The document provides a summary of the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. It discusses the plot, in which Moana, a teenage girl from a Polynesian village, goes on a quest to save her people by seeking out the demigod Maui. She learns to sail and navigates the open ocean, encountering monsters. Along the way, Moana discovers her own identity and fulfills her ancestors' mission. The film illustrates Polynesian culture and mythology, as well as themes of environmentalism and humanity's relationship with nature.
The document provides a summary of the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. It discusses the plot, in which Moana, a teenage girl from a Polynesian village, goes on a quest to save her people by seeking out the demigod Maui. She learns to sail and navigates the open ocean, encountering monsters. Along the way, Moana discovers her own identity and fulfills her ancestors' mission. The film illustrates Polynesian culture and mythology, as well as themes of environmentalism and humanity's relationship with nature.
The document provides a summary of the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. It discusses the plot, in which Moana, a teenage girl from a Polynesian village, goes on a quest to save her people by seeking out the demigod Maui. She learns to sail and navigates the open ocean, encountering monsters. Along the way, Moana discovers her own identity and fulfills her ancestors' mission. The film illustrates Polynesian culture and mythology, as well as themes of environmentalism and humanity's relationship with nature.
The document provides a summary of the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. It discusses the plot, in which Moana, a teenage girl from a Polynesian village, goes on a quest to save her people by seeking out the demigod Maui. She learns to sail and navigates the open ocean, encountering monsters. Along the way, Moana discovers her own identity and fulfills her ancestors' mission. The film illustrates Polynesian culture and mythology, as well as themes of environmentalism and humanity's relationship with nature.
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MOANA
Jessryn Loise D. De Luna
Introduction
The film Moana is released on November 30, 2016. It is story by Ron Clements; John Musker; Chris Williams; Don Hall; Pamela Ribon; Aaron Kandell; Jordan Kandell Māui and it directed by Ron Clements, John Musker. According to the writers, the story of Moana is based on The legends of Māui. The main actors for this film are, Auli’I Cravalho as Moana (voice), Dwayne Johnson as Maui (voice), Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa (voice), and Rachel House as Gramma Tala (voice). This film is under Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios, and for the filming budget it cost around $150-175 million. Summary of the story The film Moana is all about an adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master way-finder. Together they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds. Along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity. Analysis of the movie In the beginning of the story, moana’s grandma tell her a story about maui’s stealing the heart of te fiti. Moana comes of age and goes to the water with her boat and the heart that her granda gives to her. Moana sail the ocean to find maui and return the heart. Later on, she met maui. Maui said he need to find his hook so moana and maui go to find the hook and they end up getting the hook and meet a griant crab named Tamatoa, who they get back Maui’s hook. The climas of the film is when Maui and Moana need to fight Te ka. This movie connects to the course themes in a multitude of ways including, defining the world’s region based on their geography and cultural landscapes. Moana does this extremely well and in regard to the geography, all of the animals such as Pigs, chicken, and exotic shorebirds are all very real parts of ancient Polynesian life. The structure of the village and how their community operates is quite a communalist, meaning that the local inhabitants of Motunui and Polynesia as a whole share their goods with all members of the society. In regards to Humans effect on the environment, Moana illustrates a world were Te Fiti was stolen from and taken advantage of. This parallels in the real world to the overuse of natural resources like fish and food on the island. This shows that at the end of the movie, when Moana returns the “heart”, effectively fixing the humans relationship with nature; this shows that Polynesians as a whole have a deep connection to not only the ocean but nature as a whole. I greatly enjoyed all aspects of this movie and it can definitely be used as a great educational tool for children if they need an introduction to Polynesian culture. Polynesian mythology is an oral history, and was never documented in artwork; so, to make the film's exposition more visual, the team created a synthetic style of tapa—a cloth-like material most often made by pounding the bark of the paper mulberry tree until it has the proper consistency. For the music entitled How far I’ll go, I think it’s all about a person who wants to prove themselves and show everyone just how far they'll go. It's about someone who tries their hardest to be the person everyone wants them to be but they just want to be themselves. Opinion In my opinion Moana is one of the best films I’ve ever watch. Moana is truly a role model for us, for being a brave person a in every challenge she encountered. But each of these three themes played important roles in the overall storyline. We see Special Birth through Moana as she was what the people needed. We see Nature Spirituality through the Island as the Island was no longer able to give the people what they needed until Moana was able to restore it. Lastly, we have reincarnation. This was presented through Moana's grandmother, after she had passed away, Moana later had an encountering with a stingray which is the new form of her Grandmother. All three Religious themes connect through the film, they all played a role in furthering the life of the Island. Conclusion The filmmaker’s success in his/her purpose because the story really tells a clear message like, the devotion of moana to her people, the love of her family and her desire to forge her own path. Moana loves her island, and was ready to give up her dreams of sailing the ocean to serve as chief over her people. You can see in the film the traits of a good people with a good heart and intention.
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