The Cove Review 1. Who are the film’s subjects? The film’s subjects are the dolphins, in the town of Taiji, Japan, fishermen, who slaughter them and try to hide the cove from being filmed and try to get the crew of Louie Psihoyos, which consists of dolphin activists, divers, surfers, film producers, scientists, and other crew members, who help Louie and O’Barry with the stopping mass killing of dolphins on their cove. The main subject are the dolphins. The other class is the team to help the subjects be free from captivity, but still play as helping protagonists of the film, and the fishermen are the ones against their belief because they make a hefty dime, which makes them the antagonists. The Dolphins have no choice in what to do except to try to swim for their lives to get away from the fishermen. 2. What is the film’s approach? …show more content…
The main plot throughout it explains itself. The approach is to stop the killing of Dolphins. Series of interviews hidden footage from cameras planted on the site to show what the fishermen are doing to the dolphins. It is very graphic to see the footage at the end of the film. The films approach did prove that they are killing the dolphins, but in an inhumane way and they laugh and smoke cigarettes over it. In interviews with the leader of Taiji’s Cove says that they kill them in one swoop to make sure there is no suffering. I agree with Jeannette Catsoulis, who states “an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller, complete with bugged hotel rooms, clandestine derring-do and mysterious men in gray flannel suits.” The story unfolds slowly showing a series of clips and interviews and showing the team preparing to enter the cove of Taiji to plant the cameras to show the cruelty of the hidden site that no one has access too. The clips are a preparation to show the final scene that shows the gruesomeness of
On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan about a man that once felt he owed something to the mob and now he wants to control his life. This film is a classic mobster movie that is well known for the filming techniques used whilst shooting. The method acting, the lighting, and the camera angles establish the plot.
Blackfish is a 2013 documentary attempting to elevate public awareness regarding the orca that are being kept in maritime amusement parks, specifically SeaWorld, and the inherent danger of their captivity. The film is effective because it raises a set of important ethical questions for the viewer while presenting with a necessary fact-based style of documentation that does not evoke gratuitous scenes of abuse in order to inspire sympathy, unlike some of the other films that are intended to raise awareness about animal abuse. The film focuses on one orca, commonly referred to as a killer whale, in particular by the name of Tilikum. The documentary begins as a group of contract fishermen hunt a family of killer whales off the coast of Iceland.
The film The Searchers directed by John Ford, featured actor John Wayne. The setting of the film takes place in 1868 in the frontier of Texas. The main character, Ethan Edwards was an ex-confederate soldier, who had return home from the war. The question of “Was John Wayne’s character, Ethan, an Indian hater?” can be answered through the use of examples found throughout the movie. Ethan can be depicted as an Indian hater because of the dislike of his 1/8 Cherokee nephew Martin and other natives, his view of captured women by the Natives and his urge for the killing of the Comanche natives. During 1868 you have an expansion of the western frontier. People are going out west, to make a better future for themselves. The western frontier was a
the start of the film. Their quest takes them to the wreck of the ship Titanic which sank
Often when we think about the Titanic the first thought that comes to the mind is the film “Titanic” which was produced in 1997, 85 years after the disaster struck. It starred Kate Winslett (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson) And Billy Zane (Cal Hokley) as the main characters. The film is about a love triangle between the three main characters. This movie was produced by James Cameron who put enormous amount of research about the shipwreck of the titanic in order to depict the turn of events in his film. Amongst the purposes of his research he wanted to accurately depict the ship wreck itself from the very instant the ship hit the iceberg to the very last part of the ship that was subdued into the water. Another very significant part of Cameron’s research was to understand the socio-economic status of the passengers which will be discussed in detail later. Although historians have criticized certain aspects Cameron’s film the accuracy in which he depicts certain aspects such as the socio-economics of the passengers can’t be ignored.
The male gaze has been a prominent theme in movies, music and other areas of culture for a considerable amount of time. This is something that is primarily categorized by someone who is doing the looking. More specifically it is how the audience is viewing the people or person that is being represented. The male gaze is essentially something that in advertizing, and in movies enables women to become a commodity which enables products to sell, because we all know in society that sex sells, and especially in modern marketing. Something to take into consideration is the fact that woman have not had a considerable amount of involvement in film making over the past 100 years, and even today, this is still a fact. Although women tend to be involved
In the short story “ The Open Boat,” by Stephen Crane, Crane does an outstanding job creating descriptive images throughout the entire story. With saying this, Crane uses symbolism along with strong imagery to provide the reader with a fun and exciting story about four guys who 's fight was against nature and themselves. Starting early in the book, Crane creates a story line that has four men in a great amount of trouble in the open waters of the ocean. Going into great detail about natures fierce and powerful body of water, Crane makes it obvious that nature has no empathy for the human race. In this story, Crane shows the continuous fight that the four men have to endure in able to beat natures strongest body of water. It 's not just nature the men have to worry about though, its the ability to work together in order to win this fight against nature. Ultimately, Crane is able to use this story, along with its vast imagery and symbolism to compare the struggle between the human race and all of natures uncertainties.
