Research 9, the feature film

The feature length film 9 by Shane Acker is an animated film produced in 2009. The film was an expanded version of the short 9. The animation features rag dolls that are being attacked by robot machines. It begins with a scene of a man creating these rag doll creatures, giving the viewer a little bit of background on the characters. The main character 9, awakens to an apocalyptic world. An outward zoom is used to enhance the post destruction scene to show that 9 is standing in the only house that is left standing. The dark color scheme used throughout the film also helps enhance the post destruction effect. Because of the length of this film, the director was able to go in depth to build the characters and reveals a little bit more about their personalities. Even though it is longer, the plot is only further developed in 2 ways. We learn that the machines going after the rag dolls are working for a larger and more dangerous machine. In addition, we learn, why humans have been destroyed. I found it especially interesting that this film was rated PG-13. Traditional animation films are rated PG or G and have an intended audience of children. Shane acker may have been trying to expand animation to adults by making it less childish and by using more clean and professional animation images. In the long film, the robots are very futuristic. This is contrasted to simple design of rag dolls. This contrast once again emphasizes the evilness of the robots with the innocence of the rag dolls. Flashbacks are used to show the humans before the apocalypse. These flashbacks show how the humans fought to defeat the evil robots but ultimately were unsuccessful. Overall, I enjoyed this film much more than the short.



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