Wall-EGenre PowerPoint

Narrative• WALL-E, is the last robot left on Earth. Humanity essentially seems to have

destroyed everything. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during 700 years, WALL-E has developed a personality, and he's more than a little lonely. Then he spots Eve a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten WALL-E embarks on his greatest adventure yet when he follows EVE across the galaxy.

• I think this is a good plot as it is really easy to follow, this is essential in order for children to understand it and considering its an animation the target audience is children. However because the story line is very original and quite family orientated- there is no reason why people of all ages couldn’t enjoy it which again is essential for a child's movie as a child has to go to the cinema with someone! This makes the film a ‘blockbuster’ the larger the audience the more money. The better the story line the more conversations and the more interest in the film.

Todorovian theory• Equilibrium: Wall-e alone on earth clearing up the mess humans have left- garbage.• A disruption: Shortly after arriving on Earth, EVE discovers the plant. She stores it

and activates her homing beacon, then deactivates as she waits to be retrieved.• Realisation: When EVE is examined, the plant is missing. EVE and WALL-E witness GO-

4 trying to send the plant away aboard the escape pod.• Attempt to repair: Wall-e and eve are sent to a repair ward. Wall-e mistakes cleaning

for Eve being harmed and crashes through the glass wall and disables the repair ward and accidently realises lots of robots.

• Restoration: The AXIOM returns to Earth. EVE finds the parts to repair WALL-E; he returns to working order, but he has lost his memory. EVE is saddened, and gives WALL-E a hug and a “kiss.” The electric spark of the kiss re-boots WALL-E’s memory.

Conventions• The main character is a robot- Wall E. Wall-e is often compared to r2d2 and c3po

‘famous robots’ from the blockbuster film star wars.• Spaceships• The setting of the film is mostly on a human less garbage site. The world looks

completely abandoned which suggests that there has been a disaster- a futuristic prediction of society.

• Moral threat: suggests humans have become lazy and obese and have allowed the world to become this way. We know this because of lines like ‘Blue- it’s the new red’; too lazy to change clothes.

• Suggests life span of 150+• Wall-e suggests that humanity has destroyed the environment which leads on to

the idea of moral threat.• The robots are trying to figure out the point in living. Which in itself is a science

question- what is the universe’s purpose? Why are we here? • The film is futuristic- clearly because of the robots and futuristic blue tones

however it could also be set in the past. It is almost as though they are there before everything has been created, trying the discover the origin.

• Wall e also plays on religious ideas as the robot with Wall e is named eve. Which could suggest ‘Adam and Eve’ who were the first people on earth in eyes of Catholics and Christians.

Sub genre• Romance- Even though they are robots signs of love are

shown. Suggesting robots with emotions abit like Ex Machina. Wall-e is saved from his isolation when he meets Eve, he has a companion. Eve saves Wall-e with a kiss after his memory was wiped/

• This sub genre widens the audience and would typically intrigue more females as a hybrid of sci fi and romance.

• Adventure- Wall-e is also considered adventure as the whole point is Wall-e and Eve finding there way around and solving the mystery of the seedling.

• Conventions of romance: flowers (the seedling), isolation turning into having a companion (Eve and Wall-e).

• Conventions of Adventure: Wall-e trying to jump over the plant but gets injured, Wall-e gets crushed in a garbage truck which he thought was a cleaning procedure, trying to sort out the ship, Following Eve across the galaxy.

• Having a hybrid opens up the audience. Romance intriguing females, Adventure appealing to males and the animated Film appealing to children.

Enigma codes:• Why is this robot here?• Why is he so isolated?• Where are all the humans?• Why must Wall-e complete this clean up process?• Who created Wall-e?• Will he survive?• What's the purpose of this plant?

Linear plot: • I think the film is linear as the narrative is in chronological order.• There is a clear pattern In what

happens and although the time periods jump change in parts, the plot is still consistent.• The plot is also linear because its

actually quite a straight forward story- a robot clearing up rubbish and meeting another robot- there is nothing involving flashbacks ect.

Humans abandon Earth on Axiom.Wall e starts clean up process.The Axiom captain dreams of returning to Earth.The Axiom captain finds hope in the lonely plant.EVE and the captain watch EVE's recordings of Earth.Passengers prepare for the return to Earth. Passengers prepare for the return to EarthAxiom returns to earth.The captain and passengers walk unsteadily from the Axiom towards home.Passengers nearly stumble on their way to Earth.EVE reawakens WALL-E by holding his hand.Plant-life revealed in film's closing. Ending credits show Earth renewed.EVE and WALL-E nurture a garden on Earth.

