...The Shawshank Redemption "The Shawshank Redemption" is directed by Frank Darabont and was released the 14 October 1994 in the USA. It has Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Redding (also called Red) in the leading roles. Morgan Freeman is known for his slow, deep and peaceful voice, and have been the narrator in many other series and movies, and that is why he of cause also are the narrator in this movie. The character Red tells what there happens in the movie in the time it's happens, so you not only get to see what there happens, but also hear it and what Red is thinking about it. The director and screen writer have been good to show the different persons from all their sides, so you really get the feeling of that you know the persons, and know what there will happened, but yet he still surplices you the one time after another. And specially giving Morgan Freeman space to show his full potential, that he also do. Witch also are the reasons that it have been nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Morgan Freeman for best actor in a leading role, and best writing and screenplay by Frank Darabont. This movie have giving many meracebles quotes, but there are three there stand a little out: (Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red]) "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." (Andy Dufresne:) "Get busy living, or get busy dying." (Red:) "Same old shit, different day" These quotes are someone that almost any...
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...The movie which I chose was Lean On Me. From this movie, a conceited and unconventional educator comes back as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had previously been sacked to discover that it has become a burrow of drug abuse, mob violence, in addition to urban misery. Ultimately his efficacious but unorthodox approaches lead to a conflict with city executives that threaten to undo all his exertions. The school located in Paterson, New Jersey, has below average basic skills test scores. Consequently, it is faced with the likelihood of being taken over by the municipal. Therefore, the mayor asks the institute administrator for help, and he proposes that they employ the scandalous Joe Clark as the school head. Clark reluctantly agrees to become its next head. And when Clark arrives, he shakes things up by recasting instructors as well as calling all of them ineffectual. And it is not long before a lot of individuals demand for his removal. However, but at the same time, Clark gains the admiration of some of the instructors and the learners when he gradually turns round the fortunes of the school. Information is exchanged for a variety of reasons and it flows both ways. Communication plays a crucial role in modeling and upholding acceptable superior-subordinate relations. There are numerous concepts at play in superior-subordinate communication. Key among them include feedback, upward influence, and trust. First, upward communication or influence refers to the...
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...I just don't want to. Five hundred yards: that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile, only to come out clean on the other side”. I have adapted that quote into my life and how one should deal with adversity. But, I digress. What I am going to address has nothing to do with my life or how to overcome obstacles, but how that movie demonstrated a few of the concepts of classicism, particularly for the time period, and length of time, the movie was based upon. The themes and characters in the movie “Shawshank Redemption” represent the socio-economic climate of the time. The classicism displayed in the movie did not occur until our main character was several months, up to a year, into his term. As Red, played by Morgan Freeman, starts a friendly bond with Andy, played by Tim Robbins, you can see the symmetry between them. At first, the two seem to feel each other out, although Red is more the extravert to Andy’s introversive tactics. As time progresses, what starts off as business turns into life long friendship. Red is a simple, common sense driven individual whereas Andy has the upscale businessman persona with a higher than average scale of intelligence than many of his counterparts. When the two interact you can see the symmetry between them as street knowledge gives way to book smarts and vice versa. There is also a level of humanism that is outspoken in the scene when Andy locks the door to the warden’s office and plays “The Marriage of Figaro” by...
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...The bucket list The Bucket List; what can I say? The Bucket List is a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson about the exploits in life they never got to accomplish and set out to do so after discovering they were going to die. It is an interesting take on death and how to deal with death. It shows many different viewpoints on the subject of death not just from the view of Edward (Nicholson) or Carter (Freeman.) This movie really makes you think about how you live your life. The Bucket List was considered one of the most uplifting movies of the year. These men both view death in different ways. Carter in the beginning accepted death; if he did not accept death yet the movie would have been over fairly quick. You can tell he accepted death because he started writing his bucket list as a metaphorical contract that states he has given his life and is ready to die. However towards the end of the movie it seems Carter has no longer accepted death because he refuses to go back home to his family after starting the list. I think he feels this way because he thinks when he gives up on the list that will signify the end. Edward in the beginning does not accept death he refuses to deal with funeral arrangements and the passing down of his possessions. Towards the end Edward realizes that his life has been fulfilled not from completing the list but truly finding a lifelong friend in Carter. It makes you wonder how different these men’s lives would be if they were not to meet...
