1. The Simpsons
Assignment 2
Production Report explaining the content, the
cast, the structure, the language style, amount
of episodes in each series and the main
characters.

2. The Content.
• The Simpsons is a TV animation about humour
adventures of one working class family called
the Simpsons who live in the city of
Springfield.

3. The cast.
The voice over's that do the animation are:
• Dan Castellaneta - Homer Simpson
• Julie Kavner - Marge Simpson
• Nancy Cartwright - Bart Simpson
• Yeardley Smith - Lisa Simpson

4. The structure.
The opening sequence in the Simpsons' is one of the show's most memorable opening by
everyone. The opening was created by David Silverman. Most of the episodes open with
the camera zooming through the show's title towards the town of Springfield. Then the
camera follows the members of the family on their way home from different places.
While they all enter there house, the Simpsons family settle down on their couch to
watch the television. The theme song was composed by musician Danny Elfman in 1989.
The opening sequence change from episode to episode: Bart writes different things on
the school chalkboard, Lisa plays different solos on her saxophone in a music class,Marge
and Maggie are shopping and Homer exists from work. Different things happen to
accompany the family as they enter their living room to sit on the couch. There was also a
new opening credit sequence which was introduced to accompany the switch to HDTV.
The sequence had all of the features that was in the original opening, but added a
number of characters from the show and details.
http://youtu.be/rb82TUYoa88

5. Pictures of different opening structure

6. The language style.
• The main language used in the animation is English but there also
sometimes use different languages which they only say a few words eg.
French, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Arabic etc. The also do English subtitles
sometimes but its rare. It’s a family comedy and they don’t always use
formal language.

7. Amount of episodes in each series.
Season Episodes Season Episodes
18 22
1 13
19 20
2 22
20 21
3 24
21 23
4 22
22 22
5 22
23 n/a
6 25
7 25
9 25
10 23
11 22
12 21
13 22
15 22
16 21
17 22

8. Main characters.
• Homer is the lazy unhealthy loving dad, Marge who is the
hardworking wife who looks after the family, Bart is the
naughty kid and who is only ten year old underachiever, Lisa is
the eight year old who is unappreciated and also the genius of
the family and then there is Maggie who is the silent , cute,
loving infant and also the youngest in the family.
Marge
Homer
Maggie Lisa
Bart