The Lego Movie Narrative

Intertextuality is when one text links to another
The Lego movie is an advert for lego.
The plot is very similar to The Matrix

Narrative.

Equilibrium - Emmet is an average guy living a happy life and "everything is awesome"

Disruption - Emmet meets Wildstyle and gets stuck to the piece of resistance, He then is forced to                          run from the police force.

Resolution - They take refuge in Cloud Cuckoo Land and bring together the master builders to                                 inspire them to work together.

Disruption - Emmet's speech is terrible and doesn't inspire anyone.
                    Cloud Cuckoo Land is invaded and destroyed by the Police force, capturing many                                master builders in the process.

Resolution - The team builds a submarine to escape from the Police.

Disruption - The submarine floods and explodes. woah

Resolution - The team hides inside a double-decker couch to avoid drowning and to escape from the                       Police Force. The couch is found by Metal Beard

Big Six Hollywood Studios

Warner Bros. Pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures stands at the forefront of the entertainment industry.

20th Century Fox

Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures is the longest operating major studio in Hollywood.

Universal Pictures

Sony Pictures Entertainment 

Walt Disney Studios.

A conglomerate is the combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) regulates films in the UK

The stages of production are:
Development - Ideas for the film are created, rights for plays/books etc. are brought. The screenplay is written and financing is sought.

Preproduction - Preparations for the film are , actors are hired as well as crew, locations are selected and sets are constructed.

Production - The raw footage is recorded.

Post Production - The images, sound and visual effects are edited.

Distribution - The finished film is distributed, marketed and screened in cinemas and/or to be sold on home video.

Warners Bros. and animal logic produced the Lego Movie 

Chris Miller directed the Lego Movie