- Brightness of background tells robots mood (mise en scene?)
- Trail of bird to show its path of leaving, also show it came from steel. Dark imprint on steel to make more clear
- Reflections in steel - mise en abime
o welding light looks like sun - hope
o sky and skylight to represent release from lonliness
- eyeline matches to describe the robot, rotation in 3d space
- graphical continuity in drawing, also shows process is important
- cartooniness of everything as opposed to clarity of reflection - robot feels less than what it can be - it hopes the steel can alleviate this so steel is brighter, more clear
- skylight slightly opaque as it is a barrier to true happiness [sky]
- reflection of robot arm when hugging bird shows the bird feels trapped
- in frames 3&4, taken into reflection and hope of being not alone. These are the brightest frames
- robot makes same poses for same things, theres something mechanical and learnt about it. Also the fact that it is a robot in the first place.
- POSITIONING
o 1- low down, its lonely
o 2- up close, gaining some hope
o 5- very close, its happy(ish?)
o 6- skylight high, unreachable for robot who is low again [unhappy]. Bird ascending into the happy outside world.
o 7- skylight high, machine low- very sad
o 8- same as 7
o 9- same as 7
- graphical matches in positioning of robot, skylight, bird, power plug
- GRAPHICAL MATCHES
o Skylight reflection in 3&4
o Machine and skylight in 6,7,8&9
o Power point in 9&10
- gain in understanding of what robot looks like and what the deal with the skylight reflection is as the story progresses