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Audio-Visual Construction of Narrative: Imaging for Impact - 'The Shawshank Redemption'.  

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Basic Digital Audio-Visual Production Audio-Visual Construction of Narrative: Imaging for Impact 'The Shawshank Redemption' Castle Rock Entertainment (1994) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman Dir: Frank Darabont Chapter: 11 Description: 'The Parole Rejection' 'The Shawshank Redemption' is an emotive and gripping motion picture. The scene that I have chosen to analyse is central to the film, its overall atmosphere, psychology and emotion are consistent throughout the picture. This particular scene is extremely powerful. It begins in complete darkness, a total blackout. It seems to the audience that it is a point of view shot, with doors being opened in front of the camera while it takes a steady path forwards into the light. This symbolises the hope that the character 'Red' (Morgan Freeman) has in his parole hearing. The shot develops from a point of view shot into a wide angle group shot where the audience see the full horizon of the judgement board. These factors all add to the vast...

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