Case Study:
1. Frasier - Pilot, S1, Ep1
2. Mind Your Language - Pilot, S1, Ep1
1. Frasier - Pilot, S1, Ep1
2. Mind Your Language - Pilot, S1, Ep1
Logline - The adventures of a young english teacher name Mr Brown teaching a group of students that are of different ethnic background
Character list - Mr Jeremy Brown, portrayed by Barry Evans
- Miss Dolores Courtney, portrayed by Zara Nutley
- Giovanni Capello, portrayed by George Camiller
- Anna Schmidt, portrayed by Jacki Harding
- Juan Cervantes, portrayed by Ricardo Montez
- Ranjeet Singh, portrayed by Albert Moses
- Chung Su-Lee, portrayed by PIk-Sen Lim
- Tarō Nagazumi, portrayed by Robert Lee
- Maximillian Andrea Archimedes Papandrious, portrayed by Kevork Malikyan
- Danielle Favre, portrayed by Françoise Pascal
- Ali Nadim, portrayed by Dino Shafeek
- Jameela Ranjha, portrayed by Jamila Massey
Character Biography
Jeremy Brown
Jeremy Brown is the English teacher and focal point of most of the series. He holds a degree from Oxford University. He is hired in the series pilot, in which he is warned that the previous teacher was driven insane by the students. Mr Brown is up to the challenge, however he often has to put up with the students' often literal, creative interpretations of the English language.
Ranjeet Singh
Ranjeet Singh is a London Underground worker from Punjab in India and a devout Sikh. He was mistaken for a Pakistani when Mr Brown asked him to sit next to his "fellow countryman" Ali Nadim in the first episode. He constantly argues with Ali, who is a Pakistani Muslim. He has a good vocabulary but tends to mix up his general knowledge, and upon being corrected he always puts his hands together and says "a thousand apologies". When angered by people, he usually threatens them with his kirpan.
3 Act Structure
Act 1 - Mr Jeremy Brown enter's Miss Courtney's office informing here that he is the teacher in charge of teaching the foreign students english and is determined to equip them with proper use of english.
Act 2- Mr Brown is face with problems trying to get the proper use of sentence structures across to his students while trying to communicate with them. Apart from communication breakdown, brown is only faced with racial intolerance amongst his students.
Act 3- He dismisses the class after giving his students homework, telling them to write an essay about their life in england and immediately rushes out of the classroom to escape the chaos that was going on in it.
Observe
Characters relating to each other:
1) Ms. Courtney holds a very eminent dislike for the male sex and thinks of women as being superior over men and prefers having female teachers instead of male. She at first hesitates to hire Mr. Jeremy Brown, but puts him on a month's trial.
2) Ali Nadim and Ranjeet Singh are unable to get along and are constantly arguing with each other.
3) Danielle Favre, who instantly grabs the attention of all the men, including Mr Brown. Her good looks often distract Giovanni and Max from their answers, while Mr Brown is often found in seemingly incriminating positions with her, and she seems to have a crush on him.
X-factors
Mr Brown - Determined teacher who wants to prove the principle wrong and perfect his student's English
Miss Courtney - Feminist character
Giovanni Capello - The class's loudest student and de facto class monitor.
Anna Schmidt - Hard-working student, occasionally asking legitimate questions.
Juan Cervantes - always laughing at himself, confident of his answers even when they are completely wrong.
Ranjeet Singh - He has a good vocabulary but tends to mix up his general knowledge, and upon being corrected he always puts his hands together and says "a thousand apologies". When angered by people, he usually threatens them with his kirpan.
Chung Su-Lee - She is never seen without her Little Red Book of Mao, from which she often quotes.
Tarō Nagazumi - He has a reasonable command of English, but has a habit of adding "-o" to every word he says, due to his Japanese accent.
Maximilian Andrea Archimedes Papandrious - Max tends to misunderstand metaphors and large words. He also has a heavy accent, which causes him to add "H" to almost every word he says.
Danielle Favre - The beauty of the class which attracts majority of the men in class.
Ali Nadim - He is the most vocal of the students and often literally misinterprets everything said by others.
Jameela Rajhna - She can barely speak English, and needs Ali to translate her Hindi.
How do they do huge setup:
Each character has a strong cultural background which can totally relates to the audience from the different culture itself.
Comic relief
Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
What is the role of a comic relief?
Releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama. Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling, wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction. A sidekick used for comic relief will usually comment on the absurdity of the hero's situation and make comments that would be inappropriate for a character who is to be taken seriously. Other characters may use comic relief as a means to irritate others or keep themselves confident.
