How do the makers of Wallace and Gromit 'The Wrong Trousers' use presentational devices to create images of good and evil.

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How do the makers of Wallace and Gromit ‘The Wrong Trousers’ use presentational devices to create images of good and evil.

In this essay I will be writing about the presentational devices which are used to make images of good and evil in Wallace and Gromit ‘The Wrong Trousers’.

Some of the presentational devices I will be looking at are Framing, Movement, Editing, Sound, Lighting and Language. These devices create both images of good and evil.

The first one I will be looking at is framing. This is what’s included and excluded in a single shot. There are different types of framing; some of these are extreme close up, long shot, mid shot etc. This is used to great effect in Wallace and Gromit. They use this to an evil effect when it goes to and extreme close up of Gromit’s eyes when he is confronted by the Wrong Trousers. This concentrates all your attention to his eyes and shows the fear in his eyes. An example of good frame is when Wallace is eating toast; the background becomes blurred so it focuses on Wallace’s happy face.

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Sound has three different sections these are diagetic, non-diagetic and sound bridge. Non-diagetic is the sound the characters hear and make where as diagetic is the sound that only the audience hear. The last one of these is sound bridge this may be a noise building up to something or another shot. An example of good diagetic sound is the theme tune this makes the audience feel comfortable and it is also a trademark of the Wallace and Gromit series and makes you remember it. An example of an evil diagetic is when the Penguin is plotting. He sees ...

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