dead poets society essay

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Dead Poets Society

Scene where Knox Overstreet is on the telephone to Kris

Knox Overstreet played a fair part in the film Dead Poets Society One

particular scene that Knox was in was the phone conversation with the girl he

loves, Kris

The scene starts with Knox at the telephone The camera closes in on

his face and his fingers dialling the telephone The camera stays on his face

as the phone rings and awaits a pick up When Kris picks up the phone, Konx's

facial expression changes from one of ambition to one of much nervousness The

camera swings to show Knox's hand as he promptly hangs up the phone Next, the

camera swings around from Knox to his friends This medium

close-up shows the

disappointment on all their faces and that expression makes Knox ring once more

This time, the camera angles are the same and Knox goes through with the

phone call all the way

While he is talking, the camera is focused on his face and hand holding

the phone to his ear When Knox hears the news that he has been invited to go

to a party with the girl of his dreams, his face lights up and he cant help but

smile Still with the same angle, the camera swings around to show the faces of

his friends as he tells them his news Their facial expressions

as showed by

the camera are delightful and happy ones This makes Knox even more happy

The scene ends with a close up of Knox hanging up the phone and then a

high level shot of him running up the stairs

Scene where Mr Keating tell the class to come up and stand on the desk

To start this scene camera view as seen through Mr

Keating's eyes shows

the whole class sitting quietly He tells the class to come up and stand on the

desk and he does it himself A high angle shot show Mr Keating standing on the

desk and looking around We then see a low angle view of the whole class This

shot shows that the class is reluctant to go up as it is not normal procedure

You can tell that they are all used to a strict almost boring class and that is

why they are slow to try out Mr Keatings new methods

As each student goes up we see a high angle shot of them and then a shot

of Mr Keatings face as he tells the boys to think differently and act

2.) Neil

The first scene where the director makes the audience feels sorry for

Neil is early in the movie This happens where all Neil's

friends are around

Neil's father comes in and the camera goes into a low angle one, looking down

upon Neil The camera moves around to show all his friends ready

to leave but

then goes back to Mr Perry as he tells them all to stay With the camera

switching from Neil to Mr Perry, Mr Perry delivers the news that Neil is to

cease all participation on the school paper Mr Perry

embarrasses Neil in front

of his friends and when Neil tries to reason with his father he

is treated like

a criminal Once outside Neil's room, Mr Perry gives Neil a stern and

unreasonable talking to A close up of Neil's face reveals a sad and angry

young man who knows he cannot defy his fathers wishes

When Mr Perry leaves, Neil's friends peer around the door and we once

again see Neil's face This time he is putting on a brave face and assuring his

friends that he doesn't mind giving up the school paper when really he is

shattered

Most times that we feel sorry for Neil are times where Neil clashes with

his strict father The next time we feel for him is when he is all revved up

about going for the lead part in the play He is really happy and can't wait to

start, but when Todd queries Neil about his father's opinion This "bursts

Neil's bubble" as he is faced with reality Neil knows that his father would

not approve of his part in the play and Neil actually looses his temper with

Todd

The director shows Neil's emotions on the matter through

a medium level

shot of Neil and Todd

When Neil gets the part in the play, he fakes a

permission note from his

father thinking he can participate in the play without his father knowing I

don't know about the rest of the class but I felt sorry here as I think it is

sad that you have to keep something like this a secret from your parents I

would like my parents to see me if I was as good as him at

acting

When Neil's father finds out that his son is in the play from a

different source, he hastens to the school and forbids Neil to be

a part of the

play This is the night before the opening We feel sorry for him here as we

see Neil's face grow sadder than when he was dis-allowed to

participate in the

school paper

Neil takes his problem to the wise teacher, Mr Keating Here we feel

very sorry Neil as we se him unable to control his emotions and

he weeps A

sympathetic Mr Keating tells him to stand up to his father and remain in the

play This cheers Neil up and the audience think that he will tell his father

but it is sad when we learn that he lied to Mr Keating about him telling his

father

Neil would rather lie to a teacher than tell his father That is sad

and in my opinion that is the saddest thing apart from his death

When Mr Perry enters the theatre during the play and Neil sees him, that

change in the facial expression shows us that Neil is scared, but determined to

complete the play

After the play when Neil is taken home, low angled camera shots give the

impression of Neil being lesser of a person than his father He seems to be

small, weak and powerless against his father He is unable to stand up against

his father and when he eventually tries he is left speechless and his facial

expression "helpless", it was as if he had given up altogether and after

watching the movie we know he has given up

The end of Neil's sad life begins with Neil carrying out

an almost

"spiritual" ceremony and we see him treasuring the crown of

thorns he wore in

the play

To me, the director made Neil powerless against his

father and that is

why I have sympathy for him