Module A - Joyeux Noel + Christmas Truce
Module A- Comparative Essay
Comparative essays serve to enhance the understanding of the themes, values and ideas represented in texts, by examining their different mediums, contextual values and purposes. Christian Carrion’s feature film Joyeux Noel, and Nic Young’s documentary, The Christmas Truce, are both 21st century filmic responses to a 20th century event. The similar values of the texts are showcased through different forms, and techniques. QUESTION. Carrion has created a sanitizing version of the Truce, QUESTION, through the gripping use of characterization and film techniques.
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Through visual and textual techniques, Carrion has conveyed the camaraderie between the soldiers and has proposed the idea that music can unite enemies.
This is evident in the ‘Interaction’ scene on Christmas Eve. German Tenor Sprink, sings a well known Christmas carol Silent Night, and is responded by the Scottish soldiers’ bagpipes. This suggests that music can descend the barriers of war. Long shots are used to display the sanitizing mise-en-scene of candles and snow. This use of artistic license softens the horrendous state of the war and creates a sense of hope. The linear structure of the film is reinforced through the unifying song ‘I still dream of home’. The Germans humming this Scottish song in the carriage, accentuates the idea of the human spirit overcoming adversity and links the idea that all soldiers share the longing for home and peace.
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Nic Young has used powerful film techniques and stylized reenactments to create a realistic representation of the truce. The documentary follows a linear structure and moves chronologically, this is supported through the continuous use of time and date stamps. This highlights the director’s purpose of an informative and historical documentary. The lack of colour in the documentary reflects the dull
Comparative essays serve to enhance the understanding of the themes, values and ideas represented in texts, by examining their different mediums, contextual values and purposes. Christian Carrion’s feature film Joyeux Noel, and Nic Young’s documentary, The Christmas Truce, are both 21st century filmic responses to a 20th century event. The similar values of the texts are showcased through different forms, and techniques. QUESTION. Carrion has created a sanitizing version of the Truce, QUESTION, through the gripping use of characterization and film techniques.
Modify Topic sentence to answer question.
Through visual and textual techniques, Carrion has conveyed the camaraderie between the soldiers and has proposed the idea that music can unite enemies.
This is evident in the ‘Interaction’ scene on Christmas Eve. German Tenor Sprink, sings a well known Christmas carol Silent Night, and is responded by the Scottish soldiers’ bagpipes. This suggests that music can descend the barriers of war. Long shots are used to display the sanitizing mise-en-scene of candles and snow. This use of artistic license softens the horrendous state of the war and creates a sense of hope. The linear structure of the film is reinforced through the unifying song ‘I still dream of home’. The Germans humming this Scottish song in the carriage, accentuates the idea of the human spirit overcoming adversity and links the idea that all soldiers share the longing for home and peace.
Modify Link to answer question.
Modify Topic sentence to answer question.
Nic Young has used powerful film techniques and stylized reenactments to create a realistic representation of the truce. The documentary follows a linear structure and moves chronologically, this is supported through the continuous use of time and date stamps. This highlights the director’s purpose of an informative and historical documentary. The lack of colour in the documentary reflects the dull