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homework #3 - lego movie questions

  There are THREE sections of the FAMILY TARGET AUDIENCE:   kids who like Lego; parents of kids who used to play with Lego themselves; young cinema goers. Explain how The Lego Movie appeals to each of them using the following areas: Characters Narrative Settings Themes the lego movie appeals to kids because of the catchy music (everything is awesome) and cool characters that they may recognise from their favourite other films, such as: superman and wonder woman. the settings also contribute to the appeal because of the wide range and bright colours that it offers, this is eye-catching and interesting to children. the film appeals to kids who play/played with lego as there are many places that they may have themselves, in lego form, such as the construction site Emmet works at.  the film appeals to parents of kids that played with lego themselves. this is because some of the older 80s sets and characters are actually included in the film, like Benny and his spaceship. This gives a hit o

homework #2 - Todorov's narrative theory

                                                                                                                                       21.10.20 Pick a film of your choice (NOT Lego Movie) and explain how it fits Toderov's theory my film choice: the sound of music   equilibrium: maria is  the anomaly at the monastery, Austria is taken over by the Nazis but war positions and rules have not been enforced yet. we assume the Von Trapp children are without a  fraulein  at this time. it fits the theory as everything is normal, or a day to day life that the characters are used to. information in between:  with a rough start, Maria becomes the fraulein to the children, but after a little thunderstorm they become closer. captain Von Trapp goes to meet  baroness schraeder, he returns to see the children disobeying his standards, however he soon realises how wonderful his children are. Maria falls in love with the captain and leaves back to the monastery, but the rev. mother convinces her to