Dragon

Intro

How to train your dragon is 2010 Computer animated Film directed by Dean Deblois and Chris
sanders. In this essay It will explore the characters’ themes and film techniques that make it
successful. The plot follows the town of Berk and the chief’s son Hiccup in the beginning Hiccup
wants to fit in and kill a dragon throughout the film he realizes dragons are not the enemy and then
saves the village from war against dragons. The main theme of the film is friendship and being
yourself.

The characters in how to train your dragon are creative relatable and imaginative and throughout
the film they change into better people. The character roster includes hiccup, toothless, Stoic and
Astrid, these characters represent different personalities. Hiccup is a small w eak teenager who is
trying to live up to his father’s expectations and only succeeds by staying true to himself. By not
killing toothless he solved his villages dragon problem and made peace with them. This is one of the
reasons it how to train your dragon is successful these characters this also links with the theme of
friendship and staying true to yourself.

The theme of friendship and staying true to yourself is shown through the film of how to train your
dragon. The film also explores not judging a book buy its cover the dragons are scary on the outside
but kind and puppy like on the inside. The theme of staying true to your self is explored when Hiccup
saves the village from war against the dragons by staying true to his morals and not killing toothle ss.
The friendship theme is prominent in the ending fight scene between the alpha dragon by working
together. These scenes clearly show the theme slightly or noticeable. This is one of the reasons it is
successful

The cinematic techniques in how to train your dragon are important to frame the scenes. Scenes are
important to give messages such as conveying if a character good or is strong weak scarred or lonely
scenes are created with various film techniques. The fish scene is a good example of film techniques
being used to create a good scene the scene starts with an over the shoulder shot with a low angle
making toothless big and hiccup look small. It then changes. To eye level shot with thin eyes and
music sudden beats when hiccup is threatened. This scene shows the perspective of hiccup and his
bias against the dragons. This is one of the reasons how to train your dragon is successful.

To summarise what has been stated how to train your dragon is a successful film. This Is due to a
range of reasons such as film techniques and scenes the themes and the unique character’s.
Throughout the essay we explained this point.