Red Violin : film design

There are several things to consider in regards to point of view. In film, point of view, or POV, can mean were the camera is positioned or how much it zooms in for a close-up. For instance, in Red Violin the camera is positioned in such a way that it looks as though we are seeing what the violin sees. The storyteller is also an integral part, he/she must tell the story in either first, second, or third person. He/She must also take into account the overall attitude of the film. Is the film sympathetic, angry, joyous, mysterious or comedic? All of this plays a part in every movie.

Now that the storyteller has decided on which point of view the story will be told from, the next challenge is to bring together the beginning, middle, and end. T

As the middle of the film begins the main character(s) are now headed towards the solution of the problem, which was discovered in the beginning. But before a solution can be reached the characters must go through a series of Crises, which in essence are smaller difficulties to get the information needed to solve the bigger problem. During the middle of the film two things happen, the movie takes a new direction that the main character cannot control and then the same person turns that event around to another direction. This time in the movie is usually the longest and has to drive the movie on so that the audience does not lose interest. If we go back to the movie, Red Violin, the middle is three smaller stories to make the larger picture. This way the audience is captured by their own curiosity of what will happen next to the violin. At the middle we discover the point of no return, this is where there is no going back to the way things were before the problem arose. Now, going back to Red Violin, this point can be found in all of the smaller stories, but is more obvious in the bigger picture. The scene in which Samuel L. Jackson’s character, a violin expert and historian, discovers the legendary Red Violin so very close in reach.

To satisfy the audience the storyteller must now end the film so that each character has reso

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