Analyse how important techniques are used to engage your emotions in a text you have studied. The Film “Schindlers List” directed by Steven Spielberg is a story of a German profiteer, a slave merchant, in Nazi Germany saving 1200 Jews from being murdered in concentration camps. Different techniques such as lighting, shot types, colour and performance are used to effectively engage the audience and make them feel sadness and sorrow at the horrors of the holocaust and maintain these emotions throughout the film. The technique of “lighting” is used throughout the film to highlight the importance of objects or people. A key example of this technique is the opening scene where we, the audience, are first introduced to Schindler.
He walks down and he and I, we fight for hours.” (Zusak 255) Hatred and a longing to fight the Fuhrer is understandable for Max who is a Jew; however, he rightfully teaches Liesel, a German, to despise the dictator too. Later, when her town is bombed, and her family and friends are killed, Liesel demonstrates a vast hatred towards the ruler of Nazi Germany. More than
Surviving the strict Nazis and traumatizing death camps depended purely on one’s good luck or one’s strategic knowledge. As for Anja and Vladek, one might find that they’re success is due to 3 components: their placement in society, their skill in bribing/making deals, and their ability to think before action. Placement within society was a major contributor in the end result of a Jew’s life; therefore, Anja and Vladek began their treacherous journey with an advantage. Of course, when Nazis began slowly taking everything away from Jews,
My sympathy with its theme is complete. My admiration is also genuine for the way in which the movie shows its truest triumph by demonstrating the racial intolerance which haunts the hearts and minds of nice people who think of themselves as liberals. This movie is memorable for numerous vivid, impelling passages. For instance, the breakfast scene, when Green tries to explain anti-Semitism to his innocent little son, stamps the picture’s urgent theme on the spectator’s mind virtually at once. Other under forgettable moments are when the son tells his father of being taunted by his playmates, Phil’s childlike terror at his mother’s heart attack, Kathy’s reaction when Phil reveals the “angle” for his magazine series, Phil’s helpless rage at the “restricted” resort hotel, the scene with Anne and the unconscious bigot in the cocktail bar, Dave’s conversation with Kathy about her passive disapproval of “nice” anti-Semites.
Even though Schindler was a German, he was very fond of his Jew workers. In order to save his Jew friends, which he referred to as “my children” he had to bribe the SS. He continuously paid the Nazis large sums of money so that his Jews could have better water food among other things; he did this gladly with no complain whatsoever about his workers. “I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.”- Oskar Schindler. What he meant in this was that he
In Buchenwald, Mr. Wiesel dies and Elie was too pained to weep. April 11, 1945, the Jews had finally been freed. “Night” was a very tragic and interesting book. What I enjoyed about this novel was that I learned real facts. For example, how the Jews were treated unfairly.
The narrator is not afraid to speak his mind throughout the book by leaving a trail of witty or sarcastic remarks and even says, “It kills me sometimes, the way people die” (464). This quote can not be taken literally, but it can be taken to heart if the readers are not a fan or the narrator. Another example of New Historicism is when the book changes culture. Normally, in Germany from 1939-1942, the culture is to hate the Jewish religion and all who believe in it. The narrator says, “The Germans in basements were pitiable,
Shindler and Goeth. The performance by Goeth really shows what a real Nazi acted like back then. The film is also very graphic and I like that it has a beauty mixed with its gruesome side. Shindler really was a great character because he was funny, mysterious, flirtatious, but he had a darker side that he showed superficially. Gattaca was the best in terms of entertainment.
Also, there are several scenes that show camera angles that communicate power rank in a way that is so subtle yet almost impossible to miss. Furthermore, choosing to end the film with a color scene is a powerful way of transitioning from the past to the present. Schindler’s List owned its victory because of its portraying the horror of the Holocaust, its communication of a true-story, its portrayal of the innocent blood, its representation of Schindler’s power, and its final transition from the past to the present. Schindler’s List’s black and white appearance does an incredible job in communicating the horror of the Holocaust. Even though there is very minimum shade of red throughout the film, it was chosen that the blood of the Jewish should remain within the shades of black and white.
In every chapter prior to Chapter 16, Levi depicts everyday life in the Lager, and he describes in great detail how he managed to survive through means like the safety acquired from his work assignment, friendships with Lorenzo and Alberto, etc. The Nazis’ primary goal was to destroy and exterminate the Jews. From Levi’s descriptive account, one gains a better understanding of the Nazi policy of Jewish dehumanization. The excruciating circumstances required the prisoners to adapt to life in Auschwitz, in order for survival. But like I said earlier, Levi was more ashamed over the fact that he was too focused on survival and realized that they lost his humanity along the way.