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    Big Fish M Krause 02/27/13 Production: Columbia Pictures‚ 2003 Producer: Bruce Cohen/Dan Jinks Director: Tim Burton Screenplay: Daniel Wallace (novel)‚ John August (screenplay) Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot Editing: Chris Lebenzon Music: Danny Elfman Principal Characters: Ewan McGregor Ed Bloom (Young) Albert Finney Ed Bloom (Senior) Billy Crudup Will Bloom Jessica Lange Sandra Bloom (Senior) Helena Bonham Carter Jenny (Young)/Jenny (Senior)/The Witch

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    The Odyssey and Big Fish

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    ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Big Fish’ In what ways has Homer’s Odyssey influenced your chosen epic? Homer’s Odyssey is full of themes and ideas‚ many that have influenced the modern world today. The ideas have been portrayed in various books‚ movies or epics. The epic i chose is ‘Big Fish’. It is a movie directed by Tim burton and it features a lot of themes and ideas that were in the odyssey‚ and i believe it was highly influenced by it. There are many similarities between Odysseus and Edward’s wives. They both have great love

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    The Heros Journey

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    4 October 2013 The Rise and Fall of The Great Athenian Hero: Theseus Theseus is often seen as the greatest hero in Athens‚ but is his story that much different than any other hero? The Greek myth “Theseus” is a perfect example of Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey‚ also known as Monomyth. Monomyth is the idea that all stories follow a basic pattern‚ written in twelve stages. The three stages that best demonstrate this idea in Theseus are: Crossing the Threshold; Tests‚ Allies‚

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    Hero Journey

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    Joseph Campbell describes the 17 stages that occur during a hero’s journey‚ also known as Monomyth. The Odyssey by Homer is a story based on Ulysses and his journey‚ I will be describing the stages of Monomyth based on Campbell’s ideas. These stages will focus on Ulysses and his son Telemachus. According to Joseph Campbell‚ a hero’s journey normally entails three phases; the departure‚ the initiation‚ and the return. (Wikipedia) The first phase is the departure phase‚ which consists of three

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    Lane Ms. Thompson 1020 English March 25‚ 2013 The Hero’s Journey of Coach Ken Carter A formula that was made by a man named Joseph Campbell which he calls the hero’s journey this formula is at the heart of every story he feel it’s the structure‚ shape‚ and form of the story. He also claims that even though stories are different on the outside that they still use the three stages that I’m going to explain in my paper and how my hero I choose accomplished all three stages. The movie coach Carter

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    Hero’s Journey in Sponge Bob: The Movie Throughout history people have shared stories. A very popular story that is shared by almost all cultures around the world today is The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is present in many books and movies we see today. We see it in adult and children’s movies alike. One famous children’s movie where The Hero’s Journey is seen in is SpongeBob: The Movie. SpongeBob is the obvious example of a hero throughout Sponge Bob: The Movie. SpongeBob’s Hero Journey

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    Hero a Journey

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    ‘We only need heroes in times of war or catastrophe’. Discuss with reference to a film or text of your choice. The film ‘Hero’ (2002)‚ directed by Yimou Zhang‚ is set during the ‘Warring States Period’ of Chinese Antiquity‚ prior to the unification of these states by the ‘first’ Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang ‚ the historic model for the film’s King of Qin . In a climate of terror and ruthless violence‚ minorities defend their right to exist as independent people‚ with separate linguistic and

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    Big Fish Research Paper

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    Big Fish Little Fish‚ sounds simple enough‚ like the title of a Dr. Seuss book. It’s fitting to round off one’s high school career‚ as well as a metaphor to the talented author. After all‚ it was through his clever rhymes and colorful illustrations that most of us first learned to read. As seniors at Mahwah High School‚ big fish in a little pond‚ little fish in a big pond describes us perfectly. We all start as small fish placed in the bigger pond of life. Over time‚ we grow with our surroundings;

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    Big Fish “So this is a tall tale?” “Well‚ it’s not a short one…” Stories are our essence of life. They grow and change with us. They allow us to reconstruct the past‚ and put our slant on things. They don’t’ have make sense‚ and they don’t all have to be fact. That’s what kind of story this is. Big Fish‚ directed by Tim Burton‚ is a heartwarming‚ comedic film‚ with many twists and turns. It explores the world of an eccentric father‚ while telling his life story. And so‚ our story begins.

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    Big Fish The philosophical twist of mixing fact with fairy tale in story telling put a great spin on the plot. It gave the director the ability to make the impossible seem probable! The movie is about a very interesting father named Ed whom loves to tell facts with a little bit of flavor‚ as quoted in the movie. However we portray them as tall tales‚ but since he tells them with such a seriousness and attachment to his own life you want to believe them. However the son‚ will‚ does not enjoy

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