Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo may be just another children's Disney Pixar film, but with the subject of my experimental film being centred around fish, it is helpful to look at how they have approached the idea.

One particular scene of interest is the scene in the dentists, when the fish are looking out on their surroundings, even with the film being an animation it helps with developing my plan and idea for how I will soon shoot my own film.



The shot to the right is the part in the scene when a child arrives and 'plays' with the fish. Parts of this scene are from the fish's perspective, this provokes ideas for me, with the idea of looking at the day to day happenings of my flat. I could film the scene completely through the reflection of the fish bowl, were the viewer could not completely see what is happening, with the fish being in the foreground or the focus of the film. This would leave the scene to the viewers visualisation.

This scene points out interaction with the main subjects. No matter how we end up filming this, interaction could make the scene more interesting, engaging the audience. For example maybe someone tapping or banging on the side, or putting there hand in. Using sound from the sound only piece we are currently editing, it could create a nice effect.

I personally like this angle (left), it briefly is an animated image of what I picture the final piece being. I imagine a fixed shot with the main focus being the fish, with the background being a blur in the background. This is partly because of the size of fish's brains, surely they don't take in that much information and another with it being a daily routine, it gets repetitive and 'boring' so the blur is visually portraying that.