Disney Pixar: for the birds animation

Beginning : one bird on a telephone wire enjoying the space

Middle : more little birds come and take up the room a big bird comes and hogs the remaining space

End: Birds get thrown off and lose feathers and big bird gets last laugh


Begins with company logo which is standard with PIXAR films. It goes straight into the title sequence, there is a tracking shot along the telephone wire introducing us to the scene. Music plays through out the whole film by increasing and decreasing volume when sounds are heard and thing are said. The non diegetic sound is the music which creates an atmosphere. The diegetic sounds is of the birds which sound like squeaky toys and the little bit of dialogue the big bird makes which is "Hi" which sounds childish as if resembling primary school and there is a new student.

Cut to a close up of birds arguing over the space they have on the wire. zoom out to show the amount of small birds on the wire all arguing and how they stop we see the wind from what ever went past or what has arrived. long shot of big bird as if looking from the closest birds point of view, medium close up of the small birds reaction to the big bird as they appear from behind the closest one. medium close up of big bird then back to the small birds using a shot reverse shot having a silent conversation. Zoom out to see how the small birds react to the new arrival. medium shot as big bird waits in anticipation we as the audience feel sorry for him because he seems dumb and the small birds are picking on him despite them being cuter. cut to an establishing shot of them moving away from him, close up as they discuss him. long shot of the big entering the space taking this as a acceptance, medium shot of the birds as they fall out of shot this is affective because the audience want to follow where they have gone. close up as little birds slide towards big bird and cry out in pain. close up as big bird celebrates the how the bird pecks him and he flips upside down. cut to a close up of birds foot moving and extreme close up of two birds reaction, by putting these two shots side by side we see that a plan has come into there head and what they want to move. long shot of problem being created by their plan. Zoom into a medium shot of the birds expressions as they get thrown out of shot and feathers scatter. A diegetic twang happens as they get thrown. close up of featherless birds , medium shot as they are embarrassed and panic as the big bird laughs. the end credits are a cloud which remains the background through out the film, there is no change of location but the different section of sky use in each camera angle makes it feel different.

Despite there hardly being no English except the occasional "hi"and jumbled words from the big bird, there was mainly squeaks from the little birds because their reactions and facial expressions and also the pitch the squeak was at you could tell what they are feeling.

How much do you love me?

Start straights, the door opening sound non diegetic to what you can see which is a tap. A diegetic sound of foot steps and talking close up of feet, yellow pages. Close up of the two main character. Fade to title sequence with music the title is red and white the colours you see on valentines day. Every time there is a change of scene it fades to black with a music beat. Short scenes with different incidents that have happened in their life as if getting us the viewer decide the answer to the question to the title. Only the man speaks for the first couple of scenes. We always see a close up of the woman's reactions to what the man has said. He then answers the question to the title. We see the woman's reactions on a close up of her face as she reads the note and close up of parts of he body, arms knocking things down, feet as she climbs the stairs and hear a couple of screams. Fast transitions to show her anger and frustration. Dramatic tension music then the same repeated beat comes on again and a medium shot of her reaction and the realisation. On the final credits we finally hear the woman speak.

The shorts scene are clips from their life, from buying a house, hosting a dinner party, breakfast, TV time, gardening, days out. Even though the clips are short you feel apart of their everyday life and you add your own everyday situations which the man may add his favourite line into and ways the woman may react. The camera is hand-held to feel like your a fly on the wall looking into this couples life

