Toy Story Movie analysis:
Overview: Toy story is a american animated movie which was released to the public audience in 1995, it is a relatively old movie, but considered a classic, its main target audience is towards families and children, and is also considered one of the greatest and most successful animated films of all time. Directed mainly by John lasseter, The movie of toy story essentially details the story of a group of real-life toys who are animated, and tells the story of their owner, the relationship they have with their owner, and the different minor troublesome situations they find themselves in. The main protagonist in the movie is woody- a cowboy doll, who has the greatest relationship with Andy- the owner, out of all the toys. The movie features many notable well-known actors such as Tom hanks, Tim Allen, and don rickels, not to mention a whole other bunch of actors. The Movie quite evidently had a lot of success so much so that two other sequels were commissioned straight after, toy story 2 and toy story 3.
Mise En Scene: Within the movie toy story, the scenery is animated, therefore there is not much realism, however the animation is generally done well, it includes many props, such as toys, normal furniture in a room, and generally a suburban atmosphere. The characters are a bunch, of anthropomorphic toys, so they appear to be lifeless, when people are around them, but they come to life and speak, when humans are not around. the scenery also includes people, such as the owner Andy and their next-door neighbour Sid, who is a bit of a troubled kid. we also see more scenery in the form of deformed toys, who live in Sid's house. generally the mise en scene within the movie is appropriate for a children's target audience, as most of it is to do with kids, anyway essentially being a movie about children and their relation ship to toys.
Camera shots/angles Within the movie toy story there is many camera shots and angles which are shown throughout the movie's for example, we see many facial-expression close up shots of woody's face. and we see
e many birds-eye view shots when the toys get themselves into a troublesome situation, they get lost at a arcade, and have to find their way back to Andy's house, this proves good for them as woody develops his initially hostile relationship with buzz and the two become the best of friends. we also see more camera shots and angles, we see over-the shoulder shots when little bo-peep is on the scene who is woody's romantic love interest, and they talk together, we see mid-shots also between woody and Sid's toys as they are supposedly trying to attack him.
The shots and camera angles in the movie are done well, however some particular shots could have been used perhaps slightly more effectively, like instead of so many close-up shots we could have had double shots.
Sound: Within the movie toy story the sound is mainly diegetic sound, we hear many different sound-effects and noises typical of a suburban-neighbourhood, with a twist as the toys are real we hear woody exclaim in a crazy manner, when buzz first comes into Andy's room and is introduced to the rest of the characters. we also hear the buzzes and nearby horns of cars, as well as the whistling air, all this sound is mainly diegetic.
Editing: in the movie we see some editing, for example we see woody's facial expression change from seriousness to a sly smile, as he is about to do something to buzz, the camera then quickly flicks to buzz falling out the window, this shows evident match-on-action and is done effectively and appropriately. during the movie making process crew members said that it was hard to find the exact quality of the film during the making-process, this suggests that the film was complex to make, however and also might have been left incomplete graphics wise.
What we find out about the plot: the plot of the movie revolves around, woody and a group of toys coming to life whenever they are not humans, a new toy suddenly emerges as a birthday present- buzz light year, this causes some argument to ensue as woody feels he is being neglected by Andy, and feels as buzz is 'stealing' his friends, a incident occurs and buzz falls out of a window, woody finds buzz and rescues him from sids house, after which they must travel back to Andy's house where it is safe, a lot of trouble occurs on the way and a budding new friendship is developed between buzz and woody.
Mise En Scene: Within the movie toy story, the scenery is animated, therefore there is not much realism, however the animation is generally done well, it includes many props, such as toys, normal furniture in a room, and generally a suburban atmosphere. The characters are a bunch, of anthropomorphic toys, so they appear to be lifeless, when people are around them, but they come to life and speak, when humans are not around. the scenery also includes people, such as the owner Andy and their next-door neighbour Sid, who is a bit of a troubled kid. we also see more scenery in the form of deformed toys, who live in Sid's house. generally the mise en scene within the movie is appropriate for a children's target audience, as most of it is to do with kids, anyway essentially being a movie about children and their relation ship to toys.
Camera shots/angles Within the movie toy story there is many camera shots and angles which are shown throughout the movie's for example, we see many facial-expression close up shots of woody's face. and we see
e many birds-eye view shots when the toys get themselves into a troublesome situation, they get lost at a arcade, and have to find their way back to Andy's house, this proves good for them as woody develops his initially hostile relationship with buzz and the two become the best of friends. we also see more camera shots and angles, we see over-the shoulder shots when little bo-peep is on the scene who is woody's romantic love interest, and they talk together, we see mid-shots also between woody and Sid's toys as they are supposedly trying to attack him.
The shots and camera angles in the movie are done well, however some particular shots could have been used perhaps slightly more effectively, like instead of so many close-up shots we could have had double shots.
Sound: Within the movie toy story the sound is mainly diegetic sound, we hear many different sound-effects and noises typical of a suburban-neighbourhood, with a twist as the toys are real we hear woody exclaim in a crazy manner, when buzz first comes into Andy's room and is introduced to the rest of the characters. we also hear the buzzes and nearby horns of cars, as well as the whistling air, all this sound is mainly diegetic.
Editing: in the movie we see some editing, for example we see woody's facial expression change from seriousness to a sly smile, as he is about to do something to buzz, the camera then quickly flicks to buzz falling out the window, this shows evident match-on-action and is done effectively and appropriately. during the movie making process crew members said that it was hard to find the exact quality of the film during the making-process, this suggests that the film was complex to make, however and also might have been left incomplete graphics wise.
What we find out about the plot: the plot of the movie revolves around, woody and a group of toys coming to life whenever they are not humans, a new toy suddenly emerges as a birthday present- buzz light year, this causes some argument to ensue as woody feels he is being neglected by Andy, and feels as buzz is 'stealing' his friends, a incident occurs and buzz falls out of a window, woody finds buzz and rescues him from sids house, after which they must travel back to Andy's house where it is safe, a lot of trouble occurs on the way and a budding new friendship is developed between buzz and woody.
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