Task 1b

Season one, Episode one.

 

Prison break notes

 

It falls under the sector of Moving Image. It’s cross genre, the theme is blended. It goes from crime to dramatic. The dramatic side takes over where as in the beginning the scene is set in a flashback of a concurrent bank robbery witch falls under crime. We witness drama quite rapidly as the storyline is played.

Starts off with a character getting tattooed and his first tattoo and its quite large – this suggests violence

Bank robber few minutes in, demanding for volt to be opened.

Stated he doesn’t have a single violent bone in his body but yet his eager to enter prison almost purposely.

7 minutes in, someone got stabbed in jail, he seems to have a bad reaction or it’s impacting him.

Finds his brother in prison, try’s to reach him for contact however it’s been made clear to him there’s no way because he is on death row waiting for his final 24 hours.

Michal promises to get his brother out.

Flashbacks throughout the first episode, on how he planned on how to break his brother out of prison.

Flash-forward is used at the end. In regards to the tattoo on his body and how it’s a blueprint of the prison. It’s representing the routes, tunnels, and walls he needs to successfully break through to exit the prison. The flash forward is synced with the audio in rapid movements to justify the extreme lengths Michael must go through soon.

Chronology varies as its well set in order from, Planning, to entering prison, to commencing his plan to then breaking out.

Time and space is set in a prison, and in the last month before his brother is due for his death sentence. Confined in his cell Michael brings his plan alive.

Camera – the way it’s filmed is highly professional. Close shots, jump cuts, tilt, pan and many more camerawork is used to film this series.

Subjective & objective: In the first season. It truly is based on feelings. As Michael Scofield commits a crime (discharging a firearm at a bank) just to enter prison to break his brother Lincoln Burrows out as he is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Michael ask his brother Lincoln “promise me you didn’t do it “– “I promise “once he gets that confirmation, Michael goes ahead with his plan. From the close up shots of Michael, it’s clearly visible he has greater feelings towards his brother than one would think.

Role for producer: Plan the breakout but doesn’t make it obvious enough to feed the viewers. It’s almost considered a cliff-hanger as we sort of get an image of what’s going to happen but then the storyline changes. This is constantly seen throughout. This keeps us attracted and wanting more.

Characters

Michael Scofield – Main actor – The Hero

Lincoln – Michael’s brother – The victim

Secret service – Two male agents – The villains

Veronica Donovan – Lawyer – The helper

Dr. Sara Tancredi – The Doctor - 

LJ Burrows – The son -