Lego Movie Narrative

Todorou's Narrative Theory:

Equilibrium

Disruption

Resolution

New Equilibrium

Plot -

Emmet is just an average construction worker with a happy life.

Meets Wyldstyle

He finds a piece of resistance.

Is chased by Bad Cop

Meets Vitruvius

Lego Movie Facts

1. Find out the process behind how a film is produced, distributed, marketed and exhibited. Who does what and in what order?
DEVELOPMENT - Director/Writer pitching an idea to a producer.
PRE-PRODUCTION - Working out the cast and shoot locations. A Line Manager or Production Manager is hired to create the schedule and budget.
PRODUCTION - Sticking to the schedule and budget.
PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY - The most expensive part of production, when the camera rolls.
WRAP - After shooting ends.
POST-PRODUCTION - Reviewing the footage and editing.
DISTRIBUTION - When the film goes to cinema or onto platforms such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, ect.
2. What is a CONGLOMERATE?
The combination of two or more corporations in different businesses that fall under one corporate group.
3. Who are the 'Big Six' Hollywood film studios?
Warner Bros. Pictures,
20th Century Fox,
Paramount Pictures,
Universal Pictures,
Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Walt Disney Studios
4. Who REGULATES films in the UK?
British Board of Film Classification
5. Which two main companies PRODUCED The Lego Movie (2014)?
Warner Bros. and Lego System A/S
6. Who was the PRODUCER of The Lego Movie (2014)?
Dan Lin and Roy Lee
7. Who DIRECTED The Lego Movie (2014)?
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller?
8. How was The Lego Movie (2014) funded?
Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, Warner Animation Group, Animal Logic
9. Who DISTRIBUTED The Lego Movie (2014)?
Warner Bros. Pictures