The Character Analysis of Pixar's "Wall-E"
Name: Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class)
Gender: Referred to as he (despite being a robot)
Age: N/A
Ethnicity: N/A
Family: Consider his fellow Wall-E(s) who've long been deceased.
Cultural background: Is a robot designed by Buy n Large, the mega corporation behind the many products and technology that flourished on Earth; as well as the designers behind the space cruiser, The Axiom.
Intelligence (IQ): His mind is artificial but expresses human emotions.
Education: N/A
Occupation: A robot designed to dispose garbage.
Religion/Philosophy: Wall-E was designed to clean up waste that was left behind by the humans who left Earth centuries ago.
Sexual orientation: N/A (implied Straight by his affection towards Eve, who goes by female pronouns)
Goals, ambition, dreams: To find love (Eve), clean up trash (his protocol)
Secrets: Hoards items from the waste and organizes them in his bunker which uses shelves (small shelves to store other Wall-E units) to organize what Wall-E finds. Has a fondness for music as evident by his knowledge of mixtapes.
Fears/Phobias: Seeing his friends hurt, accidentally crushing his cockroach friend (has done it a few times on accident), losing Eve (afraid to be alone)
Sense of humor: Wall-E's a very steady and good natured robot whom is cowardly in some situations aspects over the course of the film. But what makes him funny is the way he reacts to other robots.
Adrenaline moments: Is determined to pursue Eve as he is in love with her, showing us a emotion that we can related as an audience.
Physical description: He is a small miniature robot with tractor wheels for legs; small arms with three fingers that stick out, eyes that're in the shape of goggles with lenses for eyes. It's interior is made as a trash compactor, with the added tape recorder that Wall-E uses to listen to music.
Physical disabilities, if any: Wall-E is unable to perform human task as it's programmed to compress trash and organize them. He can hardly protect to himself and is prone to being beaten by electrical shocks that could potentially short-circuit his battery. In simple terms, he's not complex like the Axiom's robotic residents. And the advancement shows between him and Eve.
Character Pose: Find three poses that represent your character.
(Wall-E, recharging his battery by using solar panels from the sun's power)
(Wall-E holding Eve's hand while she is in sleep mode)
The intent is to show what it's like for Wall-E to live his day-to-day life working as a garbage disposer.
"Whoa..." (He spots a romantic scene between two humans holding hands on the television. And in response, he does the same for himself; except holding both his hands together, taking it all in)
Throughout the duration of the first act of the film, it's mostly been Wall-E's routine where we the audience get to look at his life.
Execution:
The film's scenery and setting shows how much is contrast between us looking at Wall-E and the world he lives in. He is fully aware that garbage continues to become prevalent and simply continues to fulfill his purpose.
When he goes to sleep at the end of the second clip, you can feel how isolated he truly is in a world where there's no other robots like him. Even rocking himself to sleep says a lot about his social status, he knows he is alone.
POWER CENTERS:
For the most part, Wall-E's emotions are conveyed when he either speaks or expresses emotions such as sadness or anger.
Wall-E is a difficult character to convey emotions with. Always having a neutral pose where he's standing up with his arms out and head bent slightly with a head tilt. But his simplistic design makes up for it through the way he looks at certain things such as the objects and items he's acquired. That includes interacting with other robots and humans.
(Wall-E concerned over cockroach being crushed)
(Wall-E examining a Fire Extinguisher)
(Wall-E playing a Paddle-Ball which backfires at his face)
(Wall-E looking at Eve and then at her hand to hold onto)
(Wall-E angering the cleaning robot for making a mess)
GESTURES & POSES:
Most of Wall-E's poses all center around having a neutral stance with his arms usually sticking out. But for the most part, it's the sense of expressive gestures he can do with his simplified limbs.
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