1、Finding Nemo AnalysisThesis:Through their adventures,the paranoid father learns not to micro-manage his sons life,and the son learns the values of initiative and teamwork.Nemo-Marlin&Corals surviving son(protagonist)learns to survive in the open oceanand the value of home.MarlinDori-Befriends Marlin
2、 and helps him find Nemo;forgetful and impetuousCoral-Nemos mother who dies in attack with all her eggs but oneCrush-The big,old turtle who teaches Marlin to let kids struggle a bit on their own;Squirts popSquirt-One of the baby turtles;Crushs sonMr.Rays-Manta Ray;Nemos teacherBruce-Biggest shark wh
3、o struggles with“Fish are friends,not food.”Tank GangGill-big,scarred fish;clever but grimBlow-blowfish who inflates when startledJacque-crab;compulsive cleanerAuntie Deb-blue fish with stripes Peach-starfish and lookoutDarla-destructive metal-mouth niece of the dentistNigel-the pelican that hears o
4、f Marlins quest and saves Nemo from the seagulls Nemo,a young clownfish is caught by a scuba diver when he ventures into the open ocean and is taken to an aquarium in a dentists office.While Marlin,his father,overcomes his fears of the ocean to find his lost son,he meets Dory,who has a very short me
5、mory.Marlin and Dory search for Nemo,encountering many types of ocean life.Eventually news spreads about Marlins quest and Nigel,a pelican,comes to the tank to rescue Nemo and reunite him with his father.“Finding Nemo”is set in the ocean between the home of Marlin and the East Australian Current and
6、 the Australian dentists office in Sydney.The story of a lost child and his fathers adventure and mission to reunite them is all depicted and played out in this vast area of the southern Pacific.Overall,the director used the ocean as a microcosm to satirize human foibles while showing a quest for se
7、renity.In SCENE#17,Nemo has been placed into the fish tank by the dentist.After he is ceremonially welcomed to the tank,Gill reveals his plan for escapewhich requires a small,strong fish.The tank gang has to act before Nemo is given to Darla,an insensitive human girl who kills fish just by looking a
8、t them(and shaking them to get them to perform for her.Nemos dad,Marlin,a clown fish has told other fish about his quest to find Nemo and those fish told more fish who tell more.Finally,the pelican,Nigel,who has met Nemo,hears the story and alerts the tank gang.Nigel rescues Nemo and Dory,who has fo
9、und him after splitting with Marlin,and gets them to the harbor near the dentists office.Nemo plays dead in order to get rinsed into the sewer system that eventually vents into the harbor,where he runs into Dory,who leads him back to Marlin.In the end,Nemo not only rescues himself,but he also rescue
10、s Dory with his fathers trust and aid.Sound effects during this particular scene of the film help foster realism and set the scene shift.Specific sounds are heard while in the East Australian Current(EAC)with the quick moving of the water and the sounds of each sea turtle.A specific sound of Dory an
11、d Marlin exiting the EAC is heard,and then a quiet lull is present.The quietness helps with the transition of setting from the current to Sydney harbor.Bubbling,waves,seagulls“barking”,and Dory and Marlins swim are an example of the specific sounds that are heard during this scene.The DVD reveals th
12、at the sound of Nemos malformed fin was made with fluttering tissue paper.3rd Setting in the Scene:The TankIn the fish tank,an old rusted container,blue,rocks,bubbles,plastic pink tall plants,a sea shell with a pink ball inside,tall plastic green plants,the filter,and beyond the glass the dentists c
13、hair and tools,his patients,cabinets,pictures on the wall.The window overlooks the harbor,and Nigel.Nemos father(Marlin)*orange&white with a outline of black on fins*big white eyes*small framed mouthNemo*small orange fish*orange,white and with a little trim of blackTurtles*green,with a darker green
14、in certain areas on shellsCrabs*orange&yellow,and small,green*with claws&pincersPelicans*long wings*long facesDori*blue fish*yellow tail*big eyes that blink blankly to show her forgetfulnessSeagulls*short beaks to bark“Mine!”*wings*small,blank eyesFish*Different colors for different species Dolphins
15、*grey and white*long bodies The colors in Finding Nemo were mostly shades of blue and green,since it takes place underwater.The underwater plant life consisted of all different colors such as,purple,green,pink,yellow and many other colors.The characters(fish)were the most colorful from the bright or
16、ange clownfish and the blue and yellow blue tang fish.One effective scene showed a meeting of the sharks that used gray shades for their sinister environment to show they differ from the brightly colored fish.The camera angles under the water are mostly looking from a side view,sometimes straight at
17、 the characters in order to show their normalcy.Sometimes,the camera looks down into the water,reminding us the usual perspective we humans see from the world above.Shots from the tank sometimes show Nemo,as well as the marina outside the dentists window in Sydney harbor.Many of the shots in the tan
18、k look down at the characters to show their smallness,especially Nemo in the filter tube;but some shots look out into the dentists office to help establish that the fish are familiar with his procedures and tools,so they must have been there for a long time,which implies a sinister future for Nemo.S
19、elected positions for scene 17In the EACThe fluid motions of the turtles show how they have adapted to traveling in the swift Eastern Australian Current.Marlins confusion and Squirts getting bumped out of the current show the speed of the current,as well as the contrast between the harbor and the cu
20、rrent after Marlin and Dory have exited.Inside the whaleThe rush of water and the rolling of Dory and Marlin on the whales tongue establish the danger of their situation,which Marlin and the audience feel,but Dory ignores because she is fascinated by the experience as she learns to“speak whale.”The
21、Crab vs.the SeagullsWhen a crab is tossed into the center of a bunch of seagulls,humor and irony follow.The crab on the rock,though surrounded,is not defenseless.The gulls fear his snapping claw and eventually lose him as he escapes into the water.The stupidity of the gulls is established when all o
22、f them shout“Mine!”with one shouting“Mine!”even after the crab has escaped into the water.The Pelican vs.the DentistOne wacky scene,involving a lot of slapstick,shows Nigel,the pelican,loose in the dentists office,creating chaos.The mismatch between the pelican and the dentists tools,glass cabinets,
23、and his frustration at not being able to keep the bird off his equipment all create a mad scene.Nemo vs.the FilterThe contrast between Nemos first,unsuccessful attempt to stop the filter and his second,successful attempt makes Nemo look even braver.Especially when Nemo struggles up the tube,we can see his fear the first time and his determination the last time.
