Symbolism In Chicken Run

In Chicken Run, he opening and closing scenes portray the chickens’ desire for freedom, which the director illustrates through the use of lighting, diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound. The artificial, dim lighting in the opening scene alludes to POW camps, making the viewers sympathise for the chickens and admire their determination and their desire to escape to freedom. Mr Tweedy’s torchlight creates a vector towards the Chickens and another intertextual allusion to the Great Escape and a POW camp. The slim light from the spotlight symbolises the chickens’ slim chance of hope of escape. This contrasts greatly against the closing scene, as the closing scene has bright, saturated sunlight to imply that their new life is full of hope and optimism