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...Case Study 3 Lean on Me Lean on Me was a powerful movie directed by John Avildsen that came to the theatres in 1989. The movie is about a principal in 1987 that returns to Eastside High School that’s filled with violence, gangs, and drugs. This principal, Joe Clark, vowed to himself and everyone in the community and legislature that he would turn the school around. Joe Clark’s character was played by Oscar winner, Morgan Freeman. The state legislature has mandated that 75% of all high school students must pass the state aptitude exam or the school will be shut down. Joe Clark (aka Morgan Freeman) used his unconventional approaches to turn this school around. He transformed the look of the school by ordering the graffiti covered and painted over. He expelled all of the drug users/sellers and any trouble makers from the school. At this point, he started track the halls of the schools, making sure every student was in class where they belonged. He held each teacher personally accountable for their students learning what was necessary to pass the state aptitude exam. This state aptitude exam is an organizational way that the state would survey the students’ learning. This is why Joe Clark held the teachers responsible for the students’ learning. Apparently, prior to Joe Clark going to Eastside High School, the leadership didn’t lead the students into fighting for their education. Joe Clark did that. Joe Clark fought for every student that he had that took the initiative to...
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...Anthony Soluren SOC 440 Ken Morris Shawshank Redemption Red (Morgan Freeman) recounts how he planned and carried out his wife’s murder and accidentally killing a neighbor and child as well and earned him a life sentence at Shawshank Prison. Red also remembers the arrival of an inmate named Andy Dufresne, whose tenure at Shawshank affected the lives of everyone at the prison. Andy was sent to Shawshank for life for the cold-blooded murder of his wife and her lover, a pro tennis player. Despite the damning evidence placing him at the scene of the crime on the night of the murders, Andy has always maintained his innocence, which Red eventually comes to believe in as well. Andy has some initial difficulty adjusting to prison life, especially because many of the other prisoners think he’s a snob. A gang of men known as the Sisters frequently attack and rape him in the laundry room while the guards look the other way. Andy fights the Sisters, even though it always lands him in the infirmary and sometimes solitary confinement. Despite these hardships, Andy never complains or loses his confidence. Soon after arriving at Shawshank, Andy approaches Red and asks him to get a rock hammer because he’s interested in rock collecting and carving. After a while, he also pays Red to smuggle in a large poster of pinup Rita Hayworth. A new inmate arrives at Shawshank and tells Andy that he served time in another prison with a man who privately admitted to killing a pro tennis player and his mistress...
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...Analyzing Shawshank Redemption Crystal Gayle Frapp January 31, 2014 Analyzing Shawshank Redemption The film that will be analyzed and discussed is the Shawshank Redemption, which was Director by Frank Darabont and is a Story by Stephen King. It is based in 1946, a man named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of killing his wife and her lover, and him going to prison and dealing with the struggles of prison life as a truly innocent man. . “He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of prison life are quickly introduced to Andy: a corrupt warden (Bob Gunton), sadistic guards led by Capt. Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), and inmates who are little better than animals, willing to use rape or beatings to insure their dominance. But Andy does not crack: he has the hope of the truly innocent, which (together with his smarts) allow him to prevail behind bars. He uses his banking skills to win favor with the warden and the guards, doing the books for Norton's illegal business schemes and keeping an eye on the investments of most of the prison staff. In exchange, he is able to improve the prison library and bring some dignity and respect back to many of the inmates, including Red.” After many years and a pick axe Andy manages to escape from prison threw slowly chipping away at the hole in his cell wall where...
