Beginning the journey...
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Self discovery is a solitary experience.
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Wide overhead shot that pulls away rapidly
Wide undershot
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Pi alone and isolated in the surging ocean
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The camera shot emphasises Pi's isolation, danger and vulnerability.
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Each individual must discover his/her own balance and true self in order to survive and thrive in life.
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Metaphor
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Pi adrift in the ocean after a shipwreck which killed his family.
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Represents a person's necessary separation from his family and familiar comfort zone in order to find his own way in the world and discover his true self.
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Discoveries irreversibly change us.
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sustained long shot, back-lighting, metaphor
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Pi suspended above the sinking ship
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The sustained shot of Pi floating depicts the profound discovery that he cannot go back to the past, to childhood nor to the security of his family.
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