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The Shawshank Redemption Part I

Authored by Damien Gallagher

English

12th Grade

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The Shawshank Redemption Part I
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 4 pts

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A: In the novella, author Stephen King opens with Red describing who he is and how he can get people anything in prison.

B: How and why do the filmmakers open the film adaptation?

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3 mins • 2 pts

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What role does the opening diegetic song “I Didn’t Care” that Andy listens to in his car play?

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3 mins • 6 pts

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A: Why do the filmmakers flash-forward to Andy’s trial but then flashback to events from that night?

B: What is the effect of this editing?

C: Explain Andy’s behavior/demeanor in court.

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3 mins • 6 pts

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A: Why do the filmmakers pan over the jury?

B: What are the facts in Andy’s case?

C: How were Andy’s wife and her lover killed?

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3 mins • 4 pts

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A: What choices do the filmmakers use as a motif at Red’s parole hearings? List them and explain their effect/meaning.

B: Why is Red rejected?

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3 mins • 4 pts

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A: What point of view have the filmmakers used until now?

B: What point of view does the film use now? Why? Note that this voiceover is how the novella begins.

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3 mins • 4 pts

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A: What is the effect of the extreme long, aerial shot of Shawshank Prison?

B: What is implied in the high angle shots in this scene?

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