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...Kellyn Lamore Professor Yates Film Appreciation 14 October 2015 Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank redemption is an American drama film that starred Tim Robbins and the amazing Morgan Freeman. The banker Andy was convicted for murdering his wife and her secret lover and was sentenced two consecutive life-sentences. When I watched this movie, I was speechless because I couldn’t believe how the prison guards treated these inmates. Yes, they did something bad, but the way those inmates were treated was so incredibly awful to see. The two major visual components of mise-en-scene are design and composition. Design is the process by which the look of the settings, props, lighting, and actors is determined (Looking at Movies). While composition is the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationships of actors and objects within the space of each shot (Looking at Movies). At first, there was a lot of design in The Shawshank Redemption. For example, the outside world from the prison seems nice lots of freedom. It seems as if at the beginning Andy was a pretty wealthy man by the way he dressed and his job title, a banker. Once he commits his crime, he has to take a scary looking bus into the prison, Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank redemption is a dark, unsafe prison that Andy ended up being placed in. The actors who acted as the prisoners did a good job “greeting” these new inmates by cheering and letting them know that this not the best place to live in. The actors...
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...ASSIGNMENT 1 –ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY The Shawshank Redemption In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of prison life are quickly introduced to Andy: a corrupt warden (Bob Gunton), sadistic guards led by Capt. Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), and inmates who are little better than animals, willing to use rape or beatings to insure their dominance. But Andy does not crack: he has the hope of the truly innocent, which (together with his smarts) allow him to prevail behind bars. He uses his banking skills to win favor with the warden and the guards, doing the books for Norton's illegal business schemes and keeping an eye on the investments of most of the prison staff. In exchange, he is able to improve the prison library and bring some dignity and respect back to many of the inmates, including Red. Based on a story by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption was the directorial debut of screenwriter Frank Darabont. After a long discussion, we have agreed that Andy’s act in helping Warden Norton to launder his money is ethical because he has to follow the orders given in order to keep himself from being hurt and to survive in the prison. For example...
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...Socialization in a Social Institution socialization in a social institution can change a person self-concept and the way they socialize because of the environment and the people to interact with on a daily basis. Being in a social institution like a prison for example would change the way a person socializes because of the setting the person is in. The way things are done in a social institution would change their self concept so they could fit in to that specific social institution. When someone is first introduced into a new social institution they have to learn how to adapt. This is where the generalized other comes in. If we can figure out thee generalized other things become a lot easier. In the movie Shawshank Redemption there was an example of him locating the generalized other when the inmates walked out of their cells and turn to the right. The main character Andy noticed the other inmates doing this action and slowly learned the way things were done in the prison because he was noticing the generalized others. Another example of noticing a generalized other is if a student goes to a new school for the first time. I think this is a good example of locating generalized others because when a student attends a new school, they wont know what to expect. An example of this is when other students take out a paper in section it off to take Cornell notes. That student would then notice what the other students were doing and would do the same because that was...
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...die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. Edward (Jack Nicholson) is used to living a lavish life and it showed in the hospital scene. His personal assistant Thomas (Sean Hayes) comes every morning and makes him his usual espresso and is taking care of all his personal matters. Edward has the mentality that nothing bad happens to him and he seems to be in a state of denial about his cancer. He comes off at first as a not so nice person. As time progresses on we see a different side of him. He comes off cold to Carter in the beginning and it isn’t until the Bucket Lists come into play that they start to have a friendship. Carter (Morgan Freeman) has lived a hard working man’s life, is married and has grown children. Carter seems like your usual family guy that has the supportive wire and family. He has a wife that wants to make sure that he has the best care he can get. He has come to terms that he has cancer and that his day may be numbered. He expects nothing more than what he had received as care at the hospital. Edward on the other hand expected to have his own room. As we can see it bothers Edward in the beginning that he has to share a room with another patient. This time that they are forced to share will eventually create a bond that is life changing. Carter sees the things that he has done on the past and from what I see in the movie feels a sense of integrity...
