Analysis - Lion King

Sam.Palliser and Kayleigh. McMillan
Analysis of ‘Disney’s The Lion King’

The lion king film starts of with showing logo’s including the Disney one. This is to show the audience what companies helped out in producing the film. If you listen closely for one of the logo’s you can hear a lion roar, so even at the beginning of the film it starts getting the audience into the feel of the movie. There is then a shot of the African plain with the sun rising. As the sunrises there is African music played in the back round and this is let’s the audience know that there’s an African feel to the film. They would also know it’s African because of the set and the animals within it. There is then a medium close up of a rhino looking up towards the sun and medium shots of three impala’s. Again there is a medium shot with a pack of meerkats staring at the sun. A dolly and a tilt are used when a cheetah walks up a hill looking in the suns direction. Long shot of birds paddling through the river about to fly. Following on a tilt is used to follow one of the birds flying in the sky. There is then an establishing shot of a huge waterfall with birds flying over it. Another establishing shot is used on a mountain with elephants walking beneath it. Using an establishing shot is good because it gives the audience an idea of were the action is going to take place. A ‘birds eye view’ is used next showing an African river with the sun beaming of it. Also in the same shot are birds gradually getting closer to the camera. During this shot a dolly is another thing that’s used, as the camera is moving up the river. An establishing shot is used next showing antelope prancing across the grass. There is also a Smokey effect over the top of the shot. This could have been used to describe the different conditions within Africa. A zoom out is used showing a giraffe and a baby giraffe walking up a hill going into the sunlight, then a dolly is used watching the baby giraffe enter the sunlight and watching were the other animals are going. Next they use a close up of ants marching up a branch then straight away the camera pull focused on a herd of zebra cantering. Next a long shot is used of birds walking towards the camera and elephants behind them. Then there is a close up of the sun, but what actually looks like the sun it is really the sun in a reflection in the water were it changes very quickly to a zebra prancing in the water. A long shot and a dolly of a herd of zebra is used, showing there movement through the water. Moving onto a medium shot of an elephant and a couple of zebra charging through the water with a group of different birds resting on the elephants tusks, also during this shot a dolly is used watching the animals push through the water. A bird’s eye view of a range of animals walking up a hill is used next then going straight into a zoom of ‘pride rock’ which is the venue were most of the action takes place in the film. At this point the music suddenly boosts louder and stronger than it was, this could indicate to the audience that this will be the main place in the film. Continuing with a zoom, a sly tilt is used from the bird flying to the strong lion, this could show the audience that this character is very strong and powerful in the film. An over the shoulder shot is used showing ‘Zazu’ the bird bowing to the strong lion, ‘Mufasa’. This shot could tell the viewers that ‘Mufasa’ is a main character and is a strong one in the film. A small zoom out is used after the bird bow’s and a small zoom in is used to show the lions response, and it is also a close up of him. Medium shot of a group of animals is shown then moving on to a long shot of ‘rafiki’ the baboon and other animals bowing to him, this could show that he is an important character in the film as well as ‘Mufasa’. Close up of ‘Mufasa’ is used to show his response of ‘Rafiki’. An extreme close up and a tilt is used watching ‘Rafiki’ climb the huge rock. Then again another tilt is used watching him overcome the rock and goes into a long shot of them hugging. This shows that they are two different animals that can get along with each other and are trusting friends. But in the real wild these two different animals would be anywhere near each other. A medium shot of ‘Mufasa’ and ‘Sarabi’ is used showing his love for her and in the back round is more lionesses. Also known as a pride. A close up and a zoom of ‘Sarabi’ is seen next, cleaning her new son ‘Simba’, and watching him wake up. There is then a close up of ‘Rafiki’ staring at the new cub; then goes into a close up and a zoom of the cub. An extreme close up of ‘Rafiki’s’ hands cracking open an African fruit in front of the shining sun. It then goes into a tilt of ‘Rafiki’, then a close up of the cub ‘simba’ in his mothers arms. An extreme close up of rafiki’s hand grabbing sand is next shown. Another close up of simba is shown; he sneezes as rafiki sprinkles sand all over him. This short scene, to me shows a christening and may do the same thing to other people. Extreme close up of mufasa and sarabi is shown next to there reaction of their new sons sneeze. Rafiki picks up the new cub and walks away; the shot used is a medium shot. A worm’s eye view shot is used next, looking up towards the action, with a couple of animals not in focus below. Then it goes to a birds eye view watching rafiki walk slowly up the rock with a lot of different animals below the rock looking up. The next shot starts with a slow zoom then speeds up to the cub in rafikis arm’s ready to lift him. There is a couple of fast shots used next which are extreme close ups of the cub being raised in the air. A medium shot of animals is shown next jumping in the air looking up towards the new cub. A close up of elephants is shown next then back to the cub and baboon using a birds eye view. Medium shot of a group of monkeys is seen next, then more monkeys looking up at the cub and baboon, which is another bird’s eye view. After that there’s a close up of zebra stamping the ground, and a tilt to see there face. Extreme close up of the cubs back is shown, slowly turning around to show his reaction to everything that’s going on. At this point of the film the audience should no that maybe this cub is the most important character in the film and that the lions are royalty of some sort in the wild. It moves on to a shot of the clouds with a beam of light opening them up on the cub. After there is a dolly which is used going down a line of animals bowing towards ‘simba’ suddenly stopping with a close up of a giraffes head. There is then an establishing shot of pride rock with ‘rafiki’ still holding ‘simba’ and the king and queen of the pride lands sitting behind them. During this shot there is a slow zoom moving out eventually showing all of the animals and pride rock. At the end of the whole scene it stops with a black screen and in large red letters is the title of the film, ‘The Lion King’; also the music comes to a sudden stop.

