HAR: Spectacle – ZooScope

Eve Pullen
3rd February 2022
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Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion).

Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion). https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MV5BMjU2MzEwODYzMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjkzMjg3Mg@@._V1_.jpg 700 302 Eve Pullen Eve Pullen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2133cf72579aeb6819144699f7ac12f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

Hungarian cinema leaves us feeling stuffed! Figure A – Lajoska Balatony surrounded by stuffed animals. Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion). Pálfi’s 2006 body horror Taxidermia, follows the story…

Daniel Orechoff
3rd February 2022
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Bolt. Dir. Chris Williams, Byron Howard. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2008.

Bolt. Dir. Chris Williams, Byron Howard. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 2008. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/disney-bolt.jpeg 1823 711 Daniel Orechoff Daniel Orechoff https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/79f5e1eb15efebff5eab0b7d40096af2?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

Figure 1: Bolt Film Poster Disney’s 2008 feature, Bolt, follows the television star pup who believes that, through the meticulous production of the show, he has super-powers and faces an…

Jasmine Allen
3rd February 2022
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Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011.

Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hi.jpeg 1280 720 Jasmine Allen Jasmine Allen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56abc7568dcd01a5d1fe32c54e20e811?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

Opening with the vibrant celebration of colours and exotic sounds of the Brazilian rainforest, our focus is drawn to a nervous exotic baby macaw bird called Blu who plucks up…

Natalie Fenn
1st February 2022
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Ant-Man. Dir. Peyton Reed. Marvel Studios. 2015.

Ant-Man. Dir. Peyton Reed. Marvel Studios. 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/06antman1-dressrefer-superJumbo.jpg 2048 1080 Natalie Fenn Natalie Fenn https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ebfe89efbf78df9571d603887fbf35d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 1st February 2022 1st February 2022

https://youtu.be/cslFsCgQfdg ‘You’ve yet to learn about your greatest allies: the ants. Loyal, brave, and your partners on this job.’ Figure 1 – a few of Scott’s new ant buddies! As…

Lucy Luscombe
24th January 2022
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Dir. Tom Ellery and Bradley Raymond. Walt Disney Home Video. 1998.

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Dir. Tom Ellery and Bradley Raymond. Walt Disney Home Video. 1998. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Luscombe Lucy Luscombe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b838e61ff08e5e2ef987aefc72f24e84?s=96&d=mm&r=g 24th January 2022 24th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vkXMJaZJoak Figure 1: Trailer for Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World In Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Pocahontas voyages to England with John Rolfe, an English diplomat.…

Lauren Webb
20th January 2022
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Dir. Michael Dougherty. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2019.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Dir. Michael Dougherty. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lauren Webb Lauren Webb https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84a748d2aaf3147c9916f472eaf061f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2022 20th January 2022

“Good thing he’s on our side” … “For now” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFxN2oDKk0E Figure 1 – Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer. How do we define the term ‘Monster’? Or perhaps, how should…

Rachel Davies
20th January 2022
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Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007.

Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Poster-Surfs-Up-1.jpg 1920 1080 Rachel Davies Rachel Davies https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea96bfdf2beaeab7f39f5b5f10e7d62c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2022 20th January 2022

Released in 2007, during the surge of penguin movies, Surf’s Up is a unique animated mockumentary exploring how penguins are the ‘real’ inventors of the worldwide sport, surfing. A documentary…

Aisha Khan
18th January 2022
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Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019.

Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Aisha Khan Aisha Khan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5be499dfd77005fcc36443a49165ad3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 20th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NiYVoqBt-8&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios Magic. Mayhem. Friendship. Freedom. Come on down to Medici’s circus, where the newest attraction is an adorable baby elephant with ears too big to handle. Watch him soar above…

Callum Ratcliffe
17th January 2022
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2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Callum Ratcliffe Callum Ratcliffe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8807390e24ef91b0082deeae33988f3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

Figure 1: Parody recreation of the ‘Dawn of Man’ sequence in The Simpsons S3 Ep8 (1991) dir. Carlos BaezaFigure 2: Animal Mother (pictured)Inscribing violence onto the body of animality and…

Lois Jones
17th January 2022
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Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix

Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lois Jones Lois Jones https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a77232b69ddc25f8e3079e4e739ef3e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIxYm3mKzI “You’re going to die! You’re going to die!” Through a plot that follows the fight for a response to humanity’s impending doom when a comet is discovered to be…