Dead Poets Society Film Study
Dead Poets Society Task E
Dead Poets Society has engaged its audiences and critics with its brilliant plot spun expertly like a spider’s web. This coming of age film explores the rebellious nature of the adolescents as they progress from childhood to adulthood. Dead Poets Society is unique with its brilliant acting, uplifting story and superb craftsmanship.
The main characters in this film are Robin Williams as Mr Keating, Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry, and Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson. I believe that Robin Williams was the perfect choice to act as Mr Keating as he is well-known to possess a humorous personality. The enthusiasm that he emits when acting makes the film feel very realistic. For example in the “Todd’s Breakthrough” scene, the emotion seen on his face makes it feel as if it is not just a film but something that would happen in an actual classroom.
Robert Sean Leonard, who played Neil Perry, is a young adult still finding his maturity and responsibility. However as his father starts to dictate his life and lead him away from his lifelong passion of acting, Neil feels that he can’t convince his father to allow him to live his dream and ends his own life. All throughout the film Robert Sean Leonard has used amazing facial and body language to convey a confused adolescent to the audience. In the scene where Neil’s father decides to enrol Neil into a military school, Neil portrays an exasperated and desperate teenager with his magnificent use of facial expressions.
Ethan Hawke, who played Todd Anderson, is able to portray the nervous personality a very shy teenager. In the beginning of the film Todd was a very insecure student and couldn’t talk to anyone with authority. Ethan played all of Todd’s insecurities flawlessly from the stuttering in his voice to the whimpering facial expressions. Ethan’s expertise in acting is highlighted in the “Todd’s Breakthrough” scene. In this scene Todd is helped to overcome his fear by saying a poem in front of
Dead Poets Society has engaged its audiences and critics with its brilliant plot spun expertly like a spider’s web. This coming of age film explores the rebellious nature of the adolescents as they progress from childhood to adulthood. Dead Poets Society is unique with its brilliant acting, uplifting story and superb craftsmanship.
The main characters in this film are Robin Williams as Mr Keating, Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry, and Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson. I believe that Robin Williams was the perfect choice to act as Mr Keating as he is well-known to possess a humorous personality. The enthusiasm that he emits when acting makes the film feel very realistic. For example in the “Todd’s Breakthrough” scene, the emotion seen on his face makes it feel as if it is not just a film but something that would happen in an actual classroom.
Robert Sean Leonard, who played Neil Perry, is a young adult still finding his maturity and responsibility. However as his father starts to dictate his life and lead him away from his lifelong passion of acting, Neil feels that he can’t convince his father to allow him to live his dream and ends his own life. All throughout the film Robert Sean Leonard has used amazing facial and body language to convey a confused adolescent to the audience. In the scene where Neil’s father decides to enrol Neil into a military school, Neil portrays an exasperated and desperate teenager with his magnificent use of facial expressions.
Ethan Hawke, who played Todd Anderson, is able to portray the nervous personality a very shy teenager. In the beginning of the film Todd was a very insecure student and couldn’t talk to anyone with authority. Ethan played all of Todd’s insecurities flawlessly from the stuttering in his voice to the whimpering facial expressions. Ethan’s expertise in acting is highlighted in the “Todd’s Breakthrough” scene. In this scene Todd is helped to overcome his fear by saying a poem in front of