The whole film is based on a long adventure where a herd consisting of a mammoth, sloth and a tiger that’s meant to belong to another herd are trying to return a baby back to its family but the humans have moved site because of the climate change and so they have to try and find the humans.
There is also a lot of action all the way through the film of animals and herds fighting in competition over food and over the baby, the herd of tigers are trying to ambush the herd to try and get the baby for revenge on the humans and so the herd consisting of the sloth and the mammoth are trying to protect the baby as well as trying to return it to the family.
There is also a scene of slow motion with the dodos where there is competition between the dodos and the herd over 3 melons because of the climate change food supplies are low and so all food has to be rationed.
With the film in cartoon and a lot of comedy acts there is still a believable point to the story whilst also keeping the audience of small young people amused. There is a lot of evidence shown through the film to support the point it’s trying to put across and keep everything still believable.
The dialogue is clear and well spoken for the understanding of the age group its aiming at and the audience, the dialogue also includes jokes and a lot of comedy actions through out the film to keep the audience entertained and draw into the film so they don’t loose interest, each animal in the film has its own personality and is an individual and it shows this in the film by its use of different dialogues and ways of speech.
The film has an emotional impact and emphasises on the importance of family. There are some very sad bits to the film like for example when the babies mum drowns and dies so the herd take on the responsibility of returning the baby to the humans like a good Samaritan although the tiger all the way through is planning on an ambush to try and get the baby and kill it but when the mammoth saves his life and treats him with respect and importance and tells him he’s included in the herd the mammoth feels guilty and tell the herd and tries to stick up for them in there defence. There are other sad scenes like at the end when the baby is finally returned to its family and it waves good-bye to the herd, the music in this scene emphasises these feelings.
There is a twist in the film when everybody in the herd is all happy families and getting on and beginning to trust each other and then the tiger tells the truth about the ambush at the bottom of half peek and then all the trust is lost towards the tiger until the tiger fights for there side against the head of the tiger herd and nearly gets killed, and then the rest of the herd see that he really has changed due to emotionally bonding with them and feeling part of them and see that all he wants is to keep them safe and prevent any harm coming to them and when he sacrifices his own safety to fight off the other tigers the herd see this and therefore there is a twist back to the happy family feeling again.
The film has funny climaxes all the way through for example when the baby needs its nappy changingand the animals don’t know what to do with it.
Also there is a funny scene where the sloth out of pure luck worked out how to make fire and then he gets all big headed about it and his cockeyness gets ahead of him and he sets his own tail on fire.
The animals personalitys as friends and in a close herd is what makes the film funny because they all make fun of each other and be horrible about one another to try and out better the other one and its all quite funny to watch.
