Findng Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2003 animated movie. It shows the adventure of a clown fish, living on the Great Barrier Reef, who must venture out into the wider ocean searching for his son who was abducted by deep sea divers.

In chapter 2 of the text book, it talks about theme and focus. It states that the theme of a film refers to the unifying central concern of the film, the special focus that unifies the work. In Finding Nemo, the theme is Marlin the clown fish trying to find his son Nemo. Films focus on many things. One in particular is the plot. In adventure films such as Finding Nemo, the filmmaker focuses on the plot. According to the text this is done to provide escape from the boredom and drabness of everyday life. The plot in Finding Nemo is Marlin venturing out to the wide ocean in search of his son.

In many films, the director creates a mood or emotional effect. The theme of Finding Nemo classifies it as an adventure film. There are many different moods created throughout the film whether its sad when Nemo's mom gets killed by sharks, scared when the deep sea divers take Nemo, anxious throughout the adventure of Marlin trying to find his son with Dora, or happy when the father and son unite; they all come together to make the film quite the adventure.

Each film has a central idea. The central idea might fall into one of the following categories: Moral Implications, The Truth of Human Nature, Social Problems, The Struggle for Human Dignity, The Complexity of Human Relationships, Coming of Age/Loss of Innocence/Growing Awareness, or A Moral or Philosophical Riddle. To me Finding Nemo falls under "The Truth of Human Nature." In the text under this category, it states that characters in such films take on significance beyond themselves in the film they appear in. Marlin took on a significance beyond himself when he left his home for the first time in a long time in search for his son way across the ocean.