Geri's Game

Geris game was made in 1997 and is another Pixar short film, it’s animation is a lot more advanced compare to Luxo Jr made in 1986, this shows the progression of technology and how Pixars animations have improved other the years and will continue to do so.

Geris Game has a basic narrative and contains only one character “Geri” The film is quite comical as we feel sorry for the old man who is playing chess against himself, this element makes us as an audience offer sympathy for Geri however his optimism is inspiring and makes us laugh especially with the competition between the good and bad Geri who are playing each other at chess.

The mise-en-scene sets the scene perfectly, as an audience we can see that it is a bright summers day. Little soundtrack is used within the film however Geri’s slow footsteps are heard along with the traditional old mans groan as “good Geri” starts to lose his game of chess.

The film uses the built in camera function within 3D technology perfectly as the camera helps tell the story. The camera movement is ideal as it cuts between the good and bad Geri at either end of the table quickly. Even though as an audience we realise that he is moving extremely slow form one end of the table to the other.

Depth of field is an element that this film has experimented with as “Geris Game” uses depth of field. In the whole film Geri, the chessboard and the table are always kept in focus however the background tresses are slightly blurred. This is effective as it shows keeps the audience looking and watching Geri and not getting distracted.

The film like “Luxo Jr” follows a equilibrium-disequilibrium-equilibrium pattern this is proven by Geri at the beginning of the film calmly setting up the game of chess, disequilibrium occurs when the “good Geri” starts to lose all he pieces” however comically all is resolved as “good Geri” tricks “bad Geri” allowing “good Geri” to win the game of chess.

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