Research 9, the feature film

 Hello! Today I was assigned to watch a full length film of the short 9. When going into the watching process, I had an idea of what the general plot was going to consist of but I wasn’t sure how the that concept would play out due to the fact that the movie is longer than the short film. In this adaptation Protagonist of the movie is a ragdoll named nine who has been created into a world of chaos and an apocalyptic setting. The protagonist soon realized that he was not the only living thing left in this apocalyptic world. He found more like him (rag dolls) with different numbers on their back‘s, indicating what order they were made. Their main goal was to survive. But when trying to save one of his friends the protagonist ended up awakening an evil machine that takes their souls once captured. Throughout the movie more and more characters (rag dolls) had been captured and their life force has been taken from them by the evil machine. Nine knew that he needed to stop the evil machine in order to save his kind. The protagonist and his friends rule the courage to defeat the evil machine. To set his friends souls free, 9 held a ceremony in which he put five different sticks in a circle each with the fabric that the ragdoll’s were made out of. In the middle of the circle there was a big fire , I believe the ceremony was to help guide the souls from the soul trap back to themselves and finally be free. Throughout the movie I’ve noticed a big character development for the main protagonist, in the beginning he was so afraid of the world but throughout the movie we can see him progress and conquer his fears. We also get to see nines friendships with the other  rag dolls Grow and flourish into great friendships. When it comes to animation we can see that it was more thought out and more technical than the short film that was made prior to the full length movie. The animation was clean and precise. Although it’s not a traditional setting, the animators were very detailed for the movie. Another noticeable thing is that the movie was filled with dialogue and sound. Not only did the protagonist speak but also the other characters that helped the protagonist in the movie also had a voice. Overall I really enjoyed the movie and the style it had.