FILM: Witness Directed by Peter Weir CLASH OF CULTURES Peter Weir’s film Witness explores the clash of cultures by contrasting the Amish culture with a modern Westernised society. Firstly‚ cultural clash is achieved through the contrast of setting. The panning shot of the countryside‚ depicting Amish farmhouses and barns‚ coupled with the free flowing soundtrack‚ depicts a peaceful agrarian community. This contrasts with the busy American city‚ with shops‚ modern style buildings and cars suggesting
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In his film witness peter weir criticizes aspects of modern society by contrasting it to the world of the Amish. Discuss the statement with close reference to the film The film Witness‚ directed by Peter Weir portrays the concept of cultural differences between the Amish and the outside world. Critical aspects of modern society (American society) are shown in various film techniques. Weir demonstrates aspects of the close study of text by using symbols‚ characterization‚ setting and diegetic
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Witness (1985) is a film directed by Peter Weir it demonstrates and explores the violence and how it is approached and viewed within two cultures‚ it is shown through various camera angles and shots‚ music and the narrative structure of the film. The scenes that demonstrate this are the murder scene‚ tourist scene and the symbolisation of the gun in the movie. Violence is highlighted in the murder scene because it shows the modern society evidently uses much violence to achieve things whenever necessary
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‘WITNESS’ ANALYSIS The film “Witness”‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ is about the traditional Amish life versus the violent ways of the Western World. The film begins when an Amish boy named Samuel Lapp witnesses the murder of a policeman‚ and when detective John Book discovers it was an ‘inside job’ he gets shot and takes Samuel and his mother Rachel back to their Amish community. While nursing the bullet wound he stays with them for a week and learns the Amish way of life. He is not comfortable at first
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teachers‚ as you are all aware I am here to talk to you about the film witness Peter Weir’s 1985 film Witness‚ explores many themes but the two I am focusing on today are differing cultures and Pacifism and violence. Witness comprehensively depicts the story of an Amish family learn a lot about the ‘English world’‚ more than they wanted to know. The first theme I am going to talk about today is the differing cultures. In Witness huge differences exist between the Amish and modern ‘English’ society
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The "Truman show" an innovative‚ courageous film directed by Peter Weir is distinctively not a film about Truman Burbank. Although he may be the main protagonist of the film‚ theoretically he doesn’t exist‚ and is only there to bring out the main theme of the text. As an actual fact‚ this film is about our society as many of the themes that are conveyed throughout the film can be described as being based around our society such as technological influences and social and psychological behaviour.
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lWitness Witness is a box office hit film directed by Peter Weir which explores the themes of conflicting cultures on a social‚ cultural and personal level in a film noir style crime thriller. Peter Weir presents a number of themes that are based around the contrasting aspects between two conflicting cultures; the Amish and the “English‚” contradicting between the mainstream American society and the Amish community in regional Pennsylvania. American society is seen as a violent and arrogant group
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Witness‚ directed by Peter Weir is an American film which combines a crime story with a love story‚ creating a dual narrative. The Amish element complicates the genres‚ which makes them both familiar and new. Good morning Mrs Goundar and fellow students. Peter Weir draws the audience into the world of film through various techniques to explore the clash of two worlds and forbidden love. Peter Weir has effectively conveyed the theme of clash of cultures by showing the power of loyalty within the
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what is a distinctive idea explored in Witness? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the text? “Distinctive ideas are at heart of every play or film”. The notion of distinctive ideas being at the heart of every play or film is certainly evident in the film Witness‚ composed by Peter Weir. Weir successfully conveys many themes and issues throughout his film. His film comprises several ideas‚ each highly significant. One idea explored in Witness is the “clash of two cultures”: the insular
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Discuss how Weir represents the concept of "individual struggle" in witness? Good morning/afternoon teachers and classmates‚ I am here today to talk to you about how Weir represents the concept of "individual struggle" in witness. Individual struggle is ones challenge which can decide if they are strong‚ or weak it determines their strengths and weaknesses and almost every individual will walk a path in their lives whereby they will face individual struggles. In witness the concept of "individual
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