Witness (1985) Analysis: In this analysis I looked at the lunch scene in the middle of raising the barn in Peter Weir’s “Witness” made in 1985. I mainly look at dialogue and mise-en-scene. The whole film is about an Amish boy and his mother‚ Rachel‚ who witness a murder and a policeman‚ John‚ who goes into hiding as protection until the trial. The scene itself is one where the community is brought together to build a barn in a day for a newlywed couple of the town. The setting is very specific
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How does peter weir portrayal of the relationship between book and his world move us to a deeper understanding of power? The romantic‚ mystery filed movie witness was directed by peter weir in 1985. The movie is based around a young Amish boy Samuel who witnesses the brutal murder of a police officer and a police officer John Book who heads the murder investigation. In the film the responder is exposed to‚ two parallel plots that of forbidden love with Rachel and of course the murder plot. It
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THESIS: “Having not just two cultures‚ but two time zones”. Weir‚ the director of the film Witness‚ cleverly used juxtaposition to divide the two overlapping worlds. The dichotomy in the contemporary American society and the idealised representation of Amish people‚ and their dissimilar values and morals are powerfully shown visually. Linking Sentence from the intro Weir speculates the attitudinal divide of the values and morals of the two worlds. He focuses in the conflict of cultures and social
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FILM: Witness Directed by Peter Weir CLASH OF CULTURES Peter Weir’s film Witness explores the clash of cultures by contrasting the Amish culture with a modern Westernised society. Firstly‚ cultural clash is achieved through the contrast of setting. The panning shot of the countryside‚ depicting Amish farmhouses and barns‚ coupled with the free flowing soundtrack‚ depicts a peaceful agrarian community. This contrasts with the busy American city‚ with shops‚ modern style buildings and cars suggesting
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Essay Writing Witness Dynamic characters promise to take a story’s audience on a journey. The key issue to understand is that it is because characters in stories act out to resolution and fulfilment issues of human need that they engage the attention of an audience. Conflict with the plot‚ love/hate relationships‚ common human attributes clenched into a character which accounts for its distinguishing trait. Peter Weir’s Witness offers us with a range of distinctive characters but John Book’s character
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Beyond the archetypal exposé of the Amish culture by all‚ it seems that the Oscar-winning ‘Witness’ by Peter Weir has expunged the typical intuition of the Amish culture. In a nutshell‚ 1985 film ‘Witness’ focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy [Samuel] who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia train station. The Amish trace their religious heritage to the Swiss Anabaptist of sixteenth-century Europe‚ who emerged in the wake of the
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Key Scenes Barn Scene Low light is used in the scene in which John Book fixes his car‚ emitted by a gas lamp‚ which is the only source of light. This gives an air of intimacy. It gives the effect to the audience of comfort. The song “Golden Oldie” is played when Book manages to fix the car. The song’s tone is quite joyous and this is effects the audience’s understanding of the tone of the scene. This is also shown through the fact that both Rachel and Book are happy. It is also the first scene when
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Adapted from draft 6: Write a personal essay about an experience reminded by A Walk to the Jetty. Farewell It was the night before I set off. I sat on the floor in my lovely bedroom‚ enjoying myself in creating a mess when I tried to figure out what to take with to college. It’s been too long that I could spend my time just doing nothing; to me that was like running into a pink elephant during the past several years. But I was no longer a bird in cage‚ but soon would fly up high to the azure
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Farewell speech Good evening \ It seems like just the other day when we were all having fun with our dearest friend Patrick‚ as they will move on to Manila to get a job. We have waited for this moment all our lives‚ the moment when we leave our childhood behind and step into the world to forge our own paths in life. We have counted down the years‚ the months‚ the hours‚ minutes and seconds‚ and finally‚ that moment has arrived. I find myself not a little sad‚ for I will be leaving behind people
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Summary In " Education Is Not Luxury"‚ Stephen Joel Trachtenberg discussed about that people should take school seriously and in his opinion‚ " Topics like these may be putting a squeeze on the time spent on literacy and numeracy." Years ago‚ most American worked in farming or in finishing agricultural crops. However‚ " Agrarian calendar continues to dominate one facet of American life--education."‚ even we are no longer agrarian. Schooling was a luxury and it is a long process of educating the
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