Category: Analysing Media
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5 minutesThe Heroine’s Journey, Why I Believe It’s Bigger Than Murdock’s Blueprint
When people talk about the Heroine Archetype, Maureen Murdock’s The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness (1990) inevitably comes up – often treated like the…
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7 minutesFrom Page to Screen – and Back Again: Why Some Stories Thrive in Adaptation
There’s something quietly thrilling about a good adaptation — when a story we thought we knew is handed over to a new medium and somehow…
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5 minutes“Nobody Got Cereal?”: South Park’s Funniest, Saddest Wake-Up Call
With South Park (1997 – present, Trey & Stone) returning this July, there’s no better time to revisit Nobody Got Cereal? — the ManBearPig episode…
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3 minutesThe Duchess – Pilot Episode Review
Punchy parenting, boyband exes, and why I unexpectedly related. The pilot of The Duchess (Ryan, 2020) wastes no time setting the tone: a mother-daughter conversation…
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5 minutesThe Rise of the Anti-Hero
When I first started researching archetypes for The Script Department podcast Typecast, I was drawn to the Anti-Hero—a character who’s not quite a villain, not…
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5 minutesTop 10 Halloween Episodes!
Happy Halloween! Samhain is upon us, and so I have curated a list of my favourite Halloween Episodes. Being the millennial that I am, many…
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4 minutesMisfits
*Spoiler Alert* Broadcast on E4. IMDB says Comedy/ Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Fantasy (and Romance, but I would disagree) TV-MA or UK 18 certificate. Realism meets surrealism…
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3 minutesThe Magicians (2015-2020)
Pilot – Unauthorized Magic: 52 minutes Creators: Sera Gamble and John McNamara Based on The Magicians by Lev Grossman *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on Amazon and…
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3 minutesAlphas (2011-2012)
Pilot – 1 hour Creators: Michael Karnow and Zak Penn *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on SyFy channel. IMDB describes it as Action/ Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller Pg-14/…
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3 minutesUtopia (2013-2014)
Pilot – 1 hour. Creator: Dennis Kelly. Original idea: Huw Kennair-Jones, Mark Aldridge and Clare McDonald. *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on Channel 4. IMDB describes it…
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4 minutesKickstarter Reviews.
From what I’ve seen, a good campaign combines a mixture of a catchy title, sub heading and premise along with good rewards! The films I…
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3 minutesDistrict 9
An interesting take on a sci-fi film which uses the narrative structure of Alien invasion as a metaphor for South African apartied. The film was…
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2 minutesBack To The Future
Until 1908, scripts were mostly written by two partners with complementary skill sets. This must have worked very well as I always find collaborating with…
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3 minutesThe Hero’s Journey
Stage 1 The first stage is the hero in their natural environment. This is self explanatory. Think about Frodo from Lord of the Rings, or…
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1 minuteReflection week 4
This week I watched two films, one from 1903 and the other from 1968 and looked out how the screenplays for each changed and evolved…
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2 minutesScript formats and history
Le Voyage dans la Lune, 1902 The script documentation leaves a lot more room for creativity in costume and scenery. From watching the film, I…
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2 minutesIn the Absence of Words
Video game comparison After watching the walkthrough for both ‘Journey’ and ‘Virginia’ I found it fascinating that whilst both lacked dialogue, I related much more…