Abbie Lloyd

Minions: a film produced by Universal studios (a mainstream

Hollywood production company)

Genre: Comedy, Animation, Family fun

Storyline: The story of the Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as
single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually
serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping
these masters - from T. rex to Napoleon - the Minions find themselves without
someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin
has a plan, and he - alongside teen-age rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The
trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next
potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock), the
world's first supervillainess ever.
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve
Coogan, Jennifer Saunders
And Pierre Coffin
Budget: 74 million
Release date:

June 11, 2015 (London premiere)

July 10, 2015 (United States)

Profits: $1.153 billion (box office)
Elements of a mainstream Hollywood
production company
Genre
Special effects

Elements of Minions as a mainstream

Hollywood production
Comedy, Animated adventure, Family
fun
Special effects are typical in
mainstream Hollywood productions. As
you are already aware, Minions is a
completely animated film. I really feel

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Stereotypes and binary opposites

Enigmatic imagery

Pre-existing property

Star driven

Action

that despite the cartoon like feel to the

movie, the animators have done an
amazing job in adding realism and
dimension to the characters both
visually and emotionally.
There is a strong feeling of Good versus
evil running through the entire film.
The minions are always searching for
an evil villain to be their master. I feel
that Minions is an unusual in this way
as it plays around with the roles of
good and evil by making our main
characters, who happen to be
extremely adorable and small, the
villains. However like, similarly to the
film Frozen which I have also studied,
the minions switch roles and go from
being bad to being good.
In terms of how strong the film is I
would say its extremely strong thanks
to the last movies in the minions series
(despicable me, and despicable me 2).
The minions have already gained a
good status from their roles in previous
films. Minions allows the audience to
experience the characters in a brand
new adventure. The release was highly
anticipated.
Pre-existing property includes:
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
Famous people that starred in the
film included:
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Steve Carell (Get smart)
This film can be classes as an animated
action family adventure. In this film we
see how Minions evolve through the
ages, perpetually serving the most
despicable of masters. Continuously
unsuccessful at keeping these masters
- from T. rex to Napoleon - the Minions
find themselves without someone to
serve and fall into a deep depression.
But one Minion named Kevin has a
plan, and he - alongside teen-age rebel
Stuart and lovable little Bob - ventures

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out into the world to find a new evil
boss for his brethren to follow. The trio
embarks upon a thrilling journey that
ultimately leads them to their next
potential master, Scarlet Overkill