"Up" (2009) is a feature length film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The reason that I have decided to analyse this short is due to the similarity between the content in one particular segment of the film compared to what I would like my short film to revolve around, being the full lives of two characters.
The scene is named "Married Life".
The scene opens with their wedding day, with the two smiling with their families surrounding them. They move into their new home and create the dream life for themselves. This connotes true love and happiness, something I would like to present in my short film.
The colour palette is always bright and positive, which once again connotes pure happiness between the pair.
When they first show their employment, where Carl sells balloons to children, the cart begins to fly away and he only just manages to catch it, which connotes their youth and clumsiness, but as the colour palette stays bright, it still represents their strength as a pair to overcome these difficult times.
In the middle of the scene, Carl and Ellie decide that they would like to start a family together. The scene denoted a cloud watching experience on their favourite hill, where they sat several times during the scene. The denotation connoted their true love for one another, represented by their passion to expand their small family. However, they soon learn in the next scene that they cannot conceive, and as the colour palette still continues to brighten the mood, it is clear that this isn't the end of their "Married Life".
As they grow older, they quieten down and settle into a slower lifestyle. Throughout the entire scene, the dream of visiting "Paradise Falls" has a reoccurring place in their hearts. The two have attempted saving, but have only failed in the process, however have always managed to laugh it off. Later in the scene, when Ellie and Carl are elderly, Carl decides to grant his wife's final wish, wight he colour palette still burning bright. However, as his wife's slow demise, being the disequilibrium, takes place, the colour palette slowly grows colder and darker, connoting the end of their "Married Life".
I feel that throughout this scene, the colour palette and soundtrack were the strongest features. However, the storyline was what transfixed the audience the strongest. Overall, these three components produced a flawless scene, brimming with emotion from all ends.
(Note: This wasn't part of my analysis, however I felt that it was important to highlight the dancing scene in their living room. Although my short film wasn't inspired by this, I would like to mention that one of my scenes in my short film is planned to take place similarly.)
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