Tangled Ever After (2012)
- Blake Challenger
- Jan 11, 2016
- 2 min read
Starring: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Alan Dale
Directed & Written by: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Lenght: 7 minutes
Genre: Animated
CAMERA
Camera angles in an aminated film is differnt to live action films in many ways. Animated films rely heavly on wide shots in order to show the audience the amazing locations the characters are in and also to showcase the amount of money they spent on the visuals and production. The wide shots are also featured in order to fulfil their target audience of 8-14 year old, lower class, white, females' imaginations. Clsoe up shots are used on nearly all main characters which was done so that the audience can connect and relate to them easier as they can see them up close and personal. This is also done to show their crazy and funny range of emotions.
(Several long shots of the locations) (Close ups of the characters
various facial expressions)
SOUND
The short begins with a slow and graceful melody produced by a harpe. This was chosen to open the short as it immidently sets the mood for the audience and also to establish the time period. This could also be seen as contrapuntal as the music is smooth and jolly but the dialouge reads 'this is the story of the day my life ended'. The use of a voice over is used in many shorts as it means the voice over can tell the story instead of showing it, which saves time. The voice cast from this shorts previous feature film returned to lend their voices to these iconic disney characters. This meant that the audience can feel more connected to the characters as they havent changed and for a younger audience this is important. 2 minutes into the short the dialouge stopped as the rest of the film centred on two animals. This meant that the short relyed greatly on sound, along with the visuals, to excite the auidence and keep them watching. The ambient sounds throughout were hyperboliced to match the fast pace and over exaggerated story.
MIS-EN-SCENE
An animated films' mis-en-scene is a key element and is rarely basic. 'Tangled: Ever After' is set in another time period and also in a made up town which means the mis-en-scene can be very extravigent and magical. Unlike many shorts this one has several different locations that all play a part in the story and highly appeals to the target audience as it feels like the short is longer than it actually is.
EDITING
The only editing within an animated film is the production company, title and ending credits. The beginnning of the short included an older version of the 'Walt Disney' production logo which reflected the time period of the short. The font of the title mirrored the films previous feature films font which was a clever way to link them together.
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