Coraline Movie Notes

Opening scene:

• Music - Starts quiet, intrumental, humming, repeatative lyrics (dreaming), sounds like childs music box, bit creepy.
• Perspective - other mother, (P.O.V) - we see from her, know its her by the needle hands. 
• Use of close up shot - makes audience focus on the doll not on creator. 
• Lighting/Colour- Dim, dark, green, faded, - sets the mood / atmosphere. - That its old, abandoned, unappealing and rundown. 

Setting - Pink palace - Real world

• Music - happy, Gentle, Harmony, chanting, sung by children, / lyrics in a made up language, Makes calm happy atmosphere. 
• changes to increase tention, so the music gets faster and louder,  and more minor. 

Coraline - sassy, moody, stubbon, Bright colour - blue hair, yellow jacket + boots, - Main character - makes us , focus, shoes shes different from those in the real world. 

Colour/Lighting - dull, grey, boring, tinted, bland, dark, makes the 'real' house feel depressing, old, crusty + cold, not a place coraline wants to be.

Real Parents - dull,workaholics, dont have time for coraline, not happy, depressed, tired, exhausted, uncap-able. unhappy, 

The ¨other¨ World: 
Colour/Lighting -  Bright, vibrant, warm, welcoming - makes it feel inviting and safe, coraline doesn't stand up anymore

other parents - fun, active, show coraline attention, energetic, cooked her a nice meal, they look happy + healthy unlike the real parents.

Music - Spooky Music, doesn't match what we are seeing, slow to medium pace, minor, quiet