Coraline Notes

Opening scene:
*Music - sounds like a music box and creepy - repetitive lyrics 'dreaming' - starts off quite

*Perspective (POV) 'Other mother' - needle hands

*Use of close up camera angle - makes the audience focus on the doll, not the creator

*Lighting/colour - Green and dim/faded - The brightness blocks out some objects in the background - colour makes the atmosphere scary and sets the mood - atmosphere seems old and unpleasant or unpleasing

Setting-Pink palace-real world
*music-happy, gentle, harmony, chanting, sung by children
lyrics in a made-up language, make a calm happy atmosphere change to increase tension-faster, louder, minor

*Coraline-Sassy, moody, stubborn, bright colours-blue hair, yellow jacket and boots, - the main character - makes us focus, shows shes different from those in the real world

*colour/Lighting-dull, grey, boring, dark, bland, tinted, makes the 'real' house feel depressing, old, crusty and cold, not a place Coraline wants to be

*'Real' Parents-Dull, workaholics, don't have have time for Coraline, not happy, depressed, tired

The 'other world:
Colour/Lighting- Bright, vibrant, warm,welcoming-makes it feels inviting and safe, Coraline doesn't stand out anymore

Other parents-Fun, active, show Coraline attention, energetic, cooked her nice meal, they look happy and healthy, unlike the real parents.

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

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\The real neighbours:

Colour- Greys, dark, mournful, sad
colours-pallette, foggy, faded, washed out, run-down, dusty, sticky

Lighting- Dark/gloomy - inside house cold light, shabby, dark, poor

Music- bland background, medium pace, Latin style, upbeat, movement

Setting-Forest looks dead, the house is old, rustic, rundown
-basement, theatre room, used to be functional now is dated

Characters- Mr Bobonsky-russian 'drunk' awkward weirdo
Miss sparkle and terrible - they argue, opposites but like the same thing, actress, old fashioned, confident attention-seekers
-Coraline doesn't like them but better than nothing

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'Other' neighbours:

Colour- bright, light, friendly, welcoming
Good dark, shiny, bright, vibrant

Lighting-warm light-orange/yellow
warm light - spotlights are bright

Music- Loud, joyful, circus music, playful
-energetic,brass

Setting- the garden is alive, house si painted/looks new
the apartment looked colourful, clean, organised
-theatre, grand, large, posh, good condition

Characters- Mr B-clean/tidy/done-up, healthy blue, nice to Coraline-gets her name right.
Miss Spink and Forcible - transformed young, thin, attractive, talented actress/acrobats, modern
-Coraline likes them, is enthusiastic to have them as neighbours

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The beldam;

Colours: Dark, greens, colourful, purple/pink, neons that show in the dark, fades to white

Lighting: dark, cold, unsafe, horrific

Music: slower, quiet, menacing, creepy, spooky, another world, suspicious

Settings: chocolate and furniture were beetles, sinister
transformed from the perfect home to a spider web-polluted.