Cars

Abstract

Words of determination are spoken over flash shots of a car racetrack: ‘Speed … I am speed … One winner, forty-two losers … I eat losers for breakfast.’ This is Lightning McQueen, a sleek red sports car who always loves, and needs, to win. He slips out onto the racetrack to thousands of adoring fans and a flock of paparazzi flashing their cameras at him. He speeds around the track with an air of arrogance; this is who he is, and he loves that people love him. Watching him overtake the other cars, determined to win, we can see that he uses physical tricks to get what he wants. In the crowd, beautiful female twin cars faint at the sight of him and his sleek moves. In the pits, we see various pit stop teams at work, which as well as adding credibility to the story, is important as a symbol of teamwork that will thematically come into play later on.