One of the central aspects of this poster is its use of images to depict scenes and ideas within the play ’The Shoe-Horn Sonata’. In this play‚ Misto creates meaning through his use of a linear timeline‚ which allows the reader to follow the events as they occur. This is crucial to the play as it causes the reader to become emotionally invested in the characters and causes them to question what happen in the camp to result in the present. This poster uses layout and gaze to create this effect of
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Visual Techniques in The Shoe-Horn Sonata • On Air Sign: Bridie and Sheila sharing their experiences as POWs with Australia = A visual reminder of the intrusion into their privacy. • Evacuation of Singapore on 13 Feb‚ 1942 alongside the Women and children boarding ships‚ clutching toys‚ waving goodbye. Women and children fleeing from the city that was about to be invaded by a conquering army. “It is hard to believe from their happy smiles that they are soon to be the victims of history’s worst
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truth behind these women’s recounts‚ and an acknowledgement of their strength. Misto uses photographic images to achieve several things within his play. Firstly the images transport the audience to the world which these women are describing through their dialogue of memories. In Act One‚ whilst Bridie describes the evacuation of Singapore and the naivety of the British to attack‚ the images of Singapore allow the audience to understand the magnificence of the city prior to its attack. The photos
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role towards Shiela‚ as evident when Shiela states “We fought all the time. You were worse than my mother” and when Bridie calls Shiela “My dear girl”. Therefore‚ the character of Bridie shifts in her role and perception throughout the play the Shoe Horn Sonata as a result of the truth being
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John Misto‚ playwright of the Shoe-Horn Sonata has clearly brought forward the women’s story to the audience. Shoe-Horn is a very powerful Australian play that seeks to commemorate the endurance and heroic struggle of women interned in Japanese POW camps during World War II. Misto achieves this through a combination of dramatic techniques‚ themes‚ characterisation and settings making the past vivid and understandable. The characters presented in the Shoe-Horn Sonata are fictional‚ but the events
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feelings towards the texts. The Shoe-horn Sonata written by John Misto and the short film‚ ’Lovefield’ directed by Mathieu Ratthe allows the responder to experience both positive and negative themes associated with the texts such as power‚ war‚ friendship and bravery which therefore enables them to explore new emotions and experiences that may be unfamiliar to them. Elements such as effective visual and distinctive techniques have been used to create vivid images associated with
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briefy discuss about the play Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto in relation to distinctively visual. The Shoe Horn Sonata is a play that shows distinctively visual narratives of female prisoners of war. Misto convey ideas of female survivors who live through war in Japanese camps suffering brutality from their violent Japanese oppressors. He does this by using visual techniques including photographs displaying humiliation‚ starvation and torture and also projected images to further highlight his purpose
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto ‘Distinctively Visual’ After your reading‚ please answer the following questions to show your understanding. Please write in full sentences‚ in your own words‚ using evidence from the text where you can. 1 Describe what you see on the front cover of the play. What clues does this give you about the play? 2 After the Contents’ page there is a photograph. Who is this photograph of? 3 What do you learn from the information you are given about the
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distinctly visual leads us to think about significant issues in our world. Do you agree? In your response make detailed reference to distinctly visual qualities of The Shoe-Horn Sonata and ONE other text of your choosing. Many composers use various techniques in which they communicate the distinctly visual. John Misto’s ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ and Alexander Kimel’s ‘The Action in the Ghetto of Rohatyn‚ March 1942’ represent significant issues in our world by using various literary and dramatic techniques
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the images presented. The text Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto first appears as a play about two friends restoring their relationship after 50 years apart‚ however‚ realistically it also implies that war is a futile and horrendous experience. It is the combination of techniques in the Shoe-Horn Sonata that allows the viewer to see the different aspects of the text. John Misto uses traditional dramatic techniques such as dialogue‚ lighting and a minimalistic setting to create a complete image to the
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