Comparison of Happy Feet and March of the Penguins

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The documentary ‘March of the Penguins” directed by Luc Jacquet and the computerised animation Happy Feet directed by George Miller are similar in many ways. In both films the theme love has been portrayed through many film and language techniques. In Happy Feet the penguins are taught to find their heart song, so when they grow up they find a mate and fall in love. “The penguins will meet each other by singing.” The narrator said this in the beginning of the film and it reinforces that penguins must find and sing their heart song to find a mate. Full shot has been used to show Mumble’s body language as he was trying to sing. It shows the audience that he is nervous and unsteady. It’s the same in March of the Penguins. “The penguins must rely on sound not sight.” This shows that the only way the penguins can identify their mate is by singing to them. Long shot has been used to show the mother penguins returning to the father and the chick. The mothers are squawking and flapping their flippers in excitement. The dedication of the parent penguins shown in March of the Penguins is pure love. “From now on the couple have a single goal: to keep the egg alive.” The parents love the chick and do everything they can to protect it. Salient image is used when the father is coughing up food for the chick and feeding it. It gives the effect of partnership and love between each other. In Happy Feet love is shown through the dedication of Memphis and his eagerness to keep Mumble alive. When Memphis dropped the egg, he didn’t give up on it. He picked it up and kept marching. Undershot is used to show Memphis’ face while he is upset because the egg didn’t hatch. It gives the effect that Memphis really cares about his child and that he loves it. To conclude March of the Penguins and Happy Feet are two films about penguins that are very alike in portraying the theme of love. The

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