Where+the+Wild+Things+Are


 * Film Title: ** Where the Wild Things Are
 * Plot: ** In this movie the main character is a little, crazy and reckless boy called Max. He is extremely aggressive and has an extreme imagination but is very lonely as he doesn’t have a father and has no friends. He has a large imagination and likes to be in control as seen by him telling his mom he wants something and begins to stand on the table. You see that he wants to be able to be in control and be powerful. Later in the movie when he goes into this world he wants to be above the monsters despite being the smallest and defenseless.
 * Theme: ** The character later realizes that he is not in control and sees that he needs to enter reality and not be as imaginative. He becomes more socially mature and begins to have to deal with the situations he creates and apologize for the things he does. At the end of the movie he matures and tries to fix the things he had done wrong. He becomes less imaginative and lives more in reality, in a sense he “grows up”.
 * Tone: ** This film is very abstract and at first it confused me because I could not understand what had happened and after reflecting I understand and see that this movie is a very thoughtful movie. The movie makes me feel a sort of excitement and joy because it reminds you of when you were younger but as it goes on you feel tension, aggression and a bit of sorrow because of the fight he gets into with his mom and at the end when they realize he isn’t a king. I see that this movie has a pattern of feeling the joy and energy then the anger, then is repeats again.


 * Non-Diegetic Element 1: ** In the beginning the title is shown next to the Max’s face, which is motion blurred which implies that he is probably wild because the blur shows motion, which shows he is energetic and crazy.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 2: ** The Intro music is very calm and contrasts with the craziness that happens in the scene.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 3: ** As Max throws the snowball towards his sisters friends there is a scream in the song that helps emphasize the craziness and immaturity.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 4: ** The music is playing but before one of his sisters friends jumps on the igloo it stops, which shows that something has gone wrong.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 5: ** A very native type of music plays as Max tries to destroy his sisters room and this music brings a primitive and uncivilized feel that shows that he is going wild.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 6: ** Max is in class then it cuts to him in the car but you can still hear the teacher. It is non-diegetic because the character is not experiencing it in his world or mind and this information becomes relevant later in causing doubts in the monsters.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 7: ** When Max is running away and his mom is calling for him, the music also has yelling that sounds similar to the moms yelling and intensifies the moment.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 8: ** When Max is screaming you hear a cheetah sound, which shows the animal within Max.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 9: ** The music playing after Max becomes king has children chanting and that shows that he is bringing the children out of the monsters and having fun with them.
 * Non-Diegetic Element 10: ** The music playing when the two owls are invited to live with them has a happy yet off setting tone that lets you know it is leading to something bad.


 * Mise En Scene Example 1: ** The suit that he wears represents his characteristics because it’s a monster costume and he is wild and reckless.
 * Mise En Scene Example 2: ** In the beginning Max is playing in the snow and he talks to the fences and that shows that he is not well accepted in society so he makes up for it by talking with the fences and releases his anger on them.
 * Mise En Scene Example 3: ** All the toys show his lack of maturity and how he is a kid and shows his want to be a ruler and have his own perfect world. This later also connects him to another character in the movie.
 * Mise En Scene Example 4: ** The same is shown by the globe that he has that says he is the ruler of the world from his dad. Later you see that his dad is not there and you see that the reason he wants to rule the world is probably so he can control things like his missing dad.
 * Mise En Scene Example 5: ** When he is running away from home a majority of the time he is half lit, which gives him depth and shows his two sides of just wanting to be in control and his crazy rage.
 * Mise En Scene Example 6: ** After running away from home there are winds that begin to blow and show his rage and make him seem more aggressive, angry and expresses how he is as a character.
 * Mise En Scene Example 7: ** The boat used as he travels to the next world shows the separation between the worlds so that you know he is not in our known world.
 * Mise En Scene Example 8: ** The boat Max is sailing symbolizes his change through the story because he is first sailing nicely and he sees his goal, he goes towards it but there is a storm and it makes it hard, he even almost drowns but then succeeds. This is seen as he is first happily their king and wants to build his own city, then people see who he really is, he almost gets eaten but then it all gets worked out.
 * Mise En Scene Example 9: ** Carol later introduces Max to his made up world and you see the relationship between the two characters and that they want the same things.[[image:WWTA9.png]]
 * Mise En Scene Example 10: ** The castle shows his goal but becomes the peak when he thinks everything is good and leads to the entire group breaking down. [[image:WWTA10.png]]