Paradise Road Distinctively Visual Analysis

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“Composers of distinctively visual texts use techniques that allow the audience to ‘see’ with their eyes as well as with their minds.” Through the use of techniques, a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing setting and characters, which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques to create distinctively visual images, which help us to convey an understanding and form a meaning, is evident in the play “The shoe horn sonata” by John Misto and the film “Paradise Road” by Bruce Beresford. Bruce Beresford’s film and John Misto’s play incorporates an array of dramatic techniques, both visual and auditory, to bring to life the extraordinary…show more content…
“Darkness. BRIDIE stands in the spotlight performing the KOWTOW” (stage directions). This first scene enables the audience to realise the pain and secrets that will be revealed throughout the play. That out of the Darkness, will come truth. The emotive use of darkness is used many times throughout both texts to represent fear, danger, and deep secrets. The scenes shown in ‘Paradise Road’, of the Japanese lady attempting to obtain quinine, and at Adrienne defending herself from rape of a Japanese soldier, are all shown with dark colour setting. There is obvious tension when the woman tries to steal the quinine, her slow and careful movements, and under the cover of night, accompanied by tense music, show the fear and danger that this woman faces. When the sirens are ignited it becomes evident that the danger is now imminent and the audience begins to fear for what will happen next. The scene of Adrienne is also portrayed under the cover of night which creates a seedy, dangerous environment, however this scene also establishes Adrienne’s resilient and feisty nature as she fights the Japanese soldier and manages to
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