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The theme of Despicable Me, besides being an animation, is the outlook on parent/child relationships. This theme is exemplified in the scene given because it shows the annoyed father giving his newly adopted kids the rules of the house. They continue on by asking funny questions or doing funny things, annoying him even more. I would say that the theme is definitely active. Since it is a kids movie, there is no intention on continually teaching morality throughout the whole movie, even though there are hints of parenting that adults may catch onto during times in the movie.
The two topics that help reinforce the theme and scene that I recognized are space and movement. Space is used when comparing the amount of space each character's patience takes up. The evil doctor is having no tolerance and patience when dealing with the children's silliness. However, the children are all over place. They don't have a worry or a care in the world. Many times that is similar for every parent/child relationship. Also, space is used in the amount of space each character takes up. It is there to show who is the parent and who is the child. Obviously the parent is going to be much bigger than the child or children that he/she is taking care of, otherwise that would just be awkward. Movement in used in each of the character's to show how they are feeling. The evil father is showing direction with his hand gestures and anger with the expressions on his face. The children are showing happiness and fun with the way they play around with objects or make funny noises. I also really like the use of color with the way they make the children's outfits pink to represent that fun and joy, and they use black to represent the angriness of the evil father. This represents them as their character as well. Kids are happy, which means bright colors. The father is evil, which means dark colors. Light and color represent character very well.
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