Film script analysis

 

•Format and style – the layout is the generic layout and fairly simple to follow. It is the same as all movie scripts with slug lines which inform you where it's set. There is also the action which tells you what happens. Dialogue is used which is what the actors say.

•Content – the script includes all spoken lines, settings of the stage instructions, making sure the lines are delivered with the correct body language.

•Narrative structure – in the beginning you see and elderly woman packing up her belongings and moves into Newyork and lives with her daughter. The middle of the story is the elderly lady see's a gang of bikers and starts to have strange nightmares about mixint up theese bikeers with the dead husband and she's afraid. The end of the story is the lady is locked out of the apartment where she lives and one of the bikers comes over to try and help her get back in and she starts to think that there not all that bad, they then invite her in to the place they all hang out at and she tidy's it up for them and she also cooks them a meal. They then become friends then the lady has to leave so they give her a huge send off. 
 

•Genre – the genre of the script is a drama, made for entertainment purposes.

•Target audience – the film is appropriate for all general audience viewing, however the focus is primarily for a competition, as this is a common way to make yourself known in the film industry.  It won an Oscar in 2000 for best short film.