Table of Contents:

01. Introduction
• Summary
• Perspective through psychology

02. Analysis
• Movie’s perspective through Memory
• Movie’s perspective through Emotion

03. Conclusion
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01. Introduction
Finding Nemo
● American animated adventure movie
● Produced by Pixar Animation studio
● Released by Walt disney Pictures
● Writer of the movie is Andrew Stanton
● Produced by Graham Walter
● Main character of the movie:
● clownfish Father and son
● Marlin and Nemo both live in Great Barrier Reef
Summary
● It is a tale in the Great Barrier Reef about a clown fish marlin and his son Nemo
● Clown fish named Marlin loses son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea.
● Nemo is abducted by diver and sent to the dentist’s office in Sydney.
● Marlin ventures to retrieve Nemo.
● Marlin meets Dory, a blue tang suffering from short term memory loss
● To rescue Nemo, Marlin and Dory encounter many dangerous creatures like
● Sharks Anglerfish Jellyfish
● Nemo and tank mates devise a plan to get out of tank
● To avoid becoming dentist’s niece, Darla’s new pet.
Perspective Through Psychology

● Movie entails variety of emotions

● Described through the essence of bravery, love and loyalty

● Also sheds light on obsessed, overprotective nature of father

● Another perspective, Marlin suffers with OCD

● Dory suffers from short term memory loss

● Which causes her to not have a record of new memories.

02. Analysis
 What is Memory?

● Act of preserving what has been acquired for later use

● Retention of information beyond the present
● Memory also refers to the mental storage system
● Memory is a three-stage process
 Types of Memory

They are divided into Two Types:

Short Term Memory

• Attention to some sensory input
• Information goes into our short-term memory

Long Term Memory

• Involves information that has been retained for intervals
• As a few minutes or as long as a few decades
 Movie’s Perspective through Memory

• Horrendous and spine-chilling scene where a barracuda attacks

• Nemo becomes the manifestation of Marlin’s general insecurity
• Harsh reality dawns upon Marlin
• Marlin distraught by the harsh reality
 Perspective Through Short Term Memory
• Marlin goes searching for his lost son Nemo
• On his epic journey he met Dory
• Dory a memory problem, suffering from short term memory loss.
Example:
• Dory occasionally forgets that she met Marlin
• She forgets many of her childhood memories
Emotion!
 What is Emotion?
• State of feeling which guides behavior
• Influence our attention and physiological state of mind

Types of Emotion
25 different categories of emotion
Most prominent one are:
• Happy
• sad
• Anger
• Confusion
• Empathy
• Pain
Finding Nemo has a diverse portrayal of emotions
 Movie’s Perspective through Emotion
• Emotionally dynamic script
• Captures wide range of emotions
• Through intriguing storyline
• Major emotional bursts when Nemo got captured
• When Marlin and Dory got trapped in a whale.

Many Perspectives of Emotions Portrayed in Movie:

• Happiness
• Sadness
• Empathy
• Willingness
Perspective Through Happiness Perspective Through Sadness

● Element of happiness throughout story ● Movie’s beginning is on a sad note

● Happy iconic duo of Marlin & Dory ● Marlin’s wife and children are murdered

● Tears of happiness and joy when Marlin ● Nemo’s outrage on Marlin,

found Nemo
● Tells he hate Marlin due to his
● Moment where Nemo told Marlin that he overprotectiveness
loves him a lot
● Most heartbreaking words and

● Marlin is devastated
 Perspective Through Empathy
• Finding Nemo has its plot revolve around the feeling of empathy
• Viewer’s empathy is gained by showing the aspect of loss of parent
• Empathize with Marlin when he goes through hurdles
• Element of empathy makes movie more compelling
• Makes the story emotionally appealing
 Perspective Through Willingness

• Movie has many emotions and twists

• Marlin’s unwillingness to let Nemo go on his own
• But Marlin learned the hard way
• Eventually ready to allow Nemo to go on about his own
• Marlin finally has the willingness to let his son have his desired freedom.
• Finding Nemo is an endearing, adventure movie. This
triumph screenplay is a roller coaster of emotions and
cognitive psychology. This movie not just beautifully
delineates Empathy, Happiness, Sadness and
Willingness

• The message portrayed by the movie has a strong

pursuit and highlights the keynote that one should
never give up!