Film Study

In English, we have been watching Zootopia and after that, we are writing an essay about it. I chose to write about how Nick (one of the characters) changed throughout the movie.

This is what I have so far:

Today I’m going to be talking about Nick Wilde and how he changed throughout the movie (Zootopia). I’m going to be talking about Nick because I think he changed A LOT throughout the movie.

In the beginning, we can see that Nick acted like a jerk and thought that people should stick to what they are supposed to do instead of trying to go beyond their limitations. He was caught by Judy (a bunny cop) after he was ‘illegally’ selling ‘pawsicles’ to working businessmen. He played tricks on Judy to get away and also to tell Judy that she was not fit to be a cop because she was just a “dumb bunny”. I think that when they used “sly fox and dumb bunny” it helped me understand that Nick was someone who had a fixed mindset that he was better than everyone and those that don’t stick to what they are supposed to do are dumb.

Towards the middle, Nick became more open about the way he felt and the way he talked. He has shown many changes in the way he acted and the way he talked. For example, when Chief Bogo (Judy’s boss) tried to take Judy’s badge away from her, he stepped up to protect her and he even helped her just because he wanted to and not because Judy forced him too. He also opened up to Judy about what happen to him that made him be who he was. The way that the director set the lighting to low concentration made me realise that the scene where Nick was confessing to Judy about his past was meant to be serious and gloomy.

 At the end of the movie, he wasn’t the same old Nick anymore, who acted like a jerk and who was also stubborn. Nick changed the way he looked at life, he changed the way he acted and he also went beyond what he was supposed to be like Judy did. I think when the director used high concentration lighting it made me realise that everything was happy and positive.

Based on the way Nick changed, I would say he changed for the better and not for the bad. When he became a police officer, he proved to the audience that not all stereotypes are true and that people should not get judged because of the way they were in the beginning, because they never know if that person will change themselves. I also think that the journey Nick took to change himself will also motivate us humans to have the courage to change ourselves for the better.