2. Animated film

4. Animated film
Animations follow a narrative structure, however they provide an opportunity to bring objects to life, and bring human like qualities to animals, machines etc.

5. Wall-E

6. Narrative
A narrative is a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time.
Many narratives are constructed in such a way that their endings seem inevitable, as a result of the key events that have occurred. We establish the relationship between one event and another.
What are some of the events you think may occur in Wall-E?

7. The narrative is developed through the elements of setting, character, conflict and resolution and in this way is similar to novels.
(Matthew Cleary 2014)

8. Can you write one dot point for the following regarding Wall-E.
Plot Structure
Can you write one dot point for the following regarding Wall-E.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Action
Resolution
Draw this in your books – make it take up a whole page
Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the causal arrangement of events and actions within a story.

9. Plot Structure Components
Climax: The turning point. The most intense moment (either mentally or in action).
Rising Action: The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.
Falling Action: All of the action which follows the climax.
Exposition: The mood and conditions existing at the beginning of the story. The setting is identified. The main characters with their positions, circumstances and relationships to one another are established. The exciting force or initial conflict is introduced. Sometimes called the “Narrative HOOK” this begins the conflict that continues throughout the story.
Rising Action: The series of events, conflicts, and crises in the story that lead up to the climax, providing the progressive intensity, and complicate the conflict.
Climax: The turning point of the story. A crucial event takes place and from this point forward, the protagonist moves toward his inevitable end. The event may be either an action or a mental decision that the protagonist makes.
Falling Action/Denouement: The events occurring from the time of the climax to the end of the story. The main character may encounter more conflicts in this part of the story, but the end is inevitable.
Resolution: The tying up of loose ends and all of the threads in the story. The conclusion. The hero character either emerges triumphant or is defeated at this point.
Exposition: The start of the story. The way things are before the action starts.
Resolution: The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.

10. Plot Structure
Can you write one dot point for the following regarding Wall-E.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Action
Resolution

11. Setting
The setting should give the spectator some indication of time as well as place.
The setting sets expectations for the audience about the characters.
Feature film narrative is heavily dependent on character.
What are the settings in Wall-E and why are they significant?

12. Characters
Characters have recognisable human character traits, (hero, villain, fool), to be familiar, yet they need idiosyncrasies to be interesting.
Once the central character has been established conflicts center around that character.
Who are the main characters in Wall-E and how have they been given human qualities?

13. Protagonist versus Antagonist
What do these terms mean?

14. Protagonist versus Antagonist
A protagonist is the main character in a work of fiction, while the antagonist is the person who stands in opposition to the protagonist. The protagonist is sometimes referred to as the hero of the story, while the antagonist is often referred to as the villain.

15. Protagonist versus Antagonist
On your worksheet, develop your own definition of these words. Silent individual work. Share responses.

16. Protagonist versus Antagonist
Think/Pair/Yell
Who do you think is the protagonist in Wall-E?
Who is the antagonist?

17. Conflict
The traditional forms of conflict are person versus person, person versus nature and person versus self.
As the characters have interacted with their settings to create conflict and plot a reality of the film has been created.
Describe the conflict in Wall-E.

18. Create Your Own Film
Use the film pitch cards to identify the setting (time and place), characters and plot of your new film.
Use a plot diagram to create a summary of the narrative of your film
Present “pitch” your ideas to the class