2. The heading “Coraline” is bright The denotation & connotation of this
yellow which contrasts well against poster is the main character
a dark background so it’s easily suggesting “Coraline” (given from the
seen by the audience. The font of title) is standing casually on the
the heading is big and san serif & middle of the whole scene with her
replaces the letter O in Coraline as cat (preferably her companion) in the
a button which suggests that it’s poster, which brings attention and
informal & more suitable for an obviously tells us, that’s she is the
animation, also gives a hint on main character. Also she wears casual
what the film is all about and to clothes, which suggests that she’s like
make the heading aesthetic. a typical young girl.
the colours are different The mise en scene of this poster is,
on the left and right which there’s a big mansion that looks
affects the mood (left side haunted behind the main character ,
is more gloomy and dark so which implies that she lives in the
it brings a spooky mansion & that the mystery starts in
atmosphere & purple is there. The tree on the left which is
suggested to be a gloomy purposely suppose to look like fingers
colour whereas the right that are tormenting Coraline, gives the
side is more bright and audience an idea that something bad
clear, giving a calm, tranquil and mysterious is waiting for her
atmosphere & blue is (maybe waiting for her in the
suggested to be a calm Lots of different colours used (e.g. blue, mansion). You can also see different
colour). This makes the purple etc.) to grab the audience’s characters on the posters that are
audience read/see this in a (children/teenagers) attention and bright included in the film to make the film
particular way because the colours are typically used in animations to more interesting.
way the colours are split engage to the audience. Because the fact
up, give 2 side of their there are lots of colours used, it not’s specially The audience are teenagers/children
views & also gives a hint aimed at a certain gender. It’s aimed at because animation genres are typically
when this film is about. everyone even if the main character is a aimed specifically at them for
female. entertainment.
4. Plot:
A woman called Grace encounters a flashback, when she was a teenager and how she met the spirit called
Lyre.
When she was a teenager, Grace barely made an friends due to the fact she studied so much to achieve her
ambitions but mostly because her parents didn’t have the time to support her. She hardly had the time to
communicate or talk with people, she was always independent and always spend time all by her self. Until
one day, she over hears people at school talking about her, behind her back and walks away in depression
and tears. As she walks away from school while thinking about what those people said about her, she sees a
spirit. The spirit called Lyre was just an ordinary boy that looked human except was just a living ghost &
cannot be touched by humans or he will disappear. Grace and Lyre get on really well and begin to introduce
a new friendship. Lyre slowly understands that Grace hasn’t got many friends because she always works and
begins to help her realise that it’s not about working all the time but having fun at the same time. Grace
begins to understand what Lyre means and realises how much she loves spending time with Lyre & how Lyre
loves spending time with her and maybe a romance between them even though she cannot touch him or
otherwise he will disappear. Grace wanted to thank Lyre for letting her have fun and realising it, so she
wanted to help grant Lyre’s wish so he can go to Heaven.
After walking together ,she suddenly trips over while lyre grabbed her, not realising that he’s touching a
human. He begins to disappear as Grace cries because she will never see him again and never had the
chance to help him grant his wish.
Returning from her flashback, she decides to go back to the same place, where she would play with Lyre. She
goes there as the moon beams its light clearly until she sees the same spirit that seems to be Lyre and asks
him what’s his wish. He smiles and says that his wish is, to be with someone who makes him happy. As Grace
realises that his wish did come true as Grace was the only person who made Lyre happy. Lyre only wanted
to visit Grace one more time and tells her he loves her and disappears with a smile. Grace finally realises
that Lyre didn’t disappear because he touched a human, his wish was fulfilled & went to heaven.
