music. John Misto the composer of Shoe-Horn Sonata demonstrates the effects of post-traumatic stress‚ survival and friendship throughout the play with the use of film and dramatic techniques. Misto illustrates the viciousness of the Japanese to highlight the strength and resilience of the women. These women had been captured by the Japanese during WW11 and were taken into hostage‚ they remained in camps‚ where they had been brutalised. In Shoe Horn Sonata‚ John Misto highlights the horrific
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PAPER 2 SECTION 2 Practice Essay Module B The Shoe- Horn Sonata *** “The Shoe- Horn Sonata” is a play by John Misto that gives an insight into two lives of two female POWs in WW II and is a vector of Misto’s thoughts. It explores the little known and often terrible events associated with female prisoners of war. The play follows a friendship of two women through the war to a point of tension that’s beyond what any normal friendship would have to deal with. Misto engages his audience by using a multitude
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Distinctively visual is an element that analyses language to help the audience construct and perceive visual images‚ shape meaning and to interpret main ideas and themes. Distinctively visual is based on the literature forming some sort of visualisation. The factors that make up the module include visual‚ aural and oral. The elements of distinctively visual include characterisation‚ dialogue‚ gesture‚ body language‚ dance‚ music‚ sounds effects‚ stage directions‚ dramatic imagery‚ lighting‚ symbolism
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notion of the distinctively visual can be seen as a process of connecting an image with an idea‚ the distinctive quality of the visual lies in its capacity to elicit a powerful response and plant it within the reader’s mind‚ in order to cultivate as the themes‚ characters and plot of the material begins to broaden. Distinctively visual texts have the power to provoke reactions from responders whether that would be reactions of pleasure or anger and most intentions of distinctive visuals is to provoke
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heir language forms and features. The composer John Misto of ‘Shoe-Horn Sonata’ creates a wide image of distinctive visual techniques through imagery. John Misto uses this visual technique to raise awareness of the damaged chaos that occurred to the women who have been captured by the Japanese. By using distinctively visual techniques Misto allows the viewers to empathise with the crucial actors/segregation that the Japanese people were showing towards the women. “I wanted to cry. But I reminded
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but then i suppose I gotta look at it in a positive way‚ had she have not slept with Lipstick Larry I wouldn’t be here today. I believe the saying is an eye for eye‚ I saved her at sea and she saved me in camp‚ so when I think about it that bloody shoe-horn saved us both‚ who would of thought‚ but was it worth it. After being cured of that pesky cerebral malaria I still had to face the Japs each day‚ day in‚ day out and I still had to eat rice almost everyday and I still had to watch some of my best
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Shoe Horn Sonata Essay – Raquel Russo Distinctively visual explores how we see and or visualize images in a way that allows us to become aware of various aspects in society. The play‚ The Shoe Horn Sonata written by John Misto and the film clip Stupid Girls by Pink‚ use distinctively visual elements to create a sense of awareness about women. Misto’s script pays tribute to the Australian female nurses in WWII‚ revealing the realities of war through the strength and resilience of Bridie and Sheila
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bonds of friendship between the two women‚ a reoccurring theme within the play‚ and their shared caramel provides a powerful image in our minds of the deprivation they endured‚ but also of the tenacity‚ hope and friendship they clung to. Distinctively Visual Elements of the Scene • Caramel is symbolic because it symbolizes hope and survival of the girls. This shows that the caramel is the only luxury that they have in the camp. • The male choir is symbolic of strength and self-determination because
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experiences. Explain how this is achieved in The Shoehorn Sonata and at least two other texts. Language helps us share other people’s experience. In the play the Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto‚ the use of symbolism‚ stage directions and dialogue enables the audience to feel empathy for the character as does the language used in the film Apocolyto and in the painting “He Ain’t Heavy‚ He’s My Brother” by Holly Wong. The Shoe Horn Sonata makes references to actual historical events and places.
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Connecting to others past experiences through distinctively visual elements allows the responder to mentally visualise images evoking an emotional and historical connection with the story‚ as they’re brought to life. “The Shoe Horn Sonata”‚ a play by John Misto establishes these experiences through the eye witnesses of the Australian nurses. In addition to Angelina Jolie’s film “Unbroken”‚ both exemplify dramatic visual elements to convey their survival experiences onto the audience. As the play
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