Essays Tagged: "Whale Rider"
"The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera.
The Whale Rider - Witi IhimaeraIn the old days, the land and sea with its forests and animals felt a gre ... You have called and I have come, bearing the gift of the Gods. One flying saw the singer - it was a whale. Everybody quickly realized that the time of the blessing had come, because the sacred sign wa ... ling moko pattern imprinted on the forehead. Then, the flying fish saw something on the back of the whale. It was a man - the whale rider. The whale rose higher out of the sea and the man felt its pow ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Romantic Journey: Tintern Abbey and Whale Rider.
Lynn HernandezEng.2323October 12, 2003Whale Rider, Wordsworth and the Romantic JourneyThe romantic journey deals with the understanding of ... , the spiritual world, death, rebirth and the return to the world with affirmations. Both the movie Whale Rider, and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" are examples of the Romantic Journey. Whale Rider is a ... y is a journey that is eternal and transcends eras both before and after the Romantic Age.The movie Whale Rider begins in a static world. While there is movement, it is an absolute mundane movement, i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
A film can be entertaining and deal with serious issues at the same time. How is this revealed in the film 'Whale Rider' directed by Niki Caro?
Based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera, Whale Rider is an uplifting and entertaining film that tells the story of a small Maori tribe, livin ... e of faith and interest in the traditions and beliefs of their culture. The Whangara legend of the 'whale rider' dates back many years to when the legendary Maori hero, Paikea, appeared on the back of ... is a girl, and her Maori tribe is still very much dominated by the notion of a patriarchal society.Whale Rider is an entertaining film consisting of all the main features of a typical, popular movie, ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider is a contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph. It brings a flood of emotions to ... ki (land of the Ancients). His canoe capsized on its way. He escaped certain death on the back of a whale that took him to shore. To commemorate this voyage, he was named Paikea. His descendants live ... north side of New Zealand. Today, hundreds of years later, the marae people still have Paikea, the Whale Rider, as their figurehead on their ridgepole.In 1986, author Witi Ihimaera, originally from N ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Whale Rider's Opposing Forces - What happens when two opposing forces collide?
What happens when two opposing forces collide? The film Whale Rider has two main opposing forces, tradition versus change and opinion versus reality it is t ... and opinion versus reality it is the collision of these two opposing forces that causes conflict in Whale Rider.Pai's Grandfather, Paka is the chief, and is looking for a new chief to succeed him. Sin ... be the next chief. All the boys try but fail. Later Pai tries and retrieves the necklace, calls the whales and they come and she gets them to move when no one else can proves that she is the prophet. ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Is the film "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a satisfying interpretation of Harper Lee's novel?
s film was explored through a child's perspective, and similarly did the screenwriter who worked on Whale Rider.In the film, "To Kill a Mockingbird", it is dissatisfying that many scenes have been omi ... from the perspective of a child does make the film's interpretation satisfying.Similarly, the film Whale Rider is also told from the perspective of a child. It is also done through the use of scatter ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
"The Whale Rider"
ommate Marisa Hernandez, after returning home from a movie date. This statement kept me from seeing Whale Rider when it first came to theaters. She claimed to have fallen asleep in the middle of the s ... fallen asleep in the middle of the show. Her simplified syntagma, "...it's about a girl who rides a whale...", didn't spark my interest. I had never heard of Whale Rider. I had not seen any previews.S ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
"The Whale Rider" Techniques
Niki Caro directed the film 'The Whale Rider'. She has used a number of cinematic techniques in this film to create atmosphere and so ... nd or the mood of that particular scene. For example when Koro walks out of the house and finds the whales stranded on the beach it was at nighttime. This appealed to me greatly. It is very dark and e ... he worst was over. But it was a gloomy day though; I think her purpose was to show that most of the whales that have beached were going to die. She has definitely used lighting well in this film.But w ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Importance of Koro in 'The Whale Rider'
Koro is one of the minor characters in 'The Whale Rider'. But he is very important to the plot of the story. The author has uses Koro's actions ... ly realised that was the leader, he became totally in love with her.The author and director of 'The Whale Rider' have used Koro in just about the same way. They have both made him a challenge for Pai ... still ignorant to Pai's abilities until she did something only a true leader can so, ride the great whale of Paikea.
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
"Whale Rider" - How and why the movie uses narrative structure
Whale Rider uses narrative structure in many forms to better describe the story to the viewer. It is ... climax, where Koro calls on the ancestors and they do not respond, but when Pai calls on them, the whales beach themselves in response. She then finally proves her worth to Koro by riding the whale o ... viewers go deeper into scenes than the third person events on the screen. The hidden meaning behind Whale Rider could not have been brought out in the acting, the screenplay, or the storyline without ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
How does Paikea confront the past, change the present and shape the future.
In the movie "Whale Rider" there are many important factors that make this movie work, the three main factors are ... the future if another girl, born the firstborn child of the leader, that girl can become the leader.Whale Rider is a movie which has great meaning, and can show people how a particular community works ... e Paikea confronts the past, changes the present and shapes the future.BIBLIOGRAPHY:the movie: 'The Whale Rider'
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Whale Rider - Why is the story told through Rawiri's point of view? How would the story be different if told through Kahu's point of view?
In Witi Ihimaera's novel "Whale Rider" we follow Rawiri as he goes through his life watching the growth, incidents and magic o ... he next chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand, a tribe that has descended from the legendary "whale rider." However, Kahu is, as Nanny Flowers says, "Hungry for [her grandfather's] love," (Ihima ... would lack suspense and motivation if we knew Kahu's thoughts and would lose all aspects of mystery.Whale Rider creates a distorted medium between reality and the character's minds, which is what keep ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart - An analysis in relation to journeys
rather than just a physical trek. The novel Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe and the film Whale Rider (2002) by Niki Caro both address the overcoming of emotional boundaries, while following ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Niki Caro's Whale Rider - An analysis in relation to journeys
rather than just a physical trek. The novel Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe and the film Whale Rider (2002) by Niki Caro both address the overcoming of emotional boundaries, while following ... e using the post-colonial context to accentuate these issues.Similar to Things Fall Apart, the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro explores the breakdown of Maori culture in post-colonial New Zealand. It fo ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis