Nikki Caro Whale Rider Speech Hello Year 8, my name is Nikki Caro and today I am going to talk to you about the film Whale Rider. I directed Whale Rider in 2002. I did not write the plot by I was adapting he book ‘Whale Rider’ written by Witi Ihimaera. When I was directing the film I wanted to keep the traditional Maori culture as a main feature of the film and also represent the changes to the culture through generational differences. Today I will be talking to you about how I used filmic techniques
The Whale Rider by Niki Caro is a film about a young girl, Paikea’s journey to acceptance from her grandfather. This film explores many themes such as feminism, family and conflict. One of the main conflicts explored throughout this film is the conflict between Nanny Flowers and Koro, Paikea’s grandparents. Conflict is an important issue in this film because it causes rupture among an already fractured family. The film Whale Rider is based around a family living on the East Coast of New Zealand
Whale rider is a 2002 film that was based on the book The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (film education). It takes place in a small village of New Zealand where the Maori people live (whale rider Media Ed.). The movie focuses on the story of a young girl, Paikea, and her grandfather, Koro. The movie exhibits the challenges young Paikea goes through in order to show her grandfather her capacity of being the tribe’s future leader, regardless that she is a girl. The film demonstrates the importance
In the movie “Whale Rider” by Niki Caro, the theme is subjugation of women and the main character Paikea manages to surpass the patriarchal beliefs so she is a winner which is good for the community and that makes for a happy ending. The main event of this movie is when the whales answer Paikea’s call for help and end up stranded on the shore. The locals are unable to move the whales, after many attempts they give up and walk away with sadness. Then, Pai climbs up on the whale and rides it out to
Movie analysis The Whale Rider Together with Yavaraj Athur Raghuvir I watched the movie called The Whale Rider which deals with the issue of cultural restrains both as an individual and as a society. The story takes place in New Zealand where the Maori people of a small village claim descent from the Whale Rider, Paikea. By tradition the heir to the leadership of the Maori tribe has to be the first born son- a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea. The Maori people faces a crisis as the current
THE WHALE RIDER The film's plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai")[In the book, her name is Kahu, short for Kahutia Te Rangi], a 12-year-old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe's chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition, the leader should be the first-born son a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea, aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book, the Whale Rider he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However, Pai
Introduction ‘‘The Whale Rider’’ revolves around Paikea, a twelve-year-old Maori girl. Paikea’s mother dies in childbirth along with her twin brother who was supposed to be-come the new leader of the Maori tribe. Her father is deeply saddened about this and leaves his only child to be raised by her grandparents, Koro and Nanny. Unfortunately, Koro does not appeal to this situation very well as he was expecting a grandson to be born and eventually lead the Maori tribe. Throughout the film, Koro
as a child to hear those words come from my grandfather mouth. But those words didn’t get to her at all it seemed to make her try harder. In the movie, There’s a part where The grandfather takes the boys from the school out to the sea. He drops a whale tooth necklace into the sea. He tells the boys “ One of you will bring this back to me” . The boys dive in and actually one comes close to getting it but it falls through his hands back to the sea. The grandfather loses all hope for his tribe and at
's miracle. Legend is often inspirational, because with spiritual power, or implied some kind of mystery. If some kind of legend with its inherent rationality, will produce a good story. The "Whale Rider" is such a good film, the open sea, the distant shout, an island Maori, their ancestors are riding a whale come. Certainly, an ancient village has a traditional parents, the system must have an elderly management of the entire village. Inheritance and development into a mission. Opposition and friction