Communication Themes In 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople'

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople Essay

How did Taika Watiti communicate themes in his film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople?

Introduction:
Hunt for the Wilderpeople was a movie released in 2016 and the film was the first local feature to make more than NZ$1 million in its opening weekend at the New Zealand box office. Directed by Taika Watiti who also directed other films such as Thor: Ragnarok. He is not only a director but an actor. He makes a cameo in the film as the minister at Aunt Bella’s funeral. The film is based on a book called Wild Pork and the Watercress written by Barry Crump. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a film that discusses various themes throughout the movie while using techniques. The three main techniques that I noticed were being used often were costume, camera angles and music. These three techniques helped the movie a lot and really gave us a better …show more content…

Costume was one of the major techniques used throughout the film, as it helped portray characterisation of different characters. Ricky was one of the many characters in the film that had a particular costume. The scene shown when Ricky arrives into the care of Aunt Bella and Uncle Hec, it was very clear that he looked like an outcast. He was wearing brightly coloured clothing and his shoes were a pearly white colour. Juxtaposition was evident in this situation as his shoes were pearly white and Uncle Hec’s shoes were old and dirty. Throughout the movie Ricky’s clothing gets more and more dirty as they are running away from the Child Welfare system. This shows how Ricky and Uncle Hec are slowly becoming alike each other and we see that they actually learn things from each other. Clothing and costume choices shows Uncle Hec and Ricky’s relationship and how it blossoms throughout the movie, this is also however shown by using camera angles. Camera angles are a huge part in how the film demonstrates relationships

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