came into my mind and I added it into the script. This is making the script look better presented and additional stories being added into the script.

Focus Group

Focus Group

What could I do to improve on my script?

A suggestion that could help improve on the script is by changing the font size to 12 and the font style to Courier. This enables the script to look more professional and actually look like its set out like a script.

Another one would be to add extra addition story lines for each character that is introduced and talk at their past, what happened and why they are being introduced.

What did you like about my T.V Script?

The story is travelling into the future and past which sounds very interesting and the story is hard to predict. It starts off with just a normal typical life and then suddenly unexpected things start to occur and then start the beginning of a new story.

 How could I improve my DVD Cover?

A way of improving my DVD cover is that the title at the front is hard to see, so to be able to make it better I will have to change the colour of the title text into a colour that makes it stand out.

Internet Research

Internet Research

I did my internet research on ‘http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/node/2000004’, this allowed me to make my script better. Some examples would be such as changing the font to ‘Courier’ and adding in INT. and EXT. This website told me the appropriate size of font to use which is size 12. In addition, it told me how to use the FADE IN and FADE OUT function for the script which can help the script look better.