Ideas

Titles Order

Man On Fire      

Company logo – Regency Enterprises

-       Scott Production

Main Character – Denzel Wahington

Title of film – Man On Fire

 

Casting by

Costume designer

Music by

Associate producers

Co-producers

Film Editor

Production designers

Director of photography

Based on the novel of

Screenplay by

Produced by

Directed by

Life behind bars 

Company Logo – Growler Productions

Title of film – Life Behind Bars

 

Main Characters - Kayleigh McMillan and Mark Storey

Costume Designer – Kayleigh McMillan

Film editors and producers – Kayleigh McMillan and Sammy Palliser

Directed by – Kayleigh McMillan and Sammy Palliser

Props And Locations

Props

Tools – in the shed

Rope

Dictaphone

Phone

Face Paint

Actors

Torn Clothing

Locations

Shed

Street

Houses

Logo

Shooting Calender

Shooting Schedule

Shot Number:	Type:	Duration:	Location:	Mise en scene:
1.	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Shed	Main character, high side lighting, feet tied up struggling to get free. Normal clothing with rips and tears and blood stained.
2.	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Shed	Main character, front lighting, hands tied up struggling to get free. Face paint for fake bruising and blood around wrists. Rope to tie.
3.	Extreme close up	3 seconds	Shed	Main character, side lighting, worried eyes crying. Bruised eyes.
4.	Medium shot	2 seconds	Shed	Main character, front lighting trying to break free from the ropes. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
5.	Close up	4 seconds	Shed	Dictaphone playing with father’s voice slowly zooming in.
6.	Long Shot	3 seconds	Shed	Main character froze still just listening. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
7.	Close up	3 seconds	Shed	Main character, eyes moving with tears falling down cheeks panicking.
8.	Long Shot	5 seconds	Street	Main character, walking and talking quite happily on the phone. Same clothes as shot 1 but not torn or stained.
9.	Close up	4 seconds	Shed	Dictaphone playing the narrative, non – Diegetic.
10.	Close up	2 seconds	Kitchen	Knife been taken from the kitchen.
11.	Medium Shot	3 seconds	Shed	Main character struggling again. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
12.	Medium Shot	2 seconds	Street	Main character shocked because she sees her father beating someone.
13.	Extreme Close Up	2 seconds	Shed	Main character shocked, eyes silently crying.
14.	Medium Shot + Tilt	4 seconds	Street	Father shocked expression slowly standing up. Work clothing.
15.	Long Shot	3 seconds	Street	Main character looks shocked and turns to start to run. Normal clothing as shot 8.
16.	Extreme Close Up	1 second	Street	Father grabbing main character by arm firmly.
17.	Over the shoulder shot (shot-reverse-shot)	5 seconds	Street	Father gritting teeth while he speaks. Work clothing.
18.	Over the shoulder	4 seconds	Street	Main character rather scared talking back. Clothing as shot 8.
19.	Over the shoulder	4 seconds	Street	Father getting angrier as he speaks. Work clothing.
20.	Over the shoulder	5 seconds	Street	Main character really scared talking back. Clothing as shot 8.
21.	Over the shoulder	3 seconds	Street	Father ends conversation firmly. Work clothing.
22.	Medium Shot	5 seconds	Street	Main character breaking free to run away. Clothing as shot 8.
23.	Medium Shot	3 seconds	Shed	Main character tied up looking at Dictaphone. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
24.	Medium shot + zoom in	10 seconds	Street	Main character finding phone and calling the police. Clothing as shot 8.
25.	Close up	4 seconds	Shed	Dictaphone playing.
26.	Close up	6 seconds	Shed	Shot through the door so light slowly creeps across her face to see main character properly. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
27.	Tilt	4 seconds	Shed	From father’s feet to face just stood still in the doorway. Jeans and mucky top.
28.	Close up	5 seconds	Shed	Main character crying pleading with father. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.
29.	Dolly + medium shot	5 seconds	Shed	All of main characters friends and family killed lying beside her. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup for everyone.
30.	Medium shot	6 seconds	Shed	Door slowly closing so light disappears while girl screams. Same as shot 1 for clothing and makeup.