"Shawshank's Redemption" is a classic work by American director Frank Darabont. It has reached the level of accuracy in terms of photography, sound, script adaptation, editing, and soundtrack. The film tells the story of the protagonist Andy who goes to jail with a grievance, but clings to hope and walks through the road to redemption and gains freedom. The theme is popular prison escape, and the theme is eternal hope. However, through the special background of relying on prison, which is a compulsory deprivation of liberty and a strong emphasis on discipline, it shows the firm belief of individuals as individuals. It becomes the representative of "hope" and "Free" movie leader. The theme of the
film is hope and freedom, and the main conveyer is Andy. Although Andy was imprisoned with an injustice, he did not have a plan to escape from prison at first, because he wanted to complete the redemption in Shawshank, and he yearned for freedom while accepting physical and spiritual punishment. Picking stones, polishing stones to make chess, and the unbounded back image is walking in the park. It is these rare and precious behaviors that can reveal the vitality and traces of Andy in the details. Playing music, preparing to build a library, teaching people to learn, for him to do things that are useful to everyone, is to convey hope. With the climax of the film, the calm and calm Andy began to carry out decisive and witty escape and revenge. From the completion of the redemption of the soul to the silent digging of the secret road to freedom to reshape his own life, the director uses the fresh and powerful The character image allows the audience to truly experience the power of hope and the impact of freedom. The scene of the
film is a major feature that conveys the theme. The aerial shot at the beginning of the film is a panoramic view of the entire Shawshank Prison, with high walls and ghastly. The psychological hint to the audience is that Andy's next life will be dark and dull. Perhaps this is the external factor that stimulates him to persist. . In the film, the dialogue shots between Andy and Reid mostly use close-up shots, which can better focus the audience's attention on the characters, pay attention to the characters' meaning and inner activities, so as to feel Andy and Rui De’s heart-to-heart communication and emotional fusion, while Rhett was "nibbled" by Andy's charm a little bit, it was also the process of the audience being conquered by Andy. The close-up shots of each one also pushed the plot again and again. While working on the roof, risking a risk to win beer for the inmates, watching everyone happy, Andy is just enjoying the appearance at this time. This close-up shot of the sun also gave the audience a real joy after a false alarm. sense. In the screen of "The Wedding of Figaro", we saw that everyone stopped their work, stood up and looked up at the broadcast speaker, using a panoramic view to drive the audience to follow the music, and we could feel the inmates In this way, the door to freedom, which is self-enclosed in our hearts, was quietly opened. Then the picture is fixed on Rhett. Rhett is the main character at this time. The coordinator narrates “every socialist who stumbled in Shawshank has touched freedom.” There is no doubt that this mid-range shot is everyone’s desire for freedom. The emotions of the miniature audience and the characters resonate; then turn to Andy, letting the desperate rebuke outside the house, Andy’s close-up shot of his own way may make the audience look at him in a way that sees the mischievous kid pranks succeeding. But still can't help but praise the partial clapping. At the end of the film, the Pacific ocean breeze blows on the blue sea, and friends meet again. The strong sense of joy brought by this vision permeates people's hearts from the screen.
uses characters to set off the theme from the front and back. At this point, we need to look at Shawshank's key figure: Lao Bu, a superb merchant in the prison, the librarian of Reid. The characterization of Lao Bu started from the opposite of hope, namely, institutionalization. Lao Bu spent 50 years in Shawshank Prison and was finally able to be released, but he knew that he had no way of knowing what to do with the outside world, so he would kidnap inmates to add crimes to him in order to continue to stay. Under Andy's persuasion, he let go Opening the knife in his hand, covering his face and crying, the wide palms also soothed the restless heart of Lao Bu. In fact, this has already laid the groundwork for the tragic ending.
When he was about to leave the prison, he released the little bird Jack that he had been raising. It was another close-up shot. The original gentle picture became sad in the lonely, reluctant, and helpless eyes of Lao Bu. Unexpectedly, his release from prison did not bring him the joy he should have, but instead aggravated his panic and hopelessness, because he knew that the institutionalized life framework deep in his bones would not fall apart. The more detailed the film depicts the old cloth, the more the audience can feel the feeling of powerlessness, and the more they can feel the misfortune of being institutionalized, the preciousness of hope and freedom. Old cloth works in the shop.I couldn’t escape this cage, and chose to hang himself to end his life. The scene went from the old cloth earnestly carved out "Old cloth came here with a knife" to the slow motion when the stool was kicked down and his feet swayed, announcing him. Life ends here, but the irony is that the institutionalization of prisons will not stop there. Life without hope is horrible. The death of Lao Bu not only caused people who lived in prison to reflect on it. It also silenced the audience. On the other hand, Reid is an omnipotent figure in Shawshank Prison, and he faces the same dilemma as Lao Bu when he is released from prison, even to the point where he cannot urinate without hearing the whistle. The character of Reid is not a representative of completely institutionalized, nor is it a model of purely believing in hope. It is between Lao Bu and Andy. The director arranged for him that he almost became the second Lao Bu, and he did not give up hope. The reversal of living. In fact, since he met Andy, there is a glimmer of expectation hidden in his inner glory, and he is slowly changing himself in subtle ways, but he doesn't realize it. It can be seen that holding a little bit of hope in the hand can also make a good fight.
Generally speaking, "Shawshank's Redemption" does not use special effects to portray the scenes, does not use beauties to outline the beauty, does not use Malaysia to create heroes, but it is still a masterpiece that will not be out of date. It must be said that “hope” is a good thing. In this special place of Shawshank, it is far more rare than the hope of free men outside the prison. As Andy said, “It’s time to make a simple choice. Busy to die".
