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    Light In A Dark Place The Film Shawshank Redemption directed and screenplay written by Frank Darabont. The two main actors of the film is Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding. The film begins as Andy Dufresne a banker was wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife Linda Collins Dufresne and her lover Glenn Quintin. Prison wasn’t kind to Andy as “the sisters” were beating up and raping Andy‚ having to fight alone against them. Andy using his prior would

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    In ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ directed by Frank Darabont the production techniques helped develop my opinion of the main character Andy. The three techniques used are‚ camera shots‚ music‚ and lighting. These techniques helped me become confident in Andy’s personality and my opinion of him. When we first met Andy he is a quiet man‚ giving off the impression that he is cold blooded‚ keeping to himself mostly and not bothered by those outside of his comfort zone. Others however feel that Andy is a

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    The prison of Shawshank is a fictional Marine state prison‚ where the story takes place. The prison is also mentioned in several other Stephen King novels. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is a novella‚ which is originally from his collection‚ Different Seasons. Another book overshadowed by its film adaption is Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption‚ the fiction story is written in the present in the year 1976‚ where Red‚ the main character‚ is prisoned for murdering his wife. The

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    “One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing‚ so that the reader is with somebody who has a take on everything they observe.”(Rachel Kushner). This relates to Red in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption as through his narration of the story‚ one learns more about his character. At the beginning of the novel‚ it appears as though the story is one that centers around Andy Dufresne. However‚ as the novella continues‚ it is evident that the contents of the

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    In the film “Shawshank Redemption” directed by Frank Darabont it shows that good and evil personalities are shown as opposite to the stereotypes society holds. One expects characters like the warden and the guards to be good people and the prisons to be the bad people yet they are proved different after watching the film. The use of different cinematic techniques such as lighting‚ camera angles‚ music and different shots are used in the film to display the powerful difference between good and evil

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    Intent I am writing and explaining my understanding of the film “Shawshank Redemption”. My target audience is for those people who don’t seem to fully understand on why the director has used symbolism as it has a deep meaning in the film. Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont’s film “Shawshank Redemption” is about perseverance‚ survival and ultimately‚ hope. Andy Dufresne is an innocent man who was sentenced for life behind bars at Shawshank prison after being falsely accused of the murder of his wife

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    In the film The Shawshank Redemption‚ the director‚ Frank Darabont uses many techniques to create meaning and emphasis regarding Andy and Red’s journey from institutionalisation to freedom. He uses a range of camera techniques‚ sound‚ theme and symbolism to convey his points to the audience. The audience sees the use of camera techniques to show that Andy is redeemed when he escapes from prison‚ sound to show the harshness of reality‚ theme to show that religion is to be interpreted‚ and symbolism

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    characters who share the basic values of a particular target audience. For example‚ The Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ uses the character of Andy Dufresne to represent values such as friendship‚ freedom and hope. Andy is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Once in the prison‚ he is seen as a God-like figure who brings hope and the feeling of freedom to the prisoners in isolated Shawshank. Similarly‚ the character of Rubin Carter‚ in The Hurricane‚ directed by Norman Jewison

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    91099 – Visual Texts 2013 Question 3: Analyse how visual or sound effects were used to emphasise a theme in the visual or oral text/s The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont In the film “The Shawshank Redemption” an important theme was the idea of hope and how once you have it; it can be given to others so they too can be hope filled. In various scenes throughout the duration of the film‚ camera work‚ colour and lighting have been used to emphasise this idea of hope and how it can be

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    Shawshank Wrongly accused of a double homicide he didn’t commit‚ a banker named Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) is sent to Shawshank Prison for life. In Prison he befriends Red (Morgan Freeman) who is able to smuggle things from the outside. He asked Red for a rockhammer (saying he liked geology). He later asks for a poster. After he befriends the guards by giving them financial advice‚ the warden takes an interest in him. Andy builds a prison library and helps the

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