Birds – Page 3 – ZooScope

Christian Townsend
21st May 2018
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The Fox and the Child. Dir. Luc Jacquet. Pathé. 2007.

The Fox and the Child. Dir. Luc Jacquet. Pathé. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Christian Townsend Christian Townsend https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0d65b34fab1ff1cb762efa294220c446?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 25th May 2021

When asked in an interview how he approached making The Fox and the Child (2007) following the popularity of The March of the Penguins (2005), French director Luc Jacquet replied: I went into my…

Lucy-Katy Moores
21st May 2018
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Mulan. Dir. Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998.

Mulan. Dir. Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy-Katy Moores Lucy-Katy Moores https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3d14aa97854a61c566341fb1e8141b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 25th May 2021

Disney’s Mulan (1998) takes on a Chinese folktale of a woman who takes the place of her father in the fight against the Huns who have recently invaded China. The…

Hannah Walker
21st May 2018
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Finding Dory. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2016.

Finding Dory. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Hannah Walker Hannah Walker https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a1c22b8caad94f99e8bab4af2d95f0f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 25th May 2021

Dory is the iconic name for the blue tang, (or scientifically known: palette surgeon fish) from the motion picture, Finding Nemo. Much like its predecessor, Finding Dory personifies marine life by animating fish…

Charlotte Russell
19th April 2018
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The Witch. Dir. Robert Eggers. A24. 2015.

The Witch. Dir. Robert Eggers. A24. 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Charlotte Russell Charlotte Russell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d8d84166fa630e7e25f89b98c3a2b36?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19th April 2018 25th May 2021

Robert Eggers’s 2015 independent horror film The Witch encounters human-animal relations in reference to a manmade issue – religion and the occult. I argue that such a representation of humans living alongside…

Elaine Yee Lam Wong
26th February 2017
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Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014.

Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Elaine Yee Lam Wong Elaine Yee Lam Wong https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac0efec18d2659d4bba1a6b6da465219?s=96&d=mm&r=g 26th February 2017 25th May 2021

God says to Noah: Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a…

Bethany Havercroft
20th January 2017
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Paddington. Dir. Paul King. StudioCanal. 2014.

Paddington. Dir. Paul King. StudioCanal. 2014. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Bethany Havercroft Bethany Havercroft https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c81a09515ad77cfde2f465a7fe9c5138?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2017 25th May 2021

The 2014 film ‘Paddington’ appears to champion inclusivity and acceptance of migrants over merely wanting to observe or distance ourselves from animals and people that are different from us, just…

Anna Davies
16th January 2017
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Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992.

Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anna Davies Anna Davies https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0dc0258e22a9421381e10aff88cb0627?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Ron Clements’ and John Muskers’, Aladdin (1992) [1] follows the life of a poor street dweller and his sidekick monkey, Abu in the fictional city of Agrabah. After being coerced into…

Eleanor Haigh
16th January 2017
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Two Brothers . Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Universal Studios. 2004.

Two Brothers . Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Universal Studios. 2004. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eleanor Haigh Eleanor Haigh https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd10dbc37137841802ab9bc5c9b486d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

ean-Jacques Annaud transports us to the richly beautiful Cambodian jungle in the early 1920s , where two tiger cubs, Sangha and Kumal, are born to their stable and loving family…

Casey Mackins
16th January 2017
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Beauty and the Beast . Dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Buena Vista Pictures. 1991.

Beauty and the Beast . Dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Buena Vista Pictures. 1991. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Casey Mackins Casey Mackins https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a94f6aef79298723d03ad423768e6fa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s early 90s offering follows the protagonist Belle, a clever and beautiful woman. Frustrated at her small town life, she hungers for adventure. She rejects the…

Casey Mackins
15th January 2017
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Beauty and the Beast . Dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise. Buena Vista Pictures. 1991.

Beauty and the Beast . Dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise. Buena Vista Pictures. 1991. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Casey Mackins Casey Mackins https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a94f6aef79298723d03ad423768e6fa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2017 25th May 2021

Ostensibly, the transformation of a dog into a footstool in Beauty and the Beast operates as a humorous pun.[1] Visually, it works: Sultan in footstool form is around the right size, his tassels…