Game of thrones Analysis

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Game Of Thrones Analysis By William Smith

Transcript of Game of thrones Analysis

Game Of ThronesAnalysis

By William Smith

Purpose The purpose of Game of Thrones is to entertain an audience and absorb them into a realistic fantasy world where characters and story lines are believable. It will also have to entertain the audience of the books and stay close to the story line of those

Purpose A main factor of the show before anything else is to make creators money. By making it well it will encourage people to part with more money on the box sets and merchandise. It will also hopefully encourage people to watch other shows from HBO.

Form and Style The length of each episode is roughly an hour (45 minuets Approximately without adverts).

The show has a narrative through out all the seasons within that there is smaller serial narratives that run across each season.

The show is based in a fantasy medieval era, so there is swords, army’s, Kings E.C.T. but also the element of fantasy with dragons and magic play a role.

Serial Narrative

Episodic Narrative

Content – Key Action

Season 1- Eddard Stark is called to be hand of the king and has to move to kings landing. He starts to discover the illegitimacy of the kings son. He try's to find out the truth as he fights the corruption of the city. There our other story lines that follow along side.

Content – Key Character

Jon Snow – Jon Snow is a illegitimate son of Eddard Stark. He serves as a brother of the nights watch and later on becomes The Lord Commander. He is bullied throughout his life because of his illegitimacy.

Content – Key character

Tyrion Lannister – He is a son of a powerful man Tywin Lannister and also a dwarf. His father hates him because his mother died in his childbirth. Tyrion is a very cleaver man and uses his wit and intellect to over come the Prejudice he faces.

Content – Key Character

Daenerys Targaryen – She is the only surviving daughter of Aerys Targaryen. She is wanted dead by the King and was sent away for safety. Throughout the show she gains power, Gets dragons and looks to overthrow the throne.

Meaning The show spreads a political message about the struggle behind power and ruler ship. It also brings up the topic of corruption in power and how people can use power for bed not good. It also involves the morals and life choices people make and the effects the knock on effect this can have on others.

GenreThe genre of the show is Adventure, Fantasy, and Drama. I put them in theses genres because, it has the fantasy aspects because of the mythical creatures and magic etc. Adventure because of the characters adventures we follow throughout the show and drama because it comes across as serious with realistic characters facing realistic emotional struggles and problems

Target AudienceThe age rating for game of thrones is an 18 but it is shown on TV and on pay per view TV so it is widely viewed by people of a younger class. This means it has gained a wide audience from 15 – 18. But because of the lots of nudity and death it is aimed at 18 +.

Frequency The show produces a series of ten episodes roughly once every year. Although this is just the initial showing the show will be watched by people all year round because it will be shown on repeats and people will have the boxes set or pay per view TV. Game of thrones has a season narrative which is carried on through out the seasons so you cant just pick up the show from a random point you have to watch it right from the beginning and work your way through chronologically.

Production processTo create a long form TV show there are multiple steps. The first step is pitching the initial idea. First the idea is pitched to a studio, then once the show has the studio backing it they will take it to a network and pitch it there, in game of thrones case the net work is HBO. If the studio and network like the idea, they will refine the idea, change the things they want and write draft pilot scrip. Over time this script will be refined until it’s the best I can be. Once the scrip has been finished they will start with casing. This is choosing all the actors that they want to play characters in the show. Once the actors are chosen, filming and post-production will take place. Once the pilot has been completed it will be advertised and shown at an event. From hear the show will receive feed back and be asked questions. If the initial feed back is positive the show will be developed into a series.