I chose to write about the very famous movie Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975. Beginning with Act I, is what we call the set-up. The very first part of the set-up is the characters. The protagonist in the movie is Martin Brody, who is a police chief. Chief Brody’s wife is Ellen, the Shark hunter is named Quint, and the oceanographer is Matt Hooper. The mayor of Amity Island, Larry Vaughn, is also a significant character in the movie. The antagonist is Jaws, the great white shark. The relationship between the protagonist and the antagonist is not a good one. The protagonist, Martin Brody, is on a hunt for the antagonist, who is a sea monster and has gone on a killing spree, attacking many of the innocent victims on Amity Island. Next, the inciting incident sets up the central conflict in a movie. The story is set into motion with the attack and death of Chrissie Watkins. Chrissie is a young girl who was skinny-dipping with a boy after a party. This results in her getting brutally attacked and eaten. Her remains are found the next morning on the beach, by police chief Martin Brody. The town declares her death a “boating accident.” The film’s tone is frightening and definitely scary. The first turning point in the film is when a young boy, Alex Kitner gets eaten by the shark, while swimming with his friends. This leads to the decision of the police chief closing down the beaches for the safety of the residents on Amity Island. Alex Kitner’s mother issues a three-thousand dollar reward for the person who finds and kills the shark. This attracts many shark hunters from nearby cities to Amity Island.
In Blackfish, Director, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, addresses the accidents that occurred at SeaWorld involving trainers and whales. Cowperthwaite’s purpose is to educate the audience on the cruel treatment and rough conditions of whales that occur in SeaWorld. The film maintains a shocking tone in order to persuade the audience and appeal to feelings of sadness and anger.
The Fishes, led by Julian, is a non-conformist revolutionary group who are “at war with the British government until they recognise equal rights for all immigrants in Britain.” The high modality of “at war” emphasises their non-conformist nature and difference in values; the Fishes fight for refugees’ justice and subvert the fascist values of the British government. Rebellion amongst other members of the population can also be seen in a scene with Theo on the train. Cuarón uses a long continuous shot is used as the audience follows him on his journey, which creates a documentary feel and makes the film more realistic. The scene begins with an anti-immigration propaganda played on the train and the camera slowly pans over Theo and to the windows where the rebels could be seen throwing rocks onto the train. The slow pan from the anti-immigration propaganda to the rebels emphasise the dissension in the society; the rebels disagree with the British government’s values and policies. Cuarón represents people and politics in a unique and evocative way through an exploration of conformity and non-conformity in a dystopian
Big Fish is a film directed by Tim Burton, and the screenplay is written by John August. Tim Burton is widely known for his twisted yet whimsical imagination in films such as Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare before Christmas. Big Fish puts the audience in the middle of a rocky relationship between father and son. Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) is tired of his father, Edward Bloom’s (Albert Finney) relentless storytelling. He believes Edward tells outrageous tall-tales for attention. When his father falls ill and becomes bedridden Will Bloom desperately seeks answers, and wants to learn who is father truly is. Big Fish takes the audience on an adventure through Edward Bloom’s youth, and is a journey through imagination.
As the film starts, the music begins to play very quietly and slowly. begins to build, which starts to create tension. Then the camera shows the point of view of the shark moving through the weeds making the audience know that something is present in the water building fear. As this happens the music builds up, gets louder and faster making you think something is going to happen building more tension and fear of the unknown. Then it goes to the main opening seen which starts with the sound of a mouth organ playing on the beach.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
The theme of this story is actually stated in the story if it is read carefully and Crane reinforces it innumerable times. The theme of the story is man’s role in nature and is related to the reader through the use of color imagery, cynicism, human brotherhood, and the terrible beauty and savagery of nature. The story presents the idea that every human faces a voyage throughout life and must transition from ignorance to comprehension of mankind’s place in the universe and among other humans.
Whale Rider is an award-winning film that takes place just off a small village in New Zealand. The movie was set between the time periods from the late 1970’s to the early 1980’s. The opening scene presents one of the Chiefs son’s accompanying his wife through labor, where she is presumed dead along with one of their twins, the boy. The only survivor is the daughter, which is named Pai. This is highly controversial, as Paikea is said to be the name of the future chief, named after the original Paikea, an ancestor who rode the whales into the village. The film takes place in a very difficult period for a woman, as it laps with the Women’s Rights Movement.