Skunk – ZooScope

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…

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…

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

Zootopia [1] presents a story about the first rabbit police officer teaming up with a fox confidence trickster to stop their city descending into anarchy. The film is a modern…

Emma Bragg
16th January 2017
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Over the Hedge. Dir. Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick. DreamWorks. 2006.

Over the Hedge. Dir. Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick. DreamWorks. 2006. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emma Bragg Emma Bragg https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/08e7a936dd2d05191b9e733477a0d9f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2017 25th May 2021

After Verne, an anxious turtle, breaks through the boundary of the manicured hedge he enters a pristine garden on the periphery of a middle class suburbia. A far cry from…

Kim Appleton
22nd August 2014
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Hachi: A Dog’s Tale. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Stage 6. 2009.

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Stage 6. 2009. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Kim Appleton Kim Appleton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1b7abd1d81e4a5a3cea3a0f4551aa844?s=96&d=mm&r=g 22nd August 2014 25th May 2021

As the tale goes Akitas are one of the most loyal and loving breeds of dog in the world. You do not choose an Akita an Akita must choose you.…

Laura Shutkever
22nd August 2014
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Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998.

Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Laura Shutkever Laura Shutkever https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93ef649db1af72cb6fccf1cbb1e49991?s=96&d=mm&r=g 22nd August 2014 25th May 2021

Representation of animals in Betty Thomas’s Doctor Dolittle The animal presence in Doctor Dolittle (1998) is extremely intriguing, using impressive CGI and a vast spectrum of species to depict a…