Analysis - WALLACE AND GROMIT : THE WRONG TROUSERS

- THE WRONG TROUSERS -

The Wrong Trousers (1993) is a short animated film by Nick Park. In this short story, a man called Wallace and his dog gromit have to overcome a villain. Wallace is an eccentric inventor and Gromit is his smart dog. Wallace is the victim who is in need of a saviour and Gromit, is the hero, the saviour that Wallace needs. 

Throughout the film Gromit feels left out and replaced when Wallace finds a new house mate, a penguin. However soon this penguin reveals its evil self and attempts to use Wallace to steal a diamond. The robbery then fails and the penguin takes Wallace back to the house and locks him and Gromit in a cupboard and tries to escape. This is the disruption of the film. The resolution to the narrative takes place when Gromit frees himself and Wallace from the cupboard and they both try to catch the penguin. As Gromit is the hero of this short story, he is the one that catches the penguin in the end.

The genre of this short film is animation/comedy. It also could refer to other genres such as action due to the action scene that is filled with suspenseful music and sound effects to make the action more interesting. 

Binary opposites

Gromit vs. penguin 

Villain vs. Victim 

Villain vs. Hero  

Film Form

Cinematography

lighting - bright 

colours - warm, colourful

Sound

Music at beginning is fun, then changes to a suspenseful sound effect 

Fun music continues throughout the movie

Mise - en - scene 

First character we see - gromit (the dog)

Editing

Basic/simple editing  

suspenceful music used to make the scene more tense + sound effects 

Performance 

Eventhough gromit doesnt speak, we know how hes feeling from his facial expressions and body language.