INT: Hello, I’m here with Lucy Brown who has just viewed, The Shawshank Redemption for the first time, and is willing to answer a few questions. Firstly, what qualities of Red and Andy’s characters do you believe brought them together?
Brooke: Fantastic question. I believe that Red and Andy’s friendship developed majorly throughout their time in prison. Both Red and Andy started out as complete social opposites, Red from a poor background and Andy from a privileged white background. They both ended up learning new things from each other. Red takes Andy under his wing and shows him the way to do things in prison. Both characters gain mutual respect for each other whilst being in prison. Red and Andy struggle to survive the horrors of prison, …show more content…
I definitely think that the most moving scene would have to be when Andy escapes from the prison at the end of the movie. I thought it was very creative how Stephen King chose to have a close up of Andy, with his back to the camera while he was using an axe to make a hole in the wall. I believe this shows how much he is willing to go through to try and escape. I liked the extreme long shot of Andy crawling towards the camera, through the hole he made. You could really see his facial expression and the struggle on his face, as he made his way through the hole. It was a really good choice made by Stephen King, when he chose to have an extreme long shot of the prison with the diegetic sounds of lightening and rain in the background. My favourite part of this scene would be the long shot of Andy struggling to run through the knee-deep water, ripping his shirt off while raising his hands in the air as he celebrates his successful escape. I found this scene very moving and emotion, because as a viewer you are hoping that he escapes successfully without being caught and taken back to prison. I found it funny when Red said that, “Andy through a river of shit and came out clean on the other
Brooke: Fantastic question. I believe that Red and Andy’s friendship developed majorly throughout their time in prison. Both Red and Andy started out as complete social opposites, Red from a poor background and Andy from a privileged white background. They both ended up learning new things from each other. Red takes Andy under his wing and shows him the way to do things in prison. Both characters gain mutual respect for each other whilst being in prison. Red and Andy struggle to survive the horrors of prison, …show more content…
I definitely think that the most moving scene would have to be when Andy escapes from the prison at the end of the movie. I thought it was very creative how Stephen King chose to have a close up of Andy, with his back to the camera while he was using an axe to make a hole in the wall. I believe this shows how much he is willing to go through to try and escape. I liked the extreme long shot of Andy crawling towards the camera, through the hole he made. You could really see his facial expression and the struggle on his face, as he made his way through the hole. It was a really good choice made by Stephen King, when he chose to have an extreme long shot of the prison with the diegetic sounds of lightening and rain in the background. My favourite part of this scene would be the long shot of Andy struggling to run through the knee-deep water, ripping his shirt off while raising his hands in the air as he celebrates his successful escape. I found this scene very moving and emotion, because as a viewer you are hoping that he escapes successfully without being caught and taken back to prison. I found it funny when Red said that, “Andy through a river of shit and came out clean on the other