After watching March of the Penguins I was browsing the internet while I was trying to figure out which direction to take the essay in, because there were too many possibilities for the topic. Soon I found myself watching Monty Python, when the perfect sketch to start this paper on comes on. A newspaper reporter comes on saying "Penguins, yes penguins what relevance do penguins have with the furtherance of medical science? Well strangely enough quite a lot" He moves into a joke about research not being accidental. Then he picks up of the penguins "Nevertheless scientists believe that these penguins, these comic flightless web-footed little b@$#ards are un-wittingly helping man to fathom the uncharted depths of the human mind." The news cast flips to the scientist who introduces himself then states "...having been working on the theory postulated by the late Dr. Kramer that the penguin in intrinsically more intelligent than the human being." From there a multitude of science spoofs lead to the confirmation of this theory of penguins being smarter, even though it is clearly pointed out that the penguin's brain is smaller than of a human being. This causes the penguins to rise up and take over the roles of humans. After careful consideration I decided to discuss this clip as there really is no better way to introduce how animals are used in film as entertainment. Whether it is a crazy Monty Python sketch or the heartwarming love story that is March of the Penguins both were created for many reasons, but the most influential was the desire to earn money. For now just keep Monty Python on the back burner it will have significance later, lets shift to dealing with the questions being posed about March of the Penguins. How did March o...
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...ot just as animals is heavily influenced by the media surrounding the pet store business .
Now, back to Monty Python, in this sketch the scientists are highly flawed research, and produce ridicules amounts of errors yet the result is the takeover of the penguins. In the animal film industry films are produced to make money, these films rely on enticing the most people. To do that they create their own themes, forms, and images to do this, these have at this time become so engrained in the way that people perceive film which does not have these elements would seem wrong. At the end of the day the primary motive of filmmakers are to make money, yet through their themes they reinforce and recreate the values of society, to me it seems as flawed and ridiculous a system to show society's values as much as the science that lead to penguin domination was highly flawed.
The Joy Luck Club and Fried Green Tomatoes Two novels that I could read over and over again, "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan and "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café" by Fannie Flag. The two novels share similar qualities while conveying their different story lines. "The Joy Luck Club" is a sage about several Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters. It is also about the mothers' experiences with immigrating, and/or their upbringing.
For this evolution project, I choose to research Penguins. The classification for this animal is as follows: K Neornithes, P Palaeognathae, C Neognathae, O Pelecaniformes, F Procellariformes, G Graviidae, S Spheniscidae. The first fossil penguin that was found, is today being held in the British Museum of Natural History. It was reportedly found by an anonymous Maori in New Zealand in 1859 and was named Palaeeudyptes Antarcticus despite the fact that the species was located far away from Antarctica. Since that discovery many more fossils were found and were dated back to the Miocene era and three others from the Pliocene era. Several fossils were dated to the Late Pliocene era and others from the Recent era. The earliest avian fossil found in the southern hemisphere is said to have existed in the Eocene age about 38-54 million years ago. There is evidence that at least three of the modern penguins (Aptenodytes, Spheniscus and Pygoscelis) went extinct within the last 4-5 million years. The remainder of the penguins are from 5-40 million years ago, dating back to the time currently recorded, when penguins evolved from other modern birds. Research suggests that the tallest of these penguins were about 6 feet tall. Penguins did originate from an ancestor that flew some 40 million years ago. The common ancestor is assumed to have been somewhat similar to a modern-day diving petrel or auk in appearance and behavior.
A documentary is an informative film that aims to position readers to accept one version of the events or topics expressed. All documentaries posses the ability biased and present an altered version of reality to persuade audience positioning. ‘Blackfish’ is a captivating and inspired documentary released in 2013 concerning the inhumane captivity and domestication of Orcas at SeaWorld for pecuniary advantage. The film, directed by Gabriella Cowperthwaite positions viewers to adopt a dominant reading position on the topic of whale subjugation. The documentary utilises techniques such as expert verification, emotive language and the humanisation of whales to position dominant viewers to accept the ideology that captivity is deleterious
Although both March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet, and Nanook of the North, directed by Robert J. Flaherty, distort the subject of the respective films, they do so to different extents. Since March of the Penguins follows animals’ journey, humans do not understand the emotional capacity of them and cannot relate to them because of the vast differences in life experiences. To make it easier for the audience to relate to the emperor penguins, Morgan Freeman, the narrator, anthropomorphizes them and describes certain actions in ways that humans can empathize with. For example, when the penguins were searching for their mate and mated with them, the scene was portrayed romantically, as if the penguins were humans. It is highly unlikely
Different forms of media are created constantly, sometimes even to address an idea in order to educate the audience, so they may learn from past mistakes. In today’s society, there have been countless films, where an idea was discussed or shown that educated society. Genres such as literature, theater, and film influenced today’s society as demonstrated by the movies the Crucible, which addressed false accusations with no proof, and The Day After Tomorrow, which addressed the debated issue of global warming’s effects.
