Deconstruction of Finding Nemo in Relation to Journey

Title: Finding Nemo

Author/Composer: Andrew Stanton

Date/Year: 20 May 2003

Form: Film

Summary of Text:

Finding Nemo is a film where a clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo at a school excursion to the open sea. After Marlin's despite warnings about the danger of the sea, Nemo gets taken away by a bunch of divers taken back to a Sydney dentist office. When his son was taken away from him, Marlin goes on a journey to rescue him. Throughout the journey Marlin has his up and downs but in the end he learns how to not be afraid and to let go and believe through humour from Dory.

Links to your Area of Study:

Journey is defined as a transition, a shift from one place to another. Finding Nemo is linked to the area study because the film shows the Physical journey that Marlin goes on to find his son. During the journey it shows how he has changed from the beginning of the movie to the end mentally and emotionally.

Quotations/specific references:

* "P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney"

* The school of fish makes directions which symbolises journey.

* The part where the fishes spread rumour about Marlin conquering the sea to get to Nemo shows journey.

Links to the prescribed text:

The prescribed text I am David is linked to Finding Nemo through their journey, they traverse around to be reunited with their family member. Another similarity is the protagonists in each movie were taken away from their loved one and gets trapped in a world completely different from the world they are use to. Throughout their long journey the protagonists both learns important things about life, for David he learns how to smile and the use of money. And for Marlin he learns to believe, let go and trust. They both had gone through many obstacles that had made them think about quitting.

Quotations/specific references:

* The scene in Finding Nemo where Nemo was taken away from the divers.

* A scene in the movie the Prescribe text I am David where David got a flash back of the guard taking his mother away from him.

* Crush teaches Marlin about letting go and trust.

Techniques used to convey the idea about your Area of Study:

The director uses many techniques to convey the idea of the area study, journey. First he shows the physical journey through the divers taking away Nemo, which demonstrate the beginning the of Marlins expedition. Another