Coraline notes

Opening scene:

music:

sounds like childs music box

bit creepy

repeated lyrics "dreaming"

starts quiet

happy/sad

perspective:

other mother P.O.V - we see from her by the needle hands

use of close up shot:

makes the audience focus on the doll not on creator 

lighting and colour:

green light

dark

faded wallpaper

sets a mood

atmosphere - that is old

abandoned 

run down

setting - pink palace - real world

music:

angel like music

happy

gentle

calm

made up lyrics 

sung by children

changes to increase tension - faster - louder - minor

coraline:

sassy 

moody

stubborn

bright colours - blue hair - yellow jacket + boots

main character - makes us - focus 

she knows she is different from those

colour/lighting:

dull

grey

boring

dark 

bland 

tinted

makes the "real" feel depressing 

old

cold

not a place

"real" parents:

not happy

don't have time for Coraline 

dull

workaholics 

depressed

tired

the "other" world:

colour/lighting -

bright 

warm

welcoming 

coraline does not stand out

other parents -

fun

active

show Coraline attention 

looks like the look after themselves

they look happy

music - 

spooky

does not match what we are seeing 

quiet 

the "real" neighbour:

colour -

grey

dark

sad 

Lighting - 

dark

gloomy 

cold light

music - 

bland

medium pace

setting -

unhappy

forest looks dead

house is old

characters - 

Mr Bobinsky - Russian "drunk"

Mrs spink

other neighbour :

colour -

bright

colourful

welcoming

good dark

Lighting -

bright

light orange/yellow

warm

light

music -

fun

loud

playful

setting -

alive

clean

colourful

characters:

Mr B - clean

healthy blue

done-up

not a weirdo

gets Coralines name right

miss spink + Fabian -

young

thin

talented

Coraline loves them as neighbours 

The Beldam:

colour - 

dark-

green

red

pink

purple

lighting - 

dark

cold

unsafe

music - 

slower

quiet

creepy

white

black

settings -

chocolate + furniture were bugs

transformed into a not nice horrible home