"What Remains" Analysis

During the first episode of "What Remians", there are many changes between the finished product and the original script. We were asked to compare the product and the original script and talk about the changes. Although there are some significant changes between the script and the final product, the majority of it is the same.

The first thing we notice is that a scene between "Adam" and "Peri" was cut. In the final product, you just see Peri walk into Adam's flat. I think this was cut because, by Adam's attitude, you could tell what was going to happen. It may also be inappropriate to see this scene as it doesn't add anything to the story.




Next is a scene between Vidya and Naresh, who is Vidya's father, is cut.  I believe that this scene would be pretty useless as once again it doesn't add any more information to the story. It may also have been removed as the writers would want us to focus more on Melissa and her case, rather than adding more characters which are pretty much useless to the story. Although this scene was not needed, I feel that if it was added then it would add more depth to Vidya's character.

 

Another scene which was cut was one between Vidya and Len. Len helps Vidya down from the loft after his "experiment" where he thanks her for participating. In my opinion, the scene should have been kept because we don't see how she gets down from the attic and Len doesn't seem like the person to leave a heavily pregnant woman in an attic in which a woman was murdered. However, the reason the writes may have cut this part because the audience may have known she got down safely, otherwise there would have been a scene where it showed that she didn't.