Persuasive Techniques In Finding Nemo

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In 2002, Disney Pixar premiered yet another jaw dropping film called Finding Nemo. Though the films vibrant scenery, all aged storyline, booming voices, and valuable lessons, Disney Pixar successfully portrayed an original, outstanding, enjoyable story. The film starts off with a dark and devastating scene. A huge barracuda swoops down and takes all of Marlin’s, the clownfish, baby eggs. He is left with one baby egg, and names him Nemo. Since Marlin is a single parent, he is very overprotective of his son. Nemo, trying to show off and revolt, swims near a boat, and is unexpectedly taken by divers to a dentist aquarium. It is up to Marlin and Dory, a forgetful friend, to find Nemo throughout a long rollercoaster journey. The journey contains …show more content…

The camera view makes the audience feel as if they are in the fish's body. Nemo looks around the community he lives in, the reef. In this moment, the audience gets caught up into the movie and feels as if they are a fish looking around the ocean. Throughout the entire film, the director brings bright colors, amazing movements, and real life feelings. One specific example is towards the middle of the movie when Nemo is in the aquarium at the dentist office. Animated movies have the representation of the scenery looking fake and unrealistic, but Finding Nemo broke that. Imagine a dentist office, plain walls, patients sitting around, and magazines everywhere, this is exactly how the film shows it. Throughout the entire movie, Disney shows only vibrant scenes. There is no moment of rest, but always feeling apart and in the …show more content…

During my first time seeing Finding Nemo, I noticed this film was something special. While wiping away my tears, I thought about how sad it was that Nemo was separated from his dad, only to look up and see my mom crying also. Astonished by my mom feeling the same feelings I did, I looked down the row to see my grandparents upset also. The story plot line is based of the adventures of Marlin and Dory trying to find Nemo. Throughout the film many lessons and good examples are taught and shown. This is part of what makes it so enjoyable. Lastly, the story line has never ending action and humor. From Nemo escaping the dentist office, to Dory singing, “just keep swimming,” this film keeps the viewer on their toes and so all aged relating.
Another positive feature in Finding Nemo is, the booming voices. Geoffrey Rush, the voice behind the seagull named Nigel, literally held his tongue when recording some of his lines. He wanted to sounds as if he had water and two small fish in his beak. Another example is when, Barry Humphries is vocalizing the shark. He used such harsh tone, echos, and fadeaways to portray the aggressive and moving shark. All characters voices are very realistic and sharp. Since this movie is animated the actors were told to spear emotion into their voices, Finding Nemo did just

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