Charlie And Lola - I'm Really ever not so well
Character Analysis
Charlie: In the video it is explained early on that Charlie is the older brother of Lola, he is a young boy of around 7-8 years who is the main narrator of the story and is often stuck in situations in which he has to try and get lola to do something she doesn't want to do or help her out in someway.
In this episode/story Charlie is trying to cheer Lola up under instructions from his parents because she is no feeling well. Charlie wants to cheer Lola up throughout the episode, so that he is able to play in a football match throughout the story, and it is clear that while he is ok with helping lola, he also gets fed-up at points with her clinging, sighing when he offers to get mum to help only to be told by Lola that she want him to play with her.
Lola: A young girl of around 4-5years old she is the younger sister charlie and often Charlie will tell stories of her actions. She is an imaginative young girl, and like most children of this age, can be a bit dramatic, and example of this is shown in this episode when the things she usually loves seem to taste 'horrible' and she sighs stating 'I remember when everything tasted yummy' saying it as though she were reminiscing for something long in the past.
Throughout the episode she is sick and insistent that charlie be the one to keep her company when he says their mum could come up.
Charlie and Lola are both British, I would say they live in London with a fairly toned down accent, this enables it to connect with children more.
Vocals - Charlie
Charlie swaps between the roll of 'narrating' the story to the dialogue he says as a apart of it. This change is clear in the tone and pitch of his voice.
when in speech there is more intonation in his voice, it is also slightly higher and more open, showing he is talking to lola as a pose to thinking or talking to us.
When thinking to himself or addressing the audience, his voice will be slightly lower, in the beginning he whispers to us as though he is taking mind that Lola is ill and doesn't want to disturb her, suggesting and element of breaking the fourth wall with the use of his vocals.
When trying to cheer lola up, his voice rises an example of this is during the scene near the end while chasing Lola's butterfly 'There, there, theres your butterfly' there is elevated and slightly higher pitch, they also throw the voice a bit so it sound as though they are calling out toward the butterfly.
'and maybe I can cheer her up before I go footballing with Marv' - toward the end of the statement charlie's voice lowers slightly in tone and pitch and the emotion shows that Charlie wants to play with Marv a soon as he can, and is staying to cheer lola up because of his mothers wishes.
A recurring tick is Charlie sighing when Lola calls him as he is about to go out, this is well applied as it shows how fed-up Charlie is and how he just wants to go to his friends and play football, I feel older brothers and sisters the same age as Charlie will be able to relate because they to will probably have to help their younger sibling out from time to time when they just want to go to a friends house.
Vocals - Lola
A key part of the vocals for Lola this chapter are the element that she is sick.
She sounds sick as a result of the voice acting, it sounds as though her nose is blocked and there is more tension in the vocals suggesting a tightness in her throat which works well with lola this chapter as she is sick.
Lola's mood shifts as the episode progresses, her voice is quieter and more reserved, showing she is down about being sick and can't do anything, when Charlie mentions the 'cold germs', her voice elevates and she seems more interested and excited and she attempts to count all the germs she 'sees'. Her tone then drops again when she calls for Charlie and she expresses her desire for wanting to say, emphasising the you in the line 'I want you to stay Charlie'
Her tone yet again elevates when charlie agree's mentioning a jigsaw puzzle and asks 'Can you get my happy one charlie'
This makes me think that she is playing up how she feels at this point in order to get charlie to Stay and play with her while she doesn't feel well.
'I want you to help me find it' - the emphasis on you yet again shows us that lola is set on charlie being with her while she sick
and when the jigsaw is finished and Charlie asks how she is feeling again she adds a cough, that is slightly quick and immediately goes back to her ill self, with a down tone and quiet voice, the quick change in voice shows the audience that at this point Lola is playing up how she feels in order to have Charlie stay with her.
Sound Effects + Music
The sound effects and music used within this episode follow the characters actions and thoughts. At the beginning there is a steady beat on the piano that elevates the idea that Charlie is first starting to think of how to cheer lola up coming to an abrupt stop as soon as Lola eats a cookie and makes a small kind of gag sound.
When Lola is 'reminiscing' on what is was like to eat yummy food or smell, there is a cheerful upbeat piece of music playing to show how happy she felt in those moments.
There are a range of sound effects used, such as the sound of biting into a cookie and drinking milk through a straw, as well as bed sheets ruffling that match the actions happening on screen. we also have coughing and sneezing which makes Lola's character more believable as she is meant to be sick in this episode.
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