This is the life - Craig

He used a hand held camera like a fly on a wall. There is then a close up of mum expression to introduce us to the chaos of the kitchen. There is non diegetic sound which bridges from the kitchen scene to the boy alone. Montage of the brother and sister having fun close bond, no dialogue just facial reactions to know their feelings. We can see the sister looking after the brother. The dad returns we see a close up of the girls reaction to her dad n then the boys. We can tell in the shot there not very well off because of the rubbish behind the father and daughter as they hug. low angle close up of boy looking at his dad not moving as if he feels as though he has to be strong after being the man of the house while the dad was gone. Extreme close up of dad hugging and crying coming in and out of focus, this could be the sister point of view crying or just representing us the audience tearing up or it is such an intimate moment that it is giving them some privacy. Low angle of the camera looking in at the family eating in front the TV, not around the table which normally the stereotypical perfect family does. This could mean they do not own a table or they are basing it on the stereotypical minimum wage (poor) family. Shot reverse shot of dad pleading after forgetting where the school is the boy shows no emotion, as if he is used to it. Close up of boy pressing buttons bored been there for a long time. Same music comes on where the boy was playing with his sister, I feel it signifies his happiness. Clip of arguing in background and shot reverse shot of the children as if they are speaking using eye contact. In the next shot the music returns for the family bowling. Medium shot of the father behind the counter in probation office this shot is effective because we do not see the man he is speaking to only the father and some pens out of focus.

This is the life - Craig video

This is the Life from Craig Dean Devine on Vimeo.

Johnny Cast Hurt Music Video

Starts off with his house in a semi dark location with a guitar on a chair as if playing accapella so you can hear the emotion. With his possessions around him shows his sad and lonely despite the wealth. It then cuts to the American flag the American dream a proud American and how he feels that he is not a proud American. There is footage of the museum of Cash which has a closed to the public sign he could be there performing or his old house his moved out of which goes with the line "and you could have it all" giving away the past because it means nothing to him now. "Everyone i know goes away" shot of mother he feels sad she has gone they must have had a good relationship. Also his Friends have died over the years in his life and he feels he is just waiting for himself to die. Archive footage of him singing in the prison which he previously did. There are close up of smashed records, that he doesn't care and no one else does. His career means nothing to him now it only brought him sadness. Footage of him visiting his childhood home when he was younger smiling because he still enjoyed his life then it was still early in his career he still had most of his Friends and family, he was enjoying what the fame brought change, money and the girls living his fantasy. the lighting is bright in the archive footage to show his happiness because it was not edited to look darker. He must have been well off because 18mm was rare in those times.



The table is layed out with a feast, the dinner table is associated with family and socialising but it is empty he has material goods but no one to share it with. A picture of him and his wife in the past and them now, the room is brighter like he is the light of his life the only thing still giving him something to live for it is a low angle shot as if to give off a sense of pride. Some family footage to show what is important to him and stuff he does not mind remembering from the past. Montage with clips and also things that relate to the words he is singing. There are words which overlap some of the song ... Then as he shuts and strokes the piano it is like he is saying good bye to an old friend but not sad to see it go because the light gets brighter, it is end of a era the closing of his career.

Johnny Cast Hurt

Tyson: the movie opening

The text in the title is flames like his burning career but can also be the flames of passion for boxing. They uses the music from Rocky which is a boxing movie, iconic also showing how similar they are to each other in both ways their careers started out. There is a close up shot reverse shot face off between a young Tyson and his opponent to build up tension. The opening credits are rainbow coloured they seem childish like he feels vulnerable like a child or wants his innocence again. Introduction to the main person by the use of split screens like his several thoughts he has and wanting to get them all out as soon as they come to mind as the speaking overlaps, all of them are at different angles like he has been put under the microscope and being dissected and this is what has been extracted. There are some pictures of him reflecting by the beach as though thinking about things so he can say it on camera, bring himself back to the times. The sun shining on his face as it rises or falls is making us look at how his face has aged not just from time but the life he has had. There is no music when he speaks to show the importance of his words and how you must listen. Close up and medium shots so you concentrate on just him and see his expressions as he is telling the story. On some medium shots you notice that there are lots of cushions showing they are offering comfort and protection after a hard life and taking a battering. There is archive picture from the side close up and him now at a similar angle showing us a before and after showing the difference time has made. Cut to an archive footage clip to show how he spoke and look when he was younger and how he handled the spot light and interviews. Cut to juvenile gates closing darkened by the camera because you could see that it was daylight it creates a mood and a dark atmosphere and a diegetic sound of gate. This is when he is telling us one of his dark moments in his life and how his childhood. There is footage of his hometown it is quite fast like it is filmed from a car and it is so bad they want to just film it and get out, there is no signs telling us where it is so it could be filmed somewhere else but it is giving us a feel of what his childhood neighbourhood was like.