How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
-2
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?- The penguins flying away in a plane and they are in Africa's Safari. Alex the lion has a dream where they all aged.
What connotations do the images carry?
- The images carry over worry and fear because he was scared to of aging and being left behind.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
- The scene shows images of Marty and the hippo extremely old compared to Alex.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
- Alex starts off with a nightmare and then gets surprised with a model of New York made out of clay and dirt. Then he begins to talk about how he wishes he was in NY.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
-Most people watched the other Madagascar so they know the back story on how Alex wishes he was in New York and how he ended up in Africa.
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.
- Zooms out of Alex's face once he wakes up, When the plane fly's away it shows the trail that it left in the air. Lastly, when Alex is on the dirt model of NY there is music being played while he has flashbacks of being in NY.
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