Scene Analysis of Chicken Run
This essay will analyse three key scenes from the film Chicken Run. It
will look at the characters that are good and bad. In particular
Ginger, the chicken who has the idea to escape from the chicken farm
on which they stay, and Mrs. Tweedy the owner of the chicken farm.
After many failed escape attempts the chickens are low on morale until
a flying rooster from the circus come to their rescue. But not
everything runs smoothly and rocky the rooster can be suspected of
fowl play.
The first scene I am analysing is at the beginning where Ginger is
escaping through a hole under the fence. We only see Ginger as a
silhouette until we see a close up of a big orange chicken foot. This
shows that Ginger is a warm friendly character. When Ginger is through
she immediately goes back to help the other chickens through when she
is spotted by Mr. Tweedy and his vicious dogs. It's a dramatic chase
between Ginger and the teeth bearing dogs. This is the first time we
see Ginger as a whole and she looks vulnerable and afraid. The camera
keeps cutting and changing characters and frames, this speeds up the
pace of the film and adds to the desperation that Ginger must be
feeling. There are over fifty cuts and this means that by keeping the
pace up the audience are sat on the edge of their seats. They are
really absorbing the action especially when the dogs corner Ginger and
she is cautiously climbing backwards up the steps where she bumps into
a gnome this is when we first see Mrs. Tweedy. Mrs. Tweedy opens the
door demanding to know why there is a chicken loose. The camera pans
up Mrs. Tweedy making her look very tal...
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...plane! Ginger looks up at mrs tweedy straight in the eyes
showing her the severed rope shaking her head the simply shrugging her
shoulders before letting go of the rope. As mrs tweedy fall ginger
waves this also adds a touch of comedy, the camera pans round the
chickens who are smiling and cheering, ginger is helped back onto the
plane by rocky and it is clear that they have a bond that is not
shared by the other chickens.
This was an excellent film and it appeals to a wide variety of
audiences, to small children to adults and grandparents. This film has
so many levels to it some of the humour is subtle and some of it is
obvious (like the mice Nick and Fletcher). The drama in this film is
quite strong but the fact that it's a cartoon and they add in comedy
at exactly the right moments make this film really fantastic.
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