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...Proprioceptive Writing In Writing the Mind Alive, the authors assert that “[i]f you practice Proprioceptive Writing, you’ll develop an awareness of the sound of your thinking. You’ll begin to imagine your thoughts as a persona with a voice” (Metcalf & Simon 16). Although Proprioceptive Writing should provide some benefit to everyone who uses the writing practice as taught in Writing the Mind Alive, the assertion that it will result in your thoughts becoming a persona with a voice is not universal outcome, as Metcalf and Simon failed to account for differences in individual personalities. What is Proprioceptive Writing? The definition from Proprioceptive Writing Centre website includes the following: Proprioceptive Writing is a method for facilitating emotional health, spiritual awakening, creative breakthroughs, and better writing. Proprioceptive Writing teaches you to listen to your thoughts with empathy and curiosity and reflect on them in writing, with the objective of achieving self-trust. Other frequently reported benefits include: deepened powers of attention, increased self-confidence, greater intimacy and spontaneity in relationships, enhanced emotional health, awakened spirituality. Through Proprioceptive Writing, people increase their creativity and feel their minds expand, one of life's greatest pleasures. (Proprioceptive Writing Center) Metcalf and Simon claim that each student they teach Proprioceptive Writing to believes “writing is profoundly linked...
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...Shawshank Redemption Paper In society, one of the most popular forms of punishment for deviant individuals who commit criminal acts is to send them to a correctional facility. Although the rest of society has rejected this person as a result of this behavior - in a restricted setting like prison - people begin to adapt to their surroundings. Inevitably, the longer one stays in this setting, the more institutionalized people become. Criminals will soon readily accept their status as a prisoner as well as establish a new identity within this community. In the film Shawshank Redemption, this is further explored as it follows several characters who spend a significant amount of time being incarcerated. Through their time in jail, they learn to adapt to to their surroundings and essentially create a society in which they are functioning and important members. However, as the incarcerated band together, those who are in charge of them may abuse their power in an attempt to further demoralize the prisoners and increase their own personal and economic gain. By attempting to understand sociological theories such as Functionalism, one can better understand the rationale for some of the behaviors shown by the characters as portrayed in Shawshank Redemption. The ability to feel like an active member of a society offers fulfillment not only to the person initiating their role in society, but also to others around them. Without the ability to feel like a productive member of society...
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...Close Viewing 91107 The Shawshank Redemption – Norton’s Introduction at the Line-Up The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, is an intriguing film in the ways that Darabont has incorporated visual and verbal techniques to show underlying themes within the film. Numerous techniques are applied in the scene ‘Norton’s Introduction at the Line-Up’ (11.58-14.45), such as lighting, dialogue, cinematography and voice-over. The first techniques the couple together are lighting and dialogue, whilst voice-over and cinematography also combine together effortlessly. Darabont said in an interview that the film “works gorgeously as a metaphor-everybody who sees it can project their own trials and tribulations, and hope for triumph into it.” Darabont employs the technique of lighting and couples dialogue together in this sequence ‘Norton’s Introduction at the Line-Up’. When the prisoners march inside of Shawshank, they line up and face the Warden Norton. Windows behind the prisoners create shadows that stretch across the painted line on the concrete floor, as well as darkening the prisoners’ faces, making it difficult to see their expressions. Also, Darabont manipulates the lighting behind Norton, as it is very dark, however his face is well lit and the audience can clearly see his facial expressions. The additional technique is dialogue, expressed when Norton says, “I believe in two things, discipline and the Bible. Here you’ll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord...
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...This film is about when Andy Dufresne an innocent banker, is sent to prison for a double life sentence. He makes friends while inside, his closest friend becoming Ellis Boyd Redding or ‘Red’ as his friends call him. Andy suffers with quiet dignity. To keep this under control, he continues with his favorite hobby, which just so happens to be geology. After 20 years of his sentence, he becomes the first prisoner to ever escape from Shawshank. Also he manages to have the Warden found out for all of his crimes. There are three main characters in this film. The first is Andy Dufresne. He starts off as being the newbie who is thought to be the weakest of the bunch but turns out actually to be one of, if not the strongest characters in the film. Andy adds tension because the audience expects him to act like the new guy. When it turns out he didn’t it, a whole new impact is put on the film. The second is Red. Not only is he the narrator of the film but he is the leader of the group. He appears as clever because he is the person who can ‘get stuff’ from the outside. Red adds tension because when the audience is looking from the narrator’s point of view, they are also looking from the view of Red, Andy’s friend. When Red is worried, scared, or upset, so is the audience The narration is spoke by Red. He has been in prison for a lot longer than Andy; therefore he presumes that he knows what will happen because he has seen it all before. His predictions conflict with what happens. Again...
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