Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Napoleon Dynamite analysis

Napoleon Dynamite has an interesting opening in that through it's micro-elements, it does not try to be glamorous, this is particularly shown through the food used in the opening, that appears to be not very high in quality. The objects in the opening all have the credits of the people who worked on the movie attached to them, such as food having key names in sauce and chap stick having the producers name put on the back through a fake label.
 

The music in the opening is very upbeat and cheerful, the lyrics being school related, foreshadowing the primary setting of the movie.
 

The main character is only alluded to through a short shot that lingers on an identity badge for his school, linking into the song through how much of a big part school plays in his life.
The camera shows more shots of the things Napoleon is interested in, such as drawing, reading and playing with ninja stars. This makes Napoleon seem very passionate about his hobbies and that they mean a lot to him.
 
Overall the hobbies seem rather childish and set the age for the target audience.
The changing backgrounds give a domestic sense to the opening as the settings are all indoors, this, coupled with the moor bookish hobbies make the character Napoleon seem somewhat inactive, not the stereotypical movie hero wit a key sense of purpose. The overall use of domestic objects leaves the plot of the movie ambiguous.

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