4th Genre Film Essay
English 4th Genre Film Essay
Dead Poets Society: Neil takes the gun and commits suicide. Neil’s father comes rushing through the door into the study to find his son’s dead body.
Witness: When McFee and Schaeffer enter the Amish community looking for Samuel and Book has just killed McFee and he comes out running looking for Samuel.
Neil Perry has just performed A Midsummer’s Night Dream against his father’s wishes and even though he is congratulated by all of his peers and gets a standing ovation, his father is disappointed and we see that in the long shot through the expression on his face, the posture and the fact that he is the last man standing in the theatre. At home, when he is being spoken to by his parents, a low angle is used to show the father’s superiority over Neil and a high angle shot is used to show how miniscule Neil is to his father. Also, the framing of the door surrounding Neil’s father symbolises how the only way for Neil to escape the stronghold placed on him by his parents is through his father. As the viewers, we assume that this is the scene where Neil makes up his mind to commit suicide. The scene where Neil is shown half-naked standing by his bedroom window with the window wide open is the last time we see him alive. After the suicide has happened, we see Neil’s father rush into the study and the slow-motion shows the emotion on his face and it also elongates the reaction.
The clash of cultures is very evident in the beginning of this scene when McFee and Schaeffer take out their weapons from the trunk of the car when in the Amish community, guns are heavily frowned upon and modern objects are rarely used in this society. With the amplified sounds of the guns, their intentions are clearly made. When they breach the house, the pickup in the pace creates tension and with the high angle shot shows the locus of power in the room. The tension heightens with Book when he tries to flee but the car won’t start. Then when the cows and
Dead Poets Society: Neil takes the gun and commits suicide. Neil’s father comes rushing through the door into the study to find his son’s dead body.
Witness: When McFee and Schaeffer enter the Amish community looking for Samuel and Book has just killed McFee and he comes out running looking for Samuel.
Neil Perry has just performed A Midsummer’s Night Dream against his father’s wishes and even though he is congratulated by all of his peers and gets a standing ovation, his father is disappointed and we see that in the long shot through the expression on his face, the posture and the fact that he is the last man standing in the theatre. At home, when he is being spoken to by his parents, a low angle is used to show the father’s superiority over Neil and a high angle shot is used to show how miniscule Neil is to his father. Also, the framing of the door surrounding Neil’s father symbolises how the only way for Neil to escape the stronghold placed on him by his parents is through his father. As the viewers, we assume that this is the scene where Neil makes up his mind to commit suicide. The scene where Neil is shown half-naked standing by his bedroom window with the window wide open is the last time we see him alive. After the suicide has happened, we see Neil’s father rush into the study and the slow-motion shows the emotion on his face and it also elongates the reaction.
The clash of cultures is very evident in the beginning of this scene when McFee and Schaeffer take out their weapons from the trunk of the car when in the Amish community, guns are heavily frowned upon and modern objects are rarely used in this society. With the amplified sounds of the guns, their intentions are clearly made. When they breach the house, the pickup in the pace creates tension and with the high angle shot shows the locus of power in the room. The tension heightens with Book when he tries to flee but the car won’t start. Then when the cows and