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
The use of definition when it comes to dopamine, for example, is an excellent rhetorical strategy for those unfamiliar with the chemical and its effects on happiness. This comes to light when the film describes dopamine as “a chemical in the brain called a neurotransmitter that’s necessary for feelings of pleasure and happiness” , and then explains the intricate details of its process in the brain (Belic). Considering how dopamine is the fundamental chemical for happiness, it is essential that this documentary set in modern times touch upon it. When it comes to rhetorical strategies, the documentary does hold an advantage over written pieces in terms of imagery. Obviously, to use one image or vivid description would be a discredit to the others it presents, but where its imagery holds the most power is when the film demonstrates people “doing what they love” while talking about it, such as the surfer who describes his passion as the camera shows him curving over a wave (Belic). This particular usage of imagery allows the audience to visualize and connect with what the surfer is describing, and almost allowing them to experience it in the same fashion. This works particularly well in combination with the sound effects of the waves and wind combined and the soothing soundtrack to provide an element of
This appeals to surprised and saddened emotions of the audience by stating “whales are stored for 2/3 of their life in a small dark area”. The trainers “would deprive them food to make them go into the box” and this resulted in “whales covered in rakes and blood”. The music slows to a wistful tune as the former trainers discuss how “it didn’t feel right to store them there” in order to draw the audience in to empathize with them. The use of these heartbreaking scenes exhibits a sympathetic tone that proves to the audience that whales should not be kept in captivity. Blackfish uses reasoning to explain that an orca is a very intelligent creature and aware of its environment and interactions. “Whales have a part in their brain humans don’t have, they can process emotions. They live emotional lives”. The film uses this claim in order to emphasize that orcas in captivity suffer mentally. Blackfish confirms this statement by explaining that orcas have a limbic system that is more complex compared to humans. It then displays a scene reviewing an MRI that proves that researchers found a development in the brain of an orca that cannot be fully explained. By examining the brain first hand it is proof for the audience that allows them to understand this concept. The film states that mental stress and irritation can occur when
In Finding Nemo, the audience sees how Marlin has a call to adventure which is a typical feature of the archetypal hero’s life. Marlin’s son Nemo was at his first day at school, he wants to show how he was not a
In Finding Nemo, Nemo is a nonconformist because he grew up with one weaker fin and had to struggle to live with that unlike most of the other fish who found swimming to be easy. Nonconformity was very important in the lives of transcendentalist and was included in many works of literature. “A single red ant on the hillside of this valley, evidentially full of excitement, who either had dispatched his foe, or had not taken part in the battle.” In this quote Thoreau describes an ant that was different than the others sitting away from where the other ants were. This shows how the ant was different than the other and hasn’t participated in what was the normal behavior for the ants. The ant represents the lifestyle of a transcendentalist, living a different life and not adjusting to what other people do. Dory represents this transcendentalist concept because she doesn’t care about what other people think. She lived and acted differently than the other fish. Her famous quote “just keep swimming” shows she knew she was different and wouldn’t let being different set her back. Being different and standing out from the crowd are very important in this film. Nonconformity relates to pop culture because many people are different and have different qualities or features, just like the ocean in Finding Nemo with many different species and
It is terrifying without being grotesque, and spectacular without being unbelievable (if the shark looks a little fake, remember that, at the time 'Jaws' was released, 'Space Invaders' was on the cutting edge of computer graphics design and there was no such thing as 'Shark Week on the Discovery Channel'). Roy Scheider's Brody is a quintessential everyman, an average guy beset by fear and guilt who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances and rises to the occasion. Dreyfuss' Hooper is brash and brave enough not to come off as nerdy or self-righteous, and his friendship with Brody becomes the backbone of the movie (Spielberg and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb wisely deviated from the novel in regards to the character of Hooper, who was originally Brody's nemesis). Robert Shaw's Quint is a modern-day Captain Ahab, a worthy foe for the malevolent shark. The suspense is potent and the action thrilling, but the humor, emotion, and character development make this movie much more than a summer
speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed” (7). In Nick’s description of Tom it is evident that Tom uses his voice to impose his power on others. The combination of a sturdy body, gruff voice, and prestigious accomplishments means Tom could use his intimidation to gain more power throughout the story. Tom’s wife, Daisy, confirms his use of this power after he injures her when she says, “That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big, hulking physical specimen…” (12). Nick is under Tom’s influence as well when Tom “stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder” (10). This is a simple yet powerful act of dominance over Nick displayed by Tom. Another aspect of Tom’s power is his control
As Jake finds his way from his ordinary world into a new world packed with adventure, the film captures his journey and throughout the film, there are links to the hero’s journey. Essentially, Jake’s new familiar world becomes Pandora as he reaches a point of acceptance from the Na’vi people. Cameron has created a film packed with action and adventure but there are also many emotions between the avatars. Overall, the shots, sound and lighting all played a major role to distinctively indicate the emotions and action within the film and capture ‘The Hero’s
Finding Nemo was a movie about a mischievous son who was captured by a scuba diver with his overprotective father who tried to save him. Not to mention, Nemo had a small fin from an accident. In the beginning of the movie, Marlin’s wife was killed in a barracuda attack. The dynamic of the family consisted of a single father, Marlin, and his only child, Nemo. Because Marlin was a single father, he was overprotective of Nemo. Thus, the dynamic, single parent relationship, can be understood and a parenting style can be identified. The parenting style Marlin was likely portraying was authoritative. For instance, Marlin had set rules on how Nemo should prepare himself for school; in addition, was caring to Nemo when hurt or when in danger. In other words, Marlin was both very responsive and very demanding. Based on the example and the dynamic of the family, Marlin’s parenting style was determined. Thus, parenting styles can be identified in families. Furthermore, the result of the parenting style was seen in the child. In particular, Nemo was able to make many friends at school and was optimistic about his rescue from his father. Overall, Nemo was adequate or competent socially and mentally. Again, proved Marlin’s parenting style as authoritative; hence, parenting style can be identified in families. Additionally, another dynamic of a family to examined was Modern
In the movie Finding Nemo, there is a father name Marlin, and a little son named Nemo. The personality of Nemo is he is an off the wall little clown fish that likes to take chances and is what we would call a hyper-active child. He likes to bounce around, take adventures without his dad being around, and somewhat despises his dad for always wanting to be right by his side. Till the day that acting out gets him in trouble. One day heading to school him and his dad, Marlin, get in an argument that makes Nemo want to rebel just like a little child would. So while at school he wants to prove to everyone that he can do everything anyone else could just ...
“I’m very involved with the whole line test thing. For me, when you’ve worked all day on an animation and that moment when you see the drawings move, that’s a really magic moment, and there is no sound to it. I also think that an animation without the constraints of spoken words is stronger. If you have to fit everything to the words, all the gestural movement revolves around the mouth. Without it, you are much freer to create true animation, to talk through animation itself. Animation modeled around the dialogue is like something, which has already been set in stone, there’s less scope for interpretation. I have always wanted the animators to bring something to it.”
Walt Disney himself once said that he does “[...] not make films primarily for children [...].” Therefore, his ...
Few months ago, there was a huge impressing movie to me, which was named Inside Out, and it is an animation movie, and focused on adults. Inside Out is also fifteenth animation movie that Global animation company, Pixar, released. Their ambitious work, Monster University, failed to gain a number of audiences, so Pixar had resting period for two years. As the result, people worried about that Pixar might have been collapsed. However, two years later, according to this movie, Pixar informed they are still alive by obtaining many audiences. This movie completely gave me a good lesson and realization that how much and why all emotions are needed and important.
For example, the name-sake of the film, Wall-E, does not speak more than a few choice words, but the noises that he makes give us an insight to his thought process. When Wall-E is surprised he beeps out, “Woah”. Other ways sound design give the audience a consistency of character is through the noises of the robot’s movements. When Wall-E adjusts his eyes to focus on something, one can hear the motors, when he blinks one can hear the click of metal, and when he makes his trash squares the rumbling of trash within him can be heard. These little details not only show the work of a concise character, but also give the audience clues about what type of character he is.
This is an area of the script that would really benefit from more development. Currently, the dialogue sounds on the nose, or stiff, or just not natural. Some dialogue sounds contrived. For example: “I hope everything will be better when dad comes home from jail for being a bookie.”