Sheep(s) – ZooScope

Sophie Anderson
28th December 2022
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Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan

Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sophie Anderson Sophie Anderson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2bb5bbd18a323a128e7c58c4ebe694a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g 28th December 2022 10th February 2023

The 1995 edition of Babe directed by Chris Noonan presents Babe the pig to be defined by the type of relationship he has with humans. The relationship in this film…

Lili Cave
18th January 2022
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Blade Runner 2049. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Alcon Entertainment. 2017.

Blade Runner 2049. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Alcon Entertainment. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blade-runner-2049-orange.webp 1920 1080 Lili Cave Lili Cave https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d8a113c9854bcb3fffa423a839a86bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) transports us to a dystopian earth, where humans and replicants, bio-engineered humans used for slave labour, live side by side. There is a clear…

Eden Fowler
16th January 2022
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God’s Own Country. Dir. Francis Lee. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2017.

God’s Own Country. Dir. Francis Lee. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eden Fowler Eden Fowler https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1fe3a3c6aaf331d6bdfa07605b3ec06a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2022 16th January 2022

As a film which centers around a farming family, God’s Own Country is inseparable from animal life. Francis Lee sets the 2017 rural drama during the lambing season at a…

Emily Finan
20th January 2021
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Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986

Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emily Finan Emily Finan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f3003dbd631d64981689174c28ee6f10?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2021 25th May 2021

“A city girl like you? You wouldn’t last five minutes, love. This is a man’s country out here.”– Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) Theatrical Poster for Crocodile Dundee (1986) Crocodile Dundee…

Samuel Ross
21st January 2019
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Carnage. Dir. Simon Amstell. BBC. 2017.

Carnage. Dir. Simon Amstell. BBC. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Samuel Ross Samuel Ross https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c6263209787d0cb095bc63e9dc6863e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st January 2019 25th May 2021

What would the world be like if everybody was vegan? According to Simon Amstell’s vision of the future in Carnage, it’s a peaceful utopia in which the young vegans of tomorrow…

William Murray
15th January 2019
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Mary and the Witch’s Flower. Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Toho. 2017.

Mary and the Witch’s Flower. Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Toho. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 William Murray William Murray https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d14fdc50cdbb3ac3ee83ee77fcf03fd0?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2019 25th May 2021

Mary and the Witch’s Flower is a 2017 animated film, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and produced by Studio Ponoc (founded by the former lead film producer at Studio Ghibli). The…

Jessica Trueman
13th January 2019
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Toy Story. Dir. John Lasseter. Pixar. 1995.

Toy Story. Dir. John Lasseter. Pixar. 1995. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jessica Trueman Jessica Trueman https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f181871315b34c3d3fd50da5a4dd5fbf?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th January 2019 25th May 2021

‘You’ve got a friend in me’ is the catchphrase of Pixar’s first computer-generated feature-length film, Toy Story (1995), and this perfectly captures the relationships within the film; including those between the group…

Anna Nawroozi
14th December 2018
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Barnyard. Dir. Steve Oedekerk. Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies. 2006.

Barnyard. Dir. Steve Oedekerk. Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies. 2006. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anna Nawroozi Anna Nawroozi https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0bf99ca04788f4e9845de18c920cb526?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th December 2018 25th May 2021

Steve Oedekerk’s Barnyard uses witty puns and gags in order to satirise the idea of the animal as a fixed definition, in that an animal can never truly be anything…

William Murray
14th December 2018
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Wuthering Heights. Dir. Andrea Arnold. Curzon Artificial Eye. 2011.

Wuthering Heights. Dir. Andrea Arnold. Curzon Artificial Eye. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 William Murray William Murray https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d14fdc50cdbb3ac3ee83ee77fcf03fd0?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th December 2018 25th May 2021

Andrea Arnold’s 2011 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic 1847 romance/tragedy novel Wuthering Heights highlights the desolate and savage nature of the moors in which the love story takes place, and the…

Emerald Kenny
23rd January 2017
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Zootopia. Dir. Byron Howard and Rich Moore. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2016.

Zootopia. Dir. Byron Howard and Rich Moore. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emerald Kenny Emerald Kenny https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/37a8dd0c74890de100b848f2ae7c057a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 23rd January 2017 25th May 2021

Dreams can be powerful things; and to Judy Hopps, no dream is greater than becoming Zootopia’s first rabbit police officer. After years of chasing her goal however, Judy discovers that…