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FAMILY VALUES (pg. 56)
'Traditional conservative beliefs associated with mainstream political and religious views of society. Family Values are often represented as being under threat'

Michael purposely gets himself in order to free his brother Lincoln. It's his family values that force him to believe Lincoln's innocent and attempt to free him

FIVE (pg.59)
'Independant commercial terrestrial television station'

Prison Break is aired at 10pm every Monday on channel 5 in the UK.

HYBRID (pg. 76)
'A cross between one film genre and another'

Prison Break can be considered to be an thriller/action drama series with elements of soap

MISE-EN-SCENE (pg. 96)
'The arrangement by a film-maker of everything that is to be included in a shot or frame'

The mise-en-scene in Priosn Break is very realistic, and reminiscent of a Prison. Everything from the location, to the clothing and set-up inside is carefully thought of to make the series fantasy yet believable.

MULTI-CULTURALISM (pg. 99)
'Increasing cultural diversity of western societies'

In Prison Break, the characters are from all different ethnic backgrounds and walks of life. You have yout typical middle-class American in Michael, but you also have 'Black Americans' represented in C-Note, 'Hispanic' males in Sucre and Russians with 'Abruzzi'

RUPERT MURDOCH (pg. 100)
'Chairman of the News Corporation and one of the most powerful figures in the media world'

Prison Break is produced and aired in the US by the FOX TV network which is owned by Rupert Murdoch

NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE (pg. 105)
'The narrative is not sequenced in chronological order'

In Prison break, there is references to the past with flashbacks and episodes which flashback to the past to help explain the narrative as the series begins with an enigma as Michael is put in prison

PROPP (pg. 119)
'Vladimir Propp was a Russian structuralist/theorist who analysed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest elements.Propp's theory discovered that there are ONLY 8 broad character types'

In Prison Break, their are different characters roles as identified by Propp. The villain- The 'Company'/corrupt American govt. The donor- Sucre. The (magical) helper- Sucre/T-bag/Lincoln/Charles/C-note/Tweener/Abuzzi. The princess- Sara Tancredi (doctor). The hero - Michael Scofield

RACISM (pg. 125)
'Practises and behaviour involving social and economic discrimination'

In Prison Break there is racial tension and riots between the 'blacks' and 'whites'