Wallace and Gromit- analysis

 The short film is engaging as it displays Todorov's Narrative Theory.  The equilibrium is with Wallace and Gromit going about their usual day with Gromit using their invention to get Wallace out of bed and into the kitchen. Wallace shows Gromit the Techno-trousers which moves by itself. Wallace mentions how they are in debt which will be important later in the story and will finally be resolved.

The second stage of the narrative theory which is the disruption is the penguin coming to stay and disrupts the power and replaces Gromit as the best friend to Wallace. This scene is shown to be emotional with Gromit looking at a close up shot of a photo of him and Wallace. He is crying while the sad music is played over this to show the amount of disruption the penguin has caused over this friendship. A medium shot is used to show Gromit crying. Gromit is then showed to be walking out the house for good in the pouring rain and a low angle shot is used to show Gromit looking back at the house one last time. This use of rain and thunder is used a lot in films when something terrible has happened in someone's life.  Gromit is now out of the house as he feels he's not wanted as the penguin came and ruined his relationship with Wallace.

The third stage of the Narrative Theory is the resolution and the quest to restore the Equilibrium beginning with Gromit trying to prove the penguin is a jewel thief by spying on him as the penguin is on a 'wanted' poster. The penguin who (we know now is called 'Feathers McGraw')  is using Gromit and the trousers to steal the diamond but this triggers the alarm.

The fourth stage is repair when they're trying to repair the damage he's caused them so they chase him at home using the model train set. After many failed attempts to capture him and Feathers failed attempt to kill them using his gun, feather collided with the trousers, it goes in slow motion where the scene constantly cuts from Wallace on the train to Feathers flying through the air so the audience knows this is when he's going to be defeated which leads to Gromit capturing him in a milk bottle. The use of Gromit capturing him is fitted as it was Feathers fault he left home so by capturing him it resolved his story arc.

Finally, the equilibrium is restored and they have a new equilibrium with Feathers McGraw in prison and Wallace using the money from handing him in to pay off their debts. The final scene a wide shot is being used to show the 'Techno-Trousers' peacefully walking into the sunset with his job done as it was the trousers that led to Feathers being captured. 

Binary opposites are also used. An example of this is Good vs Evil. This relates to Wallace and Gromit being the good and Feathers being the bad. There is also the protagonist vs antagonist. The final example is moral vs immoral.