Chicken Run media essay
Wallace and Gromit eat your heart out there’s a new chick in town!
Chicken Run, directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park is a sensational
clay animation. A new piece of cinematic excellence to be added the
title ‘a classic’, with its side-splitting humour, astounding action
and stunning stop motion Chicken Run is a film well worth watching. I
can guarantee you won’t be disappointed! Enough about how good the
film is; what is it about?
Chicken Run is an all round great film for all the family. Ever
wondered what chickens dream about? More chicken feed? A bigger coop?
Not in the case of head chicken Ginger; all she wishes for is freedom
for all the chickens at Tweedy’s farm! On her countless attempts to
escape she has been caught by Mr. Tweedy on every occasion. Suddenly,
out of no where, appears a radical rooster (Rocky) who claims he can
fly! Ginger is convinced her prayers have been answered and Rocky is
the key to their freedom. Meanwhile Mrs. Tweedy has a monstrous money
making plot to make her chickens into pies! The chickens are in a race
against time to get themselves out of this foul situation!
I am going to enlighten you into how the film makers use
Mise-en-scene, language and character interaction to create Good and
Evil amongst the characters. For all you newcomers to the film
industry this means through the use of: Lighting, sets/props,
expression, body language, costume and sound. I personally believe
that the opening sequence is the most effective scene of the film; it
quickly puts us into the main plot of the film in a humorous way. Also
on a ‘first glimpse’ of some of the characters we are i...
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...t colours. The response Ginger
receives from other characters is friendly to indicate she is an
amiable character.
In chicken run the basis of good and evil is used together with
presentational devices, language and response from characters. The
creation of good and evil is used to end with a fairy tale ending so
that good overcomes evil. The film makers have not only been
successful to create the settings and characters from scratch, which
is an achievement in itself, but have also incredibly managed to
create themes along side this which you will really appreciate.
Anything you like whether its action, comedy or even romance, I’m sure
inter wound amongst this film’s superb plot there is the theme that
suits you! So trust me catch a taster of these egg-cellent characters
before Mrs. Tweedy gets there first!