Thursday, January 19, 2012

Analyzing Dead Poet's society. A 1989 film by Peter Weir.

When the scene opens up you see bits of a mural on the wall. Though not much can be seen, it conveys a sense of high prestige, young men dressed to impress. Later the mural becomes more apparent. It presents a bigger picture; A women in the middle, grasping both an American flag and what appears to be a scottish flag. Instead of blue and white, like the traditional scottish flag, it's gold and red. Might this be the flag of the school? It pans down to a young boy whom, though dressed nicely, does not have a slicked back hair cut and a fitted suit. He's young and the hair, falling on his forehead, signifies his youth and how he's not yet made it to adulthood. Not yet like everyone else.
A few student make their way from one back area, into the main room. Gray and dark hues fill the scene and the only colours are the white peaking of the ink coloured suits and the pale skin of all of the bodies, dressed the same. The sound of a bagpipe fills the room and everyone's heads are turned to watch the boys make their way to the front of the courtroom like area. An odd hum is in teh bag ground. Maybe a sound from teh bagpipe? Or the echos of the applause. Either way, it seems a bit eerie and there's no clear reason why. An older gentleman, most like a head of sorts, starts of by saying:
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys."
showing that he was addressing, mostly, the men. He talks for a while then introduces a man who is replacing a newly deceased teacher. This new man has an expression on his face almost conveying that he knows he's equal amoung these other professors though he is new. A  strong sense of belonging.
It changes to a scene where the young men are settling in.The parents are telling them "shoulders back!" while they fix their hair hair and bid them adeiu. It shows that the parents care about them and all they want is for their little boys and young men to have proper etiquette and to learn the traditions that have, most likely, been passed down through the family.

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