Animals are a great allegory for real life, it allows the storyteller to get to its main point quickly. The movie Zootopia starts off with a dream, where the main character Judy Hopps wanted to become the first rabbit cop. Throughout the story, Judy faced many difficulties and prejudices while accomplishing her dream, yet Judy managed to achieve her final success. Despite the stereotypes and prejudices people encounter while achieving their dreams, in the movie Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, successfully conveys the message that judgements are not there to break people down but are actually there to encourage people to move towards their final success or their dream.
For my Unlearn week event, I choose to attend Zootopia. Although I do not like to watch movies, I decided to go along with my floor and was surprised by the depth of the seemingly "childish" movie. Before the movie started, a women came on stage to introduce two psychological concepts, and instructed us to pay attention to them throughout the movie. These concepts were: implicit bias, and stereotypes. Along with explaining these terms, she stressed that we all hold biases nonmatter our gender or ethnic background; however, with intentionality, we can seek to not act on them. Furthermore, the movie depicted a society where animals were personified to demonstrate human interactions and wrongdoing. The main character, a bunny, was determined to
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is a satiric comedy about the quest of King Arthur. The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. Through satire and parody of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight's tales appear and the reasons behind their names. Throughout their search, they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film and were not able to get into the castle. The movie ends with both King Arthur and Sir Bedevere being arrested for killing a real-life man who was a historian.
A style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Aggressive Humor inspired by early comedy theories from people like Plato (360 B.C.) to more increased hostile joke theories like Bryant (1977) and Zillman, Bryant and Cantos (1974). Slapstick emphasizes on the idea that most (if not all) of comedy is based on some form of misery whether physical or emotional. The idea that pain is just a part of life makes it instantly relatable towards the average audience member.
To begin, Peter Singer is widely known for popularizing the term “speciesism”, which is a term that views only humans as morally considered (Gruen, 2017). Singer emphasizes on how speciesism favours humans interests (Gruen, 2017). In a way, it is a form of discrimination. Rather than race, it is prejudice against species. Singer argues that by giving humans a special moral status and denying that to animals is unjust, and is what speciesism essentially is (Gruen, 2017). He provides examples as to how animals are constantly experimented on; such as applying electric shocks on them in order for them to perform several tasks, and monkeys having metal collars around their necks (Singer, 2009, p. 42, 44). Singer claims, from a scientific point of
People these days love making movies that are suppose to entertain you when your at home with your family. We never take it seriously for obvious reasons, sense it is a movie and everything is green screen. What if one day you wake up and you turn on the news and there are people being eaten by the new scientific discovery that everyone was so excited about. Todays weapons that we have are powerful, but then you have a company of Velociraptor coming through your windows. We should probably wait a little longer to have those kind of larger friends.
justly, as it seems to the animals, but to be propaganda to make Animalism appealing.
According to Aristotle (who speculates on the matter in his Poetics), ancient comedy originated with the komos, a curious and improbable spectacle in which a company of festive males apparently sang, danced, and cavorted rollickingly around the image of a large phallus. (If this theory is true, by the way, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "stand-up routine.")
Zootopia (Byron Howard Rich Moore 2016) is an extremely successful film about a bunny named Judy. Within the film there are many direct and obvious themes, but a more implicit theme that I found while watching was, Our preconceived fears about certain groups as a society are directly reflected in Zootopia. I will be using the formal elements: camera angle, camera distance, and sound to argue my point. In the scene I will be analyzing, Judy just finished her press conference and claimed that all predators were savages. She gets off the podium and has an encounter with her friend, Nick, who is a predator. He is mad that Judy made this general statement about predators. Nick scares Judy and acts as though he has
among others were the sparkling gem this movie has to offer. Watching the movie is very reflective towards the society of audience. Many say the film is about how animals are watching our society. The animals are confused at how complicated and inefficient our society is.