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Snow Falling On Cedars
633 wordsFog and snow are used in the film to symbolism hidden secrets and to convey the idea that nothing can stay hidden forever. The fog is first seen in the opening scenes when Carl Heine Junior died and throughout the film, the fog is seen covering the seas secrets. Like the fog, the snow also covers secrets but the snow covers the secrets on the land. It covers up Ishmael and Hatsue's relationship, and it covers up the racism on the island. Both the fog and the snow look cold and lonely with no sig...
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Film Technique Harsh Reality
4,467 wordsFilm technique plays a vital role in the way an audience looks at a character or society in a whole. Lee Tamahoris film Once were warriors uses film technique in the crafting of the characters, the roles they adopt and the society they live in. Film Technique helps to exhibit the Here family as trapped in society, with a vicious cycle of alcohol, violence, male domination, unemployment and pointless parties. In order to try and free themselves from the vicious cycle or to just find peace and hap...
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