The Shawshank redemption; directed by Frank Darabont is a film that follows the story of a wrongly convicted double murderer Andy Dufresne. Upon entering Shawshank, a Corrupt prison run by the Warden, he meets Ellis Boyd Redding whom is also known as red. The director uses the pair to create a monumental sense of hope in the film.
In contrast to the prison environment of the film, Andy is the image of hope, whereas Red and the other prisoners have evidently given up hope and have become institutionalised. We are exposed to this in our introduction to Red when his sentence is reviewed and rejected. The inmates are used to being rejected and don't expect anything less. Afterwards comes the quote
“I’m up for rejection next week” Which is followed …show more content…
Upon discovering this he uses one of them to play Mozart out over the entire prison yard without authorisation from the warden. The scene shows Andy is selfless by playing the music for everyone to hear despite knowing there would be severe consequences. Whilst the music is heard throughout the prison the director uses panning high angle shots that reveal beyond the prison walls whilst the prisoners look to the sky. This gives the audience a sense of freedom. When the scene cuts to a shot of Red whom is working in a darkened room. The director uses streams of light piercing into the darkened room to show a glimmer of that hope that Andy has allowed the prisoners to feel.
It is not until after Andy has served one week in isolation that the conversation relating music to hope occurs between Andy and Red.
Andy Dufresne: “That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't touch. That's yours...Hope.”
To which Red replies
“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
This enforces the way we perceive Andy as the image of hope in the
In contrast to the prison environment of the film, Andy is the image of hope, whereas Red and the other prisoners have evidently given up hope and have become institutionalised. We are exposed to this in our introduction to Red when his sentence is reviewed and rejected. The inmates are used to being rejected and don't expect anything less. Afterwards comes the quote
“I’m up for rejection next week” Which is followed …show more content…
Upon discovering this he uses one of them to play Mozart out over the entire prison yard without authorisation from the warden. The scene shows Andy is selfless by playing the music for everyone to hear despite knowing there would be severe consequences. Whilst the music is heard throughout the prison the director uses panning high angle shots that reveal beyond the prison walls whilst the prisoners look to the sky. This gives the audience a sense of freedom. When the scene cuts to a shot of Red whom is working in a darkened room. The director uses streams of light piercing into the darkened room to show a glimmer of that hope that Andy has allowed the prisoners to feel.
It is not until after Andy has served one week in isolation that the conversation relating music to hope occurs between Andy and Red.
Andy Dufresne: “That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't touch. That's yours...Hope.”
To which Red replies
“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
This enforces the way we perceive Andy as the image of hope in the