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Shawshank Redemption Good Vs Evil
In the film “Shawshank Redemption” directed by Frank Darabont it shows that good and evil personalities are shown as opposite to the stereotypes society holds. One expects characters like the warden and the guards to be good people and the prisons to be the bad people yet they are proved different after watching the film.
The use of different cinematic techniques such as lighting, camera angles, music and different shots are used in the film to display the powerful difference between good and evil. Shawshank prison presents to us in its opening shots of Andy Dufresne as he arrives to begin his Double life sentences in a gray, lifeless area nothing but concrete blocks and bars this sets an evil tone for the prisoners with nothing but darkness
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