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SCRIPT ANALYSIS

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Name of show: Game of Thrones	Quote:	Explain:
Style The style of the script is very visual in its storytelling, there is little dialogue in the first few pages with most of the exposition being given to the reader through the description of the scene.	“Moonlight shines down on the clearing, the ashes of the firepit, the snow-covered lean-to. If there were corpses on the ground before, they’re gone now.”	The scene is set without any expositional dialogue from the characters. We are given a clear idea of what is happening in the scene despite there being little context for it. This makes the script more engaging for the reader as the script begins to make more sense the more that they read it.
Content The script starts off with a cold open, introducing characters with little explanation as to who they are, letting the viewer figure out what is happening as the script goes on.	“Ser Waymar is gray-eyed and graceful, with an aristocrat’s air of command despite his youth.”	We as the reader are able to infer who this character is and the time period he is in just by his description. For example, based on his clothes and his title we can infer that this character is in a fantasy-like medieval era.
Narrative structure The show is balancing multiple storylines at once, jumping from location to location. The show is telling a multi-stranded linear narrative with multiple plots interweaving and overlapping each other to make up one big overall story.	“DAENERYS (18) stands by the window, staring out at the bay of Pentos”	The jump from the snowy Winterfell to the sunny bay of Pentos makes for a jarring contrast that represents the disconnect between the two storylines. The opening credits scene also helps support this by showing all of the major locations of the show, strongly displaying the size and scale of this world for the reader.
Genre The script conveys the tone and motifs of a fantasy story set in a medieval-style era.	“The feast for the king is in its fourth hour. A SINGER plays the harp at one end of the hall but no one can hear him above the roar of the fire, the clangor of pewter plates and cups, and the din of a hundred conversations.”	The genre is conveyed through the script’s environments and the time period. The visual aesthetic that is described in the script tells the audience what the setting of the show is.
Target audience The script seems to be aiming towards a more adult audience with a rough age bracket of 20 to 45 years old.	“Gared’s head topples off the stump, bounces off a root, and rolls. When Ned’s back is turned, Theon puts his boot on the head, kicks it away and laughs.”	The script is full of adult-themed content with grotesque violence and mature themes. The narrative structure of the show also very hard to follow for non-adult audiences, with multi-stranded linear narratives being hard to follow without much exposition.

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Name of show: Scream	Quote	Explain
Style The script slowly builds tension throughout the scene, starting in a very unsuspecting scenario and quickly turning it into something completely different.	“Because I want to know who I’m looking at”	That one line of dialogue completely turns the whole scene on its head, letting the audience know that the man on the other end of the line is not what we have been led to believe.
Content The opening scene sets the tone and mood of the film, letting the audience know what kind of experience they are about to have.	“Casey terrified, forces herself to move… staggering to the kitchen… to the glass doors. Her shaky hand finds the light switch… she hits it."	This scene puts us in the same position of the character of Casey, making it easier to empathize with her character and thus making the horrific nature of the scene far more effective.
Narrative structure The script is structured in a simple single-linear narrative. It the lets the story unfold in real time so that all the focus is on what is happening in the scene.	“Begin Main Titles, Fade In, INT. Bedroom – Same Night”	After the opening scene and the main titles are over, the film continues into the next scene which takes place directly after the incident on the same night. This tells us that these two scenes are directly connected and what happens in the beginning of the movie is going to immediately affect the rest of the film.
Genre The script is full of thrilling and suspenseful sequences with grotesque violence as the payoff, these are all traits of a horror/thriller film.	“His face covered with a ghostly white mask, inches from her… his eyes piercing through… soulless… Casey SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER as a hand…”	The mise-en-scene of the script is full of horror movie traits; a man in a scary mask, a teenage girl alone in a house late at night, these are all typical elements of the horror genre. It is from this kind of action and imagery that conveys to the reader the type of script they are reading. The script is deliberately trying to keep you on edge throughout.
Target audience Like most horror films this will most likely be targeted towards a younger audience, appealing to teenagers and young adults as they most likely to see the film	“A hand reaches for it, bringing the receiver up to the face of CASEY BECKER, a young girl, no more than sixteen. A friendly face with innocent eyes.”	By having teenagers in high school as the main characters of the movie, this makes it much more appealing to younger audiences as it makes the film more age accessible.

Name of show: 1977	Quote	Explain
Style Limited action included but action is shown in dialogue & sound effect.	‘JOHN is free he reacts, breathes, holds his arms’	As the show is a radio show the audience will not actually see anything so the use of the action in the script is very limited, this means that the script is dialogue heavy with actions being implied in speech.
Content The character of MALCOM is introduced during an outburst at the character JOHN	‘MALCOM grabs JOHN, pins him up against the wall’	The first engagement with MALCOM involves conflict, which sets up his character, showing the audience that he is under pressure.
Narrative structure The structure of 1977 is linear.		The structure is a linear structure as the events occur in order rather than events scattered around, allowing the audience to easily keep track of events due to the order of events.
Genre The genre of 1977 is drama		Conflicts are set up in the script which is to grab the audiences attention.
Target audience The target audience of 1977 is the radio 4 listeners and also typically older people.	MALCOM is furiously writing out musical parts on manuscript paper	The typical audience of radio 4 is the older generation, and also the setting and events in the show provide nostalgic feelings to the older generation

Script Analysis Summary: Scream

The opening scene of the script for Scream is a perfect way to introduce the reader into your story. In the first ten pages of the script it is able to tell us (the reader) what kind of story we are reading, we get the tone, and the genre of the film all from the first scene in the script. The beginning of the script is almost all made up of dialogue. By starting off the story with a simple phone conversation it lulls us the reader into a false sense of security as we do not know where this scene is going. This then creates a focus on the dialogue between our two characters as its the only thing thats going on. By having the scene just be made up of dialogue and no real action between the characters (until later) it makes what they are saying even more important, so when something is said that does not sound quite right it becomes an integral detail of the scene which would not necessarily be the case if it was said whilst some sort of action set piece was happening. The dialogue is the real action that is going on in the scene, not the movements of the characters. The subtle uses of the environment and aesthetic of the scene such as the burning popcorn or the secluded area help to create a tense and suspenseful environment that really adds to the story. Overall this script is excellently constructed in a way that gradually reveals to us the reader that it is a thrilling horror film, thus making the shift in tone all the more disturbing.