Episode 1 Series 1

As it was the first episode of Prison Break, it was very important for them to introduce the characters and introduce the main narrative. I'm going to concentrate on how they made the personality for the main character, Michael Schofield.

A scene I thought was very helpful to see key factors about his character was when he saw his first stabbing in the prison (I would upload the video but it is no where to be found on youtube. something to do with silly copyright or something). In this scene a man is stabbed and Schofield witnesses it. All the other prisoners jump to watch some with excitement and joy others with not much emotion at all, where as Schofield has a scared face and almost sad face. This conotes how he is scared of it happening to him and because he has only been there for a little while it signifies how the fact his going to be spending time here has actually sunk in. He, unlike all the other prisoners, looks confused and worried about the victim showin his caring side and characteristics of a 'good guy' where as the others do not worry about him showing they are used to it or how most enjoy that.

Schofield is very calm and collected with everything he does. He never seems phased by the other criminalsor threatened. We this when he is threatened by Abruzzi, one of the topdogs at the prison. He threatens Abruzzi back and is not scared when his boys attack him. This could signify naiveity to how bad Abruzzi could mess him up or show how Schofield is very coinfident and has everything planned out.

It is import for Schofield not to be shown as a 'bad guy' and even in his costume he is shown to be different from the 'bad guys'. There is a huge contrast when you first see him as he is getting a huge tattoo done. Then next time we see him he is in a buisness suit. This continues to happen as when we see him robbing the bank he has a classy suit on. This is very different to what a typical criminal would wear and connotes how he is not an actual criminal and therefore he is not a 'bad guy'. He also wears his prison unifom different to the other prisoners as most wear vests or there jackets undone but he consistently has his jacket done up and his uniform in good shape. This can also signify the difference between good and bad characters.