Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball’s was very entertaining film for both children and adults. Originally it was a book written by Judi Barrett that was published in 1978. The director had to update some of the dialogue to incorporate jokes that are entertaining to adults by referring to people events and situations found humorous in 2010. This made it popular to adults who were more perceptive of the humor while still being appropriate for children. This seems to be a common occurrence in the children’s cartoon produced in the last 10 years. Also the illustrations in the film are more comparable to screen shots with the manipulation of angles and depth. In movies like “Snow White” most of the illustrations were at medium angle with movement left, right, up, and down. However in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” the viewer would see more dimensional illustrations showing more depth to the world. There were many long shots in the film showing the main character running down the street in a hurry shot from far above. Shots like this show the evolution of cartooning and are especially noticeable when comparing it to and older classic like “Snow White”.