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Maestro and the Pianist
'Distinctively visual'
- The Pianist
- techniques
- Silence
- Silence is used in the scene were Szpilman is playing for
his life.It is used to created tension and suspence for the
audience
- Silence is used in the scene were Szpilman is playing for
his life.It is used to created tension and suspence for the
audience
- Camera angle
- High angle shot:reveals elements of the scene
like can of gherkins,Nazi hat and Szpliman himself
- Mid shot:Reveals Szplimans gaunt figure,shaggy
hair and thin,jaundiced face.
- Close up:Shows his once elegant and
manicured hands now thin and dirty with ragged
finger nails, which contrasts his piano ability
- High angle shot:reveals elements of the scene
like can of gherkins,Nazi hat and Szpliman himself
- Lighting
- Also used in this scene to wordlessly convey the ida
of music as Szplimans salvation.A single ray of
moonlight falls on him while he plays, which is simlar
to some relgious paintings
- Also used in this scene to wordlessly convey the ida
of music as Szplimans salvation.A single ray of
moonlight falls on him while he plays, which is simlar
to some relgious paintings
- Symbolism
- can of gherkins represent his animal instinct and
will to survive, Nazi hat symbolises the looming
threat,His upright posture when playing represents
piano as his salvation and reason to live,lighting
shows his ability to shut out the terrors of the world
and the spirtual uplifting that comes with his
music.
- can of gherkins represent his animal instinct and
will to survive, Nazi hat symbolises the looming
threat,His upright posture when playing represents
piano as his salvation and reason to live,lighting
shows his ability to shut out the terrors of the world
and the spirtual uplifting that comes with his
music.
- Juxtaposition
- The juxtaposition of his shabby apperence and defeated body is
contrasted with the opening scene where he was the complete
opposite,This shows how defeated he is and how much he has gone
through
- The juxtaposition of his shabby apperence and defeated body is
contrasted with the opening scene where he was the complete
opposite,This shows how defeated he is and how much he has gone
through
- Silence
- Similarities to maestro
- Szpilman has many similar traits to keller in their piano talent,how
piano saved their lives and how they both thought that they were
defeated but managed to pull through
- Piano is a major theme in both
- both have holocoust themes
- Szpilman has many similar traits to keller in their piano talent,how
piano saved their lives and how they both thought that they were
defeated but managed to pull through
- Quotes
- Wladyslaw Szpilman: I don't know how to thank
you. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld: Thank God, not me.
He wants us to survive. Well, that's what we have
to believe.
- convays Szpilmans will to survive
- convays Szpilmans will to survive
- Dorota: No-one play Chopin like you. Wladyslaw
Szpilman: I hope that's a compliment.
- Shows his modesty towards piano and his immence skill level
- Shows his modesty towards piano and his immence skill level
- Yehuda: Majorek, this is the
greatest pianist in Poland, maybe
the whole world.
- Once again shows his piano talent
- Once again shows his piano talent
- Wladyslaw Szpilman: I don't know how to thank
you. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld: Thank God, not me.
He wants us to survive. Well, that's what we have
to believe.
- techniques
- Maestro
- Qutoes/techniques
- "A monsoon of beer and swear and noise" (pg 17)
- Multi sensual imagery: The vivid image that paul exepreinced at the pub, with words
that envok all the senses, and create a strong sense of place as disticively visual
- Multi sensual imagery: The vivid image that paul exepreinced at the pub, with words
that envok all the senses, and create a strong sense of place as disticively visual
- "the bats that filled the mango trees in the
darkening twilight were foxes"
- Metaphor:gives the reader a sense of the size and
wilderness of the animals in Darwin which is metaphor for
how paul feels about how he doesnt belong in
Darwin.Also it acts and aids in helping with the
intorduction of the setting
- Also "darkening twilight" shows the audience the darkness of the
current setting which draws an evil tone to the extract which is a
metaphor for what paul sees in Darwin and how he sees it as evil
- Metaphor:gives the reader a sense of the size and
wilderness of the animals in Darwin which is metaphor for
how paul feels about how he doesnt belong in
Darwin.Also it acts and aids in helping with the
intorduction of the setting
- "even our garden lawn-most domesticated of foliage-needed mowing
again almost as soon as it was done...like some lush green 5
oclock shadow" (pg11)
- Personification: this quote employs distinctively visual
elements and implys that the climate and nature of
darwin is human like giving us great visual images of a
"lush green" lawn and high trees and plants which of
course employs distinctively visual techniques
- Personification: this quote employs distinctively visual
elements and implys that the climate and nature of
darwin is human like giving us great visual images of a
"lush green" lawn and high trees and plants which of
course employs distinctively visual techniques
- "A monsoon of beer and swear and noise" (pg 17)
- Similarities to the Pianist
- Kheller
- Kheller in the novel is remarkable similar to wladyskaw
Szpilman in the film.They relate to each other through their
imence passion,love and skill for piano.They both find their
sense of belonging through music and more specfically
piano
- Kheller in the novel is remarkable similar to wladyskaw
Szpilman in the film.They relate to each other through their
imence passion,love and skill for piano.They both find their
sense of belonging through music and more specfically
piano
- Music saved their lives
- In the Novel Kheller takes refuge under the piano while the storm is at its
peak,this results in his live being saved.This is a metaphor for how kheller
feels about piano and it saving his life physically and metaphorically.This
then relates to The pianist when Szpilmans piano skill saves hi from being
killed by the nazis and saves his life
- In the Novel Kheller takes refuge under the piano while the storm is at its
peak,this results in his live being saved.This is a metaphor for how kheller
feels about piano and it saving his life physically and metaphorically.This
then relates to The pianist when Szpilmans piano skill saves hi from being
killed by the nazis and saves his life
- Piano
- Quite obviously piano is a major theme in both texts and plays a
cruital roles in the devolpment of the story and consturction of the
characters
- Quite obviously piano is a major theme in both texts and plays a
cruital roles in the devolpment of the story and consturction of the
characters
- Nazis/WWII
- War is also a major theme in both texts.The pianist is based around WWii and Szpilmans
character is well awear of this.Nazis ruined Szpilmans life and almost broke his spirit, this is
compatable to Meastro where the nazis almost stopped kheller from playing piano by killing
his family and cutting off his finger but his spirit persisted and he continued to play piano just
like Szpliman
- War is also a major theme in both texts.The pianist is based around WWii and Szpilmans
character is well awear of this.Nazis ruined Szpilmans life and almost broke his spirit, this is
compatable to Meastro where the nazis almost stopped kheller from playing piano by killing
his family and cutting off his finger but his spirit persisted and he continued to play piano just
like Szpliman
- Kheller
- Qutoes/techniques
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