THE CONSTANT GARDENER CHARACTER ANALYSIS Major Characters: Who is he/she? Role and function. Connotaions of name What values or ideas do they represent? Justin Quayle Tessa Quayle Sandy Woodrow Kenny Curtiss Sir Bernard Pellegrin Arnold Bluhm Tim Donohue Ghita Pearson Dr Lorbeer IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS of MAIN CHARACTERS Consider what main techniques are used to present an impression of
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English Constant Gardner Directed by Fernando The Film ‘The Constant Gardener’ Directed by Fernando Meircelles‚ Is fill confusion‚ entertainment and love. I thought the film was very good in the techniques the director used‚ but was hard to get my head around. ‘The Constant Gardner’ would be thought to be about gardening‚ but it’s just based around it. The concept of gardening is the story line of the movie. Two main characters Tessa and Justin are in love‚ but don’t know each other as well
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Stephanie Ralston Film Aesthetics and Analysis In the film‚ The Constant Gardener (Meirelles‚ 2005)‚ the use of editing helps to convey a central theme of uncertainty. Another important theme that arises in the film is justice. Uncertainty progresses into a revealing of truth that leads the protagonist to seek justice. The plot follows a young woman‚ Tessa (Rachel Weisz)‚ whose murder provokes her husband‚ Justin (Ralph Fiennes)‚ to explore the corruption of the drug company Tessa was trying
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Fernando Meirelles’ “The Constant Gardener” is a complex thriller/love story‚ based on the novel of John le Carre‚ containing a heavy use of non-linear story weaving‚ flashbacks and flash forwards. The main character‚ Justin Quale‚ is shown as an unassuming‚ almost passive person‚ while his wife‚ Tessa‚ is shown as assertive‚ and almost aggressive. Justin and Tessa are important to the film‚ because the contrast between their characters helps develop the theme of the never-ending work of gardening
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The Constant Gardener’ (TCG)– Directed by Fernando Meirelles ‘How Many Miles to Babylon’ (HMMB) – Written by Jennifer Johnston ‘Empire of the Sun’ – (ES) - Written by JG Ballard The answer should include: Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Different types of text First of all‚ fellow students‚ let us look at how the different types of text influence how stories are told. TCG is a film. Therefore‚ it is an audio-visual medium. Actors portray the characters. The audience gets constant imagery
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– The Constant Gardener In the article “The Constant Gardener: What the Movie Missed” by Sonia Shah‚ she talks about the issues and concerns of new drugs being tested on people in developing countries such as Latin America‚ Eastern Europe‚ Asia and Africa. In Shah’s essay she brings up two convincing arguments against these experiments. One argument Shah speaks on is that in the movie The Constant Gardener the seriousness of the possible danger in these experiments is not well depicted. She argues
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The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and produced by Simon Channing-Williams . The screen script by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carre novel by the same name. The movie is the narrative of Justin Quayle‚ a British diplomat in Kenya‚ who seeks to find the truth behind his wife’s murder . The movie‚ set in the 1990’s‚ begins almost with the murder‚ however‚ with the use of flashbacks one is given a glimpse of the life the couple had before the ending
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Key Scenes and Techniques: In the scene where Sandy tells Justin of Tessa’s death Sandy is shown in strong shadow and Justin is well lit and appears in a sunny patch‚ watering his plants. This creates a sense of foreboding and makes Justin seem like the good guy or hero of the piece. Dinner Party/ Drinks with Sir Bernard Pellegrin and Dr Joshua Ngaba‚ Kenya Health Ministry Pellegrin - “You’ve met Dr. Ngaba‚ have you?” Bluhm - “Yes‚ at the opening of a new state-of-the-art clinic...without
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The Gardener - Rudyard Kipling "The Gardener" is the story to be read in between lines. It was written by Rudyard Kipling. It is a well-written story with such a great craftsmanship and surprise ending that the readers find it necessary to go through the second reading and make readjustment in the relation between one and the other character. In other words‚ the end of the story acts as a switch back to the beginning of the story for the re-reading. The story deals with the life of Michael who
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The Persian Gardener Arfan‚ the gardener‚ accepted the horses from the Prince. The gardener was so scared of Death that he couldn’t think about anything else but running away to Isfahan. He used to live in Isfahan before‚ and he knew it was going to be a half-day trip. He was happy that the Prince gave him two horses‚ so he could ride a cart with both of them almost twice faster. Once he left the Prince’s house‚ he couldn’t stop thinking about reasons why Death met him. “What have I done to
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