HAR: Enviromental Hygiene – Page 2

Callum Howkins
16th January 2017
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Baraka. Dir. Ron Frike. The Samuel Goldwyn Company. 1992.

Baraka. Dir. Ron Frike. The Samuel Goldwyn Company. 1992. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Callum Howkins Callum Howkins https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85ace1037f2cbff24e4b1ff32dfa938e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Ron Fricke’s 1992 documentary film Baraka highlights the darker side of human-animal relations through a sequence comparing two very similar visual images. One scene depicts a crowded subway while another shows new-born…

Barney Waller
16th January 2017
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Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Pixar. 2007.

Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Pixar. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Barney Waller Barney Waller https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/501669dbda644b077f4fc93f50f94aea?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Within Ratatouille, the scene in which Remy figures out that he is able to control Linguini, Brad Bird confounds expectations through undermining the stereotype about the animality of rats, and using…

Harriet Brodie
16th January 2017
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Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava. Pixar. 2007.

Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava. Pixar. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Harriet Brodie Harriet Brodie https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84d2b4b7b56cbeb4172aa793ff306e0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Brad Bird’s Ratatotuille challenges how we stereotypically perceive rats through the depiction of the protagonist, Remy. The narrative shows Remy struggling with finding acceptance in human society, despite the exceptional cooking talents…

Joseph Nixon
16th January 2017
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Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Buena Vista Pictures. 2007.

Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Buena Vista Pictures. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Joseph Nixon Joseph Nixon https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/76d98c84d13d3c7dc7dac0436bee5d23?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Brad Bird’s 2007 computer-animated film Ratatouille uses its mode as animation to establish an alternate logic to the real world, enabling communication between humans and animals. The turning point that establishes this…

Laura Bell
16th January 2017
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Ratatouille . Dir. Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava . Walt Disney Pictures. 2007.

Ratatouille . Dir. Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava . Walt Disney Pictures. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Laura Bell Laura Bell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a76356cee122e60d65904d2b31ef9d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

The final shot of Ratatouille, the image of a rat in the restaurant sign, symbolises the fantasy of the rat and human worlds crossing, and the idealisation of a rat chef…

Max Smith
16th January 2017
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Kes. Dir. Ken Loach. Woodfall Films. 1969.

Kes. Dir. Ken Loach. Woodfall Films. 1969. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Max Smith Max Smith https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/42c68a8f2d24dacffa1f2d513cd2cf38?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

Kes (dir. Ken Loach, 1969) depicts working class Billy using his kestrel training as a means of escaping the grim reality of life in the industrial north, while the juxtaposition of…

Laura Bell
16th January 2017
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Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015.

Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Dir. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Studiocanal. 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Laura Bell Laura Bell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a76356cee122e60d65904d2b31ef9d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeI4i2Nzw8&feature=emb_title Restaurant scene Starzak and Burton challenge our perceptions of human and animal intelligence in Shaun the Sheep The Movie. Aardman excel in casting the animals as intelligent and exasperated by…

Elaine Yee Lam Wong
15th January 2017
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Ponyo. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Toho. 2008.

Ponyo. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Toho. 2008. 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 15th January 2017 25th May 2021

‘What? She is captured by a boy? This is very bad. Is it already dead?’ yells Ponyo’s father Fujimoto when realising his precious daughter is being kept as a pet…

Sarah Brecknell
13th January 2017
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Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. 2007.

Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird. Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sarah Brecknell Sarah Brecknell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4aa6430b67939ba9aadb9ea919e6631?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th January 2017 25th May 2021

Brad Bird’s Ratatouille is a film in which the human community collides with that of the rats, through Remy the rat’s aspiration to be a cook for humans despite his status as…

Sarah Brecknell
13th January 2017
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American Beauty. Dir. Sam Mendes. DreamWorks Pictures. 1999.

American Beauty. Dir. Sam Mendes. DreamWorks Pictures. 1999. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sarah Brecknell Sarah Brecknell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4aa6430b67939ba9aadb9ea919e6631?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th January 2017 25th May 2021

Despite its iconic lusty red petals, Sam Mendes’ American Beauty is abundant with other striking images – one of which is a dead bird, lying on the grass of the school grounds,…