Cars 2: Air Mater - Mise-en-Scene Analysis - Clip 1

Air Mater is a short animated Pixar movie. In this animated clip we are introduced to one of the characters Mater. Mater is a old, dusty, broken down tow truck. He is shown to be very scruffy. Furthermore, the buck teeth implies his character is dopey and has Hill-Billie characteristics. In addition, the character Mater his body work of the car is not looked after well. This suggest that this character looks after other rather than himself. We can see this in action at 0:07 when he's helping a broken down car.

The lighting of this clip is bright. The brightness of this clip suggest it's targeted towards a younger audience from the age 5+. Furthermore, it's animated which gives away that this is targeted to a younger audience. The bright lighting gives a happy and joyful mood to the clip. The lighting and the colours connect. The colours are of bright clean colours such as white, yellow, red etc. This sets a friendly mood to the environment and suggests it's predominately targeted towards a younger audience.

The setting of this clip is in American county side. We are able to gather this as there are clear roads. Where as in a busy town there would be multiple cars around the area. Furthermore, everything is more spaced out compared to a town. The rocky scenery in the background also supports the fact that this is an American countryside.