Binary opposites• HUMAN VS ROBOTS.• In the film there is a clear human vs robot divide. The humans abandon earth

for robots to fix the mess. Almost as though the humans are treating Wall E as a slave.• HUMAN VS NATURE.• The humans clearly destroyed Earth, they turned it into landfill- consequently

destroying their own habitat so ventured into space where they became obese and had to adapt due to gravity.• RICH VS POOR.• The humans who are wealthy enough live on the Axiom and escape earths

horrors.

Setting• Although the majority of the film is set on Earth- the science fiction traits

are most definitely there. The world looks grey and polluted. It is made to look toxic. Earth is projected to be a completely different place in the film as to how it is now. It is highlighting moral threat of what the world could turn into-inhabitable. The size of wall-e compared to the garbage sky scrappers truly indicates the extent of disruption. It is truly a dystopian future suggesting that future generations are at risk.• The other main setting is the Axiom. Axiom literally means ‘a statement

or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based’. The Axiom is a ship in which the humans who are wealthy enough live on. They do nothing for themselves- the Axiom is very modern/high tech which robots/machines that allow the humans to sit all day long. This suggests that humans are becoming so lazy and selfish that they are destroying their own race.

Mise en scene:Meeting of Wall-e and eve

The background is of fire which highlightsthe destruction Eve and Wall-e are experiencing consequently of the humans selfish actions.

The aren’t ‘costumes’ as they are robots. Being robots highlights the genre of the movie. Also Eve looks more constructed that Wall-e, more modern, which suggests that she has been sent by someonewealthy and has a strongpurpose for being there.

The shot is a medium shot. You get to see Eve and Wall-efairly close up which is essential to understand their characters and their differences however you can also seetheir surroundings. This is essentially Wall-e’s home and its completely destroyed.

The camera is behind them which is effectiveas it makes you feel in the moment and you can see what the characters are supposed to be witnessing.The camera is at eye level.

The light is very orange toned likethe fire which suggests the fire is theonly light left. Even the sun is destroyedthere is just no life anymore.

Wall-e looks as though he is turning away from Eve. This signifies the isolation Wall-e has felt- he doesn'tknow how to approach others. Eve looks as though she is staring into the fire which indicates that she cant believe what her eyes are showing her. She doesn't seem to have even noticed Wall-e which again highlights his ‘invisibility’.

Camera Shot: Zooming inCamera Angle: HighDuration: 4 secondsSound: Non diegetic song

Camera Shot: Closing inCamera Angle: Eye levelDuration: 8 secondsSound: Non diegetic song

Camera Shot: Panning forwardsCamera Angle: HighDuration: 5 secondsSound: Non diegetic song

Camera Shot: Medium shotCamera Angle: Low eye levelDuration: 4 secondsSound: Diegetic: Song and sound ofWall-e moving robotically.

Camera Shot: Close upCamera Angle: Low tilted upDuration: 3 secondsSound: Diegetic: Song and sounds of Wall-e crushing garbage.

Camera Shot: PanningCamera Angle: High tilted downDuration: 6 seconds Sound: Song stops until wall-e appears back in scene like its coming from wall-e so sound becomes diegetic

Soundtrack

Sound• The majority of the film is actually silent diegetic wise

which makes Wall-e usual as silent films are definitely not part of our era. This could actually be the ‘unique selling point’ as the film had to have amazing effects in order to make up for the missing sound and to keep the audience intrigued. Obviously the odd sounds of Wall-e and Eve ‘talking’ or Wall-e moving however these are only minor. Its amazing that even with just a ‘bleep’ coming from Wall-e the audience understand his emotions as the physical reactions have been thought out so well.• A huge part of the film is actually music- Eve and Wall-e

have many dance scenes which are the scenes which highlight their love.

Song for effect• The opening scene uses the song ‘put on your sunday clothes’ which is actually from

another film called ‘Hello Dolly’- but it simply sums up the film Wall-e so perfectly. Taking the last few lines: We'll join the Astors At Tony Pastor’s And this I'm positive of That we won't come home No we won't come home No we won't come home until we fall in love!• Wall-e and Eve are trying to sort out Wall-e’s home and the humans home: Earth. They also

fall in love at the end. So even though this is the opening song it tells some of the story- however its more of a enigma code as the audience wont nesacarily pick out the song in the much detail. ‘Why will they need to get home?’• The song also starts with lines about the brilliance of the world if you strive and look for it-

which is a really key message. If we lived outlives in a manner that was benefiting the Earth, it could become a ‘magical place’- unlike what the humans have done in Wall-e. However the song is also saying that this can be fixed (by Wall-e and Eve)!