Chicken Run Synopsis

Chicken Run Movie Analysis

Susanne Dow

Synopsis

I chose Chicken Run, a family movie about a group of chickens who are trying to escape from their owners, the Tweedys. The protagonist, Ginger, who is a chicken, is the mastermind of all the escape plans. She desires to save all the chickens from being made into dinner, which happens when they stop laying eggs. When all of Ginger’s plans fail, a handsome Rooster named Rocky falls in the chicken yard, so she asks him to teach them to fly. However, this Rooster cannot really fly because he simply was shot from a cannon for a circus. This leads to him lying in order to stay around Ginger. When his wing finally heals from the fall he had, he runs away to avoid the confrontation. A huge fight starts because of this, but Ginger stops it by saying that they will escape by making a plane. She got the idea from their

She is a typical example of a ditsy female and her speech is affected by that. Bunty is more of a tomboy, and she has an angry streak and shows it. Mack is an example of a nerdy girl who is always saying something in an overcomplicated manner. Rocky is a suave chicken and makes all the chickens go crazy over him. Fowler on the other hand is an old grouch who is always reminiscing about the good old days. Mr. Tweedy is very quiet and in fear of making his wife angry, while Mrs. Tweedy speaks in a way that shows she knows she has the control of her husband. Mrs. Tweedy uses a defensive form of communication called control messages, desiring to stomp on her what her husband says (McCornack, 2015). None of the characters show differences between male and female communication that holds true for all of them, in fact all of them have their own unique way of speaking. They also all use “affect displays”, for example Bab’s face often shows her confusion and Ginger’s face often shows her frustration (McCornack,