TASK 7- Keywords

Protagonist: The leading character or hero in a film with whom the audience can identify and from whose point of view the action is positioned, often set in binary opposition against the antagonist.

This is useful because Michael Scofield is the hero in Prison Break and the audience mainly identify with him, therefore this definition can e linked to the drama series as well.

Prime Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm, the period of time with the largest number of television viewers and, on commercial channels, the perios of time whe nmost advertising revenue is earned.

Prison Break is shown at 'Prim Time' in both the USA and UK.

Production Company: Company responsible for making Television programmes.

Production Companies for Prison Break:

Rat Entertainment
20th Century Fox Television
Adelstein-Parouse Productions
Original Television

Social Realism: the representation of characters and issues in film and television drama in such a way as to raise serious underlying social and political issues.

This can be applied to my study because there are many issues that occur in Prison Break which reflect reality.

Stock character: a stereotypical, predictable minor character.