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Monday, December 05, 2005

New Movie Analysis: THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

Blessed with fascinating photography of the South Pole, this documentary chronicles the trials and triumphs of the Emperor penguins' annual trek to and back from their breeding grounds. The birds brave endless hardships--exhaustion, starvation, deadly cold, blizzards, predators, and repeated separation--in their quest to bring new penguin life into the world.

Documentaries benefit from adopting the same storytelling principles as fiction to grab and sustain audience/reader interest. The March of the Penguins relies on four specific principles to accomplish this...

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