Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Heroes and Villains in Life is Beautiful

  • Describe what is happening in this scene.
Guards walk in, ask if anyone speaks German and Guido says he does and makes up the translation into rules for a game

  • Who are the heroes and villains in this scene? Why are they heroes and villains?
Heroes are Guido 

Victim are all the Jews 

Villain is the guard who is demanding orders and yelling, on a platform, in uniform
  • For the hero/es and villain/s, describe techniques used in this shot which highlight their opposing role and how they connect with the audience.
Long shot used to show the smaller connection and the close up shot of guido shows that they are more easy to relate to. Line between guard and guido to show the power.



In balance in power, big guard with tall guard in uniform, Guido casually dresses and has the smaller guard on his side

Guido is higher than the deep-voiced guard, casually voice of Guido and stern voiced guard different point of view of the people.

Joshua represents innocence which is being taken advantage of in the holocaust, elevated to show he is so important to Guido

Close ups to show he is saying to his son, the close up shows and try to show that there is other parts to the holocaust, the lighter side of the concentration camps

German soldier standing up straight and is slightly fat being well feed, Guido casually standing

Not needing to understand because the Germans are being oppressed 

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