Prison break notes


Prison break notes

The hero – Michael Scofield goes to jail to help his brother who was wrongly accused of murder get out of prison 

The helper – Fernando  

Tone: Mature

Setting: Chicago, USA

Sub-genre action/drama

The donor – Doctor Sarah

It’s a disconuity because of the flashback

Location: The begging was set in a tattoo shop late at night

Flashback: can be shown when the main character (Michael Scofield) visits his brother

The role of the audience: The role of the audience is to consume the product subjectively or objectively

Chronology – in prison break the events start in order, i.e. Michael goes to the tattoo, then he robs the bank, then he robs a bank, then he goes to court and then prison all in chronical order.

Mode of address: 1/3 persons

Serial format: split into different episodes.

Subjective or objective?

Subjective because we are viewing the story from Michael Scofield’s perspective

Linear because this story has a begging, middle and end.

The prize – getting his brother escape from prison

The Villain – the villains are the government because they’re trying to stop them from achieving his goal

This show is concurrent because there more than one event for example the uncle is in prison but his nephew also gets arrested for drugs

Dispatcher: the brother  

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