Finding Dory
Andrew Stanton, the original writer and director for Finding Nemo and many other Pixar movies, was joined by Angus MacLane this time around to produce the sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory. Angus was involved with the original film, however it was only as part of the animation department. There's been a trend in Pixar recently with revisiting old films and making sequels to them. This is probably to appeal to the childhood of all the fans of the original movies, who are now teenagers or adults. So a big reason it sold so well was it's already established demographic. It's key selling point was the nostalgia factor. They focused a lot on the nostalgia factor in the film as well, keeping all the original cast for character reappearances, using lots of quotes from the original film and making the protagonist one of the most loved characters from the original film.
Mise-en-scene: The lighting was often used to help the narrative in excellent ways. For example within the first 5 or so minutes when Dory was growing up, asking fish about her parents. The lighting obviously going from morning to afternoon to evening showed that time was passing, as did Dory's slight changes like her increasing size. The constant movement of the lighting on the seabed also made it seem a lot more real, like the audience was genuinely underwater with the characters.
Performance: The voice acting was simply brilliant. The lead role of Dory, played by Ellen Degeneres, conveyed the mental illness very well in a not too serious tone for the young demographic as well. For example when Dory was stuck in the pipes and couldn't remember where to go, the rapid intakes of breath, the hushed muttering to herself, the tone of anguish. All seemed very real and very scared. Even slightly frustrated with herself and her disability.
Mise-en-scene: The lighting was often used to help the narrative in excellent ways. For example within the first 5 or so minutes when Dory was growing up, asking fish about her parents. The lighting obviously going from morning to afternoon to evening showed that time was passing, as did Dory's slight changes like her increasing size. The constant movement of the lighting on the seabed also made it seem a lot more real, like the audience was genuinely underwater with the characters.
Performance: The voice acting was simply brilliant. The lead role of Dory, played by Ellen Degeneres, conveyed the mental illness very well in a not too serious tone for the young demographic as well. For example when Dory was stuck in the pipes and couldn't remember where to go, the rapid intakes of breath, the hushed muttering to herself, the tone of anguish. All seemed very real and very scared. Even slightly frustrated with herself and her disability.
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