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    Perseverance, the motivation of doing something that consists of difficult objectives or something can set back the main course of achieving a task. A novella about two convicted inmates and how one gutsy inmate named Andy Dufresne escapes the Shawshank Prison. His buddy Red had run alongside his decision and helped him through it, even though Red was the only one in the prison to truthfully admit that Andy did not do it. Andy did not kill his wife and her lover. Elwood Blatch had committed the crime

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    The Shawshank Redemption is about Andy Dufresne, A banker from Maine who is sentenced to two life terms in a harsh prison, Shawshank Prison. Andy claims he's innocent, but many doubt him. During the first night, Red an inmate that was in for murder,and his friends bet on which new inmate would break down first and he bets on Andy. Red lost the Bet, and loses two cigarettes. Andy approaches Red, who smuggles contraband into the prison and asks him for a rock hammer. Andy claims it's for his hobby

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    West Side Story

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    West Side Story By: Buthainah Alsalmi 05/29/2017 THE 100 West side story is an old musical film in 1961. It was taking from William Shakespeare`s play Romeo and Juliet. The story was about two groups of boys one from United States (Jets) lead by Riff and the other from Puerto Rico (Sharks) lead by Bernardo. There was a tension between the groups and Jets challenged Sharks for a dance. Tony invited to the dance by his friend Riff and he was not interested at first but Riff convinced him to come

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    Jerome Robbins, the choreographer for both the movie and stage productions, did a fantastic job of channeling his ballet roots (Robbins was a dancer and choreographer with the New York City Ballet and would be involved with the company for most of his life) and mixing it with a New York City flavour to create what feels

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    In the film The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont the purpose of the beginning sequence is to introduce us to Andy Dufresne and his situation; being accused of the murder of his wife and her lover. This sequence uses lighting, music, sound and camera work to show us Andy’s struggle. A production aspect that shows us this idea is lighting. Low Key Lighting is used in the scene when we see Andy in his car drinking bourbon and loading his hand gun. Low Key Lighting is when the lighting

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    Shawshank Redemption Essay Question 8: Analyse how specific techniques were used to portray inspiring ideas in a visual; or oral text. Directed by Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption tells the Story of Andy Dufrane, a man who has been wrongly convicted of murder and must endure life inside the harsh and corrupt Shawshank prison, but despite this he never loses hope of finding freedom. Hope is an important inspiring idea in this film, as it is what sustains him during the long and difficult

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    Statement of Intent I’ve decided to write a film review because I am passionate about this film and how they make it seem so real and the lessons you can lessons you can learn from them. My purpose of this film review is to persuade people that this is an amazing film and a lot of life lessons that come with it. Title: The Guilty Prison Displacement The Shawshank redemption is drama film directed by Frank Darabont set in the Shawshank State Prison through the 1930’s to the 1940’s time period

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    It is not an exaggeration to say that society is an irreplaceable factor when it comes to developing a person’s potential to its fullest. Indeed, a considerable number of features considered characteristics of our kind could have only been developed within the boundaries of society and are found nowhere else in the world of living organisms. However, society may not always be the best platform for the development of one’s individuality. Sometimes people are not treated in a correct manner, which

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    personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when they are combined they create a very fascinating plot which looks at prison life in a interesting and different perspective than one normally thinks. The main characters are Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Eliss "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman). These characters are well complimented by the wise and simple old man, Brooks (James Whitmore), and the evil warden. The personalities of the Shawshank prison combined to form a sort of community

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    There is a staggering amount of corruption in the prison system that is caused by pressure on the inmates as well as the employees in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. The aforementioned corruption contributes greatly to many of the main plot points in the story such as; the harassment of the prisoners, the smuggling of contraband items into Shawshank, and the prisoners making their own lives easier by using the corruption for their own purposes. Corruption is a main cause

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