Game Of Thrones AnalysisBy Jake Flack

PurposeThe purpose of Game of Thrones is to entertain the audience by creating a world in which the show is set and making it feel so real with endless detail and characters. Having all the law and characters makes viewers become hooked in and almost transfixed on the show which means that they will continue to watch and probably won’t stop viewing the show.

PurposeThe other main purpose of the show is to make money and this comes even because by focusing on their main purpose to entertain they will get viewers who will watch the show and because they enjoy it they may buy the box sets or any of the merchandise which will give the creators a lot of money and will also mean that they are more lightly to watch other shows created by HBO and then they can make even more money from that.

Form Game of thrones is a good example of long form TV as each episode is a hour long and the show is put out in series consisting of 10 episodes in each season. The main themes of the show are violence and corruption. The mood of the show varies but normally it is quite depressing and dark. The biggest theme in the show is about the corruption of power as all of the people that are in power tend to become corrupt and greedy.

Content – Key CharactersThe third son of Tywin Lannister (who is one of the richest men in Westeros). Tyron is a midget and because of this difference he is bullied by almost every character on the show. His mother died giving birth to him so his sister (the queen) and father hate him.

Tyrion Lannister

Content – Key CharactersOne of the airs to the iron throne of who was smuggled out of the capital during the rebellion of the people where her father (the mad king) was killed and a new king took his place (Robert Barathion). She is on a quest to build up an army and take back the throne.

Daenerys Targaryen

Content – Key CharacterThe illegitimate son of Eduard Stark (the hand of the king and ruler of the north. Jon is constantly mocked and ridiculed for being a “bastard” and he serves as a man of the nights watch at the wall in the north where he serves to protect the realm from what lies beyond the wall

Jon Snow

Content - LocationThe Show is set in the fantasy world of Westeros and follows a lot of different characters in different locations but the main locations that we get to see all the way through the show are Kings landing the capital city of the world which is conveyed as a large city with a lot of poor people and as quite a hot location. The second location we see all the way through the show is the wall in the north which is an icy huge world at the edge of the western world and all that lies beyond it is an icy wasteland filled with White Walkers and Wildlings.

Target AudienceThe show has been given an 18 age rating but because it is released on pay to view tv programmes it can be seen by people that are younger and as a result the show is very popular with people between the ages of 15 - 18 but i believe with the graphic violence and sexual scenes in the show it is targeted at an older audience probably people of the age of twenty and onwards.

MeaningGame of thrones being set in a fantasy world means that it shouldn't make any about our society but the show has actually created this world where the society is similar to the society that we live in and the show actually has some correlation between our society and the people in the show. One theme of the show is that the rich discriminate the poor and this is a common them of today and the past as many rich companies abuse their power and instead helping others they actually use them to make money with out benefitting the poor that much.

GenreGame of thrones is a Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

Frequency Game of thrones is released in seasons consisting of 10 episodes and each episode lasts around 50 minutes. A season is released once a year and they normally start in April and finish towards the end of June. To watch the show I would say that you need to watch it in order as you need to understand what has happened in the past to have any idea about who the characters and what they have done.

Production ProcessIdea - Game of thrones was an adaptation of the song of ice and fire books by George R R Martin  Development – David Benioff and D.B.Weiss met up with George R R Martin and discussed making game of thrones in to a TV show. George agreed to let the pair make the show after they told him the identity of Jon Snows real mother.George R R martin, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, Vanessa Taylor, and Jane Espenson, wrote the first scripts. The episodes were structured so that one season would cover the content in one of the books. The show was funded by HBO.  Pre Production – the location scout for the show is Robert Boake The show was filmed in a range of different countries but the majority of it was filmed in Scotland. The casting directors were Nina Gold , Robert Sterne and Edward Said. Shooting – The first season of game of thrones was filmed between the 23rd of July and December the 18th. Post Production – The show has been edited by Frances Parker, Katie Weiland, Oral Norrie Ottey, Tim Porter, Crispin Green, Martin Nicholson and Yan Miles The sounds for the show was done by Tim Kimmel and his team.  Distribution – Game of thrones is broadcast on HBO but is made available on Sky Atlantic as well as many other online streaming services.