a)
STYLE and CONTENT
The language is influenced by the genre or form of the script. The short film script is more informal and more chatty when it comes to the dialogue, because it doesn't have to be informative it has to be entertaining and engaging. "Are you sure you got my bag in?" "What do you think? I left it on the curb?" The dialogue can be seen as a peer to peer mode of address, and is therefore more informal and entertaining rather than informal and informative. Where as the TV/ News Script is very formal and informative, and would be the teacher to pupil mode of address, as the audience is being informed about current events and the information needs to be clear and informative. "France has passed a ban on the Burqas. Burqas are the head to toe covering's worn by Muslim women. This law will go into effect next spring and impose a $190 fine for violations. This law will affect a large portion of France's 3.5 million Muslims." The dialogue is very informative and full of facts and figures, again reinforcing the teacher to pupil mode of address. The radio script is slightly more informal, but still formal and set out in an organised layout, but the style of writing and mode of address is slightly more chatty and therefore can be seen as more of a peer to peer mode of address. "You're right Anne! So we are going to choose a certain local or international artist..." the speech is very chatty but can also be informative, so the mode of address switches between peer to peer and teacher to pupil. The game flow chart type of language depends on the genre of the game, if the game is more serious it will be formal, RPG's can be both formal and informal. Where as if the game is less serious and maybe less narrative driven it would be much more informal, such as Saints Row. For example the TV interview/ news report is very formal "You are the writer of the storyline, what inspired you to write this story?" asking questions and being formal.
The house style is written in the same font in all being Courier new size 12, this is because the text needs to be displayed clearly so it is easy to read. For most of the scripts the name is positioned in the centre of the page in capitals as a heading and their dialogue is displayed below. Where as in the radio script, the name is positioned to the left of the script with the dialogue following it to the centre and right hand side. Also the game flow chart is displayed differently because the text is displayed in the boxes, which are positioned around the page. Especially the TV/ News Report needs to be set out very clearly and be easily read. The short film is set out with the transitions and locations in between the descriptions and dialogue in capital letters to signify importance, and the text is set out more central opposed to being justified to the left;
"MISCHA
What do you think? I left it on the
curb?"
The TV/ News script is set out in a more easily read font and therefore can be read more efficiently. This specific radio script consists of mostly capitals and is set out with the name and details justified to the left and the dialogue justified to the centre.
Since the scripts I have analysed are not for theatre they do not have acts. The layout conventions are usually the name then the dialogue following closely after, either with the name in capitals at the centre with the dialogue below or with the name at the left hand side with the text after it. For the film script I analysed it is a peer to peer mode of address, where as the TV/ News script is teacher to pupil, the radio is more informal and more pier to pier; and since the gaming flow chart is informative it is teacher to pupil. But there are features of a script being; the standard font size used, character names justified to the left and being in capitals, location information positioned at the start of the script or at the beginning of a new scene, and also camerawork/ editing will be justified to the right, and also that TV/Film? Theatre have stage directions. The film script had the location justified to the centre followed by the dialogue/ setting descriptions. And also has stage directions positioned before the actual dialogue and set out between the location and transition information. The TV script I have analysed doesn't have character names as because there is only one person reading the script, the dialogue has been set out in paragraphs to be easily read for the report. The radio script also contains editing and camera work, which has its own name called SFX and the information is positioned where the dialogue would be.
b)
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
- Learn about the main character
- Invested in their story, empathise with them
Multi-Stranded - script / screen plays that have multiple main characters (band of protagonists)
- Empathise with different characters in different ways
- Makes it more interesting with more characters
- Creates Spectacle
- Reach a wider audience with the different ages, classes, ethnicities etc.
Linear - Beginning, middle and end (Chronological Order.)
- Todorov (Equilibrium, Disruption and Resolution)
Non-Linear- Not in order (Doesn't apply to chronological order)
- Not in order e.g. enigma can be first
- Creates spectacle (Keeps things interesting)
TV / News has a running order (of stories)
- Important Headlines come first
- Include 5 W's
c)
GENRE
Barry Keith (1995) "Type or Kind)
1.) Fiction - Not real
Non-Fictional - Real
2.) Examples
3.) Justify
Within genre there are two aspects to consider, fiction or non - fiction and whether it is informal or formal, but these directly influence each other. Barry Keith (1995) defines genre as "type or kind" and therefore in this case it is the type of TV/News/Film. The short film I analysed was an extract from a fictional story, meaning that the script was fiction and therefore made up, usually fiction is less formal and non - fiction is more formal. "A paint-chipped truck rounds the corner on a dirt road leading into the farm." the very detailed setting description implies that the film is fictional and made up.The TV/ News Script is non - fiction and therefore more formal and can be considered a teacher to pupil or parent to child mode of address. The radio script is also non - fiction but also slightly more chatty and informal and can be seen as a pier to pier mode of address. Generally games are fiction and are therefore more informal, but as seen as it is displayed as a flow chart it needs to be formal and therefore connotes a teacher to pupil mode of address.
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