The Lion King
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Introduction to the film/Brief background
The fifth film I am analysing is The Lion King (1994). Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, staring Matthew Broderick and Jeremy Irons, made by Walt Disney Pictures.The film is about a young cub, who is tricked into thinking he killed his father, he flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.The film was budgeted $45,000,000 and received $1,586,753 in the UK for opening weekend.As for critical acclaim the movie recieved a 90% approval/positive reviews on Fast Tomatoes.The Lion King also received several awards, such as three oscars in 1995 and a Golden Globe in the same year.
Film's Narrative for the Opening scene
The scene shows a selection of different animals surrounding a reservoir gathering together to join as celebration of the lions birth.
The scene shows several characters, showing Mis En scene of a animated film , with a target audience of young children.
Representation
Incidential music is used to help engage the audience and to immediately establish the auidence and genre of the film.Fitting well with the visual and effective to entice the target audience.
The main subject used are the lions, which are presented in a positive way, as perhaps more dominant as the others and are some kind of authority figure for the other character.
Film's Narrative for the Opening scene
The scene shows a selection of different animals surrounding a reservoir gathering together to join as celebration of the lions birth.
The scene shows several characters, showing Mis En scene of a animated film , with a target audience of young children.
Representation
Incidential music is used to help engage the audience and to immediately establish the auidence and genre of the film.Fitting well with the visual and effective to entice the target audience.
The main subject used are the lions, which are presented in a positive way, as perhaps more dominant as the others and are some kind of authority figure for the other character.
Characters/Social groups and Mis en scene- numerous animated characters are shown heading towards one another.By using stereotypical animals in Africa this also helps the film relate to the audience and genre of the film.
Props- There are several props throughout the scene which both suggests the movie's genre and audience, with generalized settings and locations of Africa and how we would assume the animals would be portrayed, such as the lion as a high authority figures, 'King of the jungle'.
Costumes-As the characters are animals, costumes are not used, however the appearance of the animals are stereotypical, following the main conventions of a animal kingdom.
Accent-Again the accent is not established, due the opening being based on the setting, continuing several establishing shots.However the audience can infer that the accent of the characters are both calming and content.
Makeup- No makeup is used in this scene and i'm assuming that none is used throughout the movie, as it is animated and they are animals.
Sound-The sound in this scene helps to portray the characters emotions.The incidental music is used throughout and the tone increases at the end, which emphases the events and visuals in the scene, adding to the excitement and climax.
Location
The location is very stereotypical, with the majority of the scene having shots of the setting, showing the audience the location.The setting is based in a African reservoir, surrounded by trees, mountains and cliff tops.A stereotypical location for animals, all living in harmony/together.
Sound
The sound used helps illustrate the emotions and thoughts of the subjects in the scene, with the whole scene having the same sound, yet the tone increases, making the audience more engaged in the content and links to the personalities of the character, due to the light, elegant music which is enforced on them.
Mood/Atmosphere
The mood is very positive, uplifting and emotional, with the music setting the tone throughout.I personally believe that the use of music helps engage the audience into the visuals and helps create this atmosphere, of both a positive and inspiring feeling towards the characters and movie.
Titles/Typography
The titles are very basic, with institutional information shown, such as the producers and the actors in the animation.These appear in the scene quickly and have stereotypical typography of a title aimed for the younger generation/audience.
Camera shots/Movements
Several establishing shots are used throughout the scene , this gives the audience an insight into the setting and location of the film.Mid-shots are used , which illustrate and show the characters to the audience.
Fade in and out are used in the beginning and the end of the scene, which allows the audience to infer a change in scene, breaking the movie up.
Extreme -long shots are used, for example Simba being raised to the sky, which shows the importance of that character and highlights the main focus.This shot also has low-angle shot, showing again, Simba's importance over the other characters, with his body position being raised above the rest.Showing his higher level of authority, being positioned on the cliff top.
Makeup- No makeup is used in this scene and i'm assuming that none is used throughout the movie, as it is animated and they are animals.
Sound-The sound in this scene helps to portray the characters emotions.The incidental music is used throughout and the tone increases at the end, which emphases the events and visuals in the scene, adding to the excitement and climax.
Location
The location is very stereotypical, with the majority of the scene having shots of the setting, showing the audience the location.The setting is based in a African reservoir, surrounded by trees, mountains and cliff tops.A stereotypical location for animals, all living in harmony/together.
Sound
The sound used helps illustrate the emotions and thoughts of the subjects in the scene, with the whole scene having the same sound, yet the tone increases, making the audience more engaged in the content and links to the personalities of the character, due to the light, elegant music which is enforced on them.
Mood/Atmosphere
The mood is very positive, uplifting and emotional, with the music setting the tone throughout.I personally believe that the use of music helps engage the audience into the visuals and helps create this atmosphere, of both a positive and inspiring feeling towards the characters and movie.
Titles/Typography
The titles are very basic, with institutional information shown, such as the producers and the actors in the animation.These appear in the scene quickly and have stereotypical typography of a title aimed for the younger generation/audience.
Camera shots/Movements
Several establishing shots are used throughout the scene , this gives the audience an insight into the setting and location of the film.Mid-shots are used , which illustrate and show the characters to the audience.
Fade in and out are used in the beginning and the end of the scene, which allows the audience to infer a change in scene, breaking the movie up.
Extreme -long shots are used, for example Simba being raised to the sky, which shows the importance of that character and highlights the main focus.This shot also has low-angle shot, showing again, Simba's importance over the other characters, with his body position being raised above the rest.Showing his higher level of authority, being positioned on the cliff top.
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