Shot Notes

Detail- What type of Significance within shit is used? Describe the film- What does what we can see. the detail indicate about what is happening? What does the detail tell us about what is happening? Establishing shotThis shot shows us The director has used that the town is not an establishing shot yet affected by the to show the audience war or Nazi Germany. that the scene is set If it had been under in a time of peace. control, then we The shot includes would most likely see Guido, Dora and a range of swastikas Joshua riding through around the town the town square. square. This shot is a mid This shot is shot. The mid shot significant to the film shows Joshua reading because it shows us the sign in a cake the time period. The shop. The sign says time period is “No Dogs or Jews between 1936 and allowed.” 1939. This shot is also significant because it shows the audience the inhumanity during this time period, comparing Dogs and Jews. We find out form this shot that Guido and Joshua are both Jews, because they are not allowed in the shop. This shot introduces This shot is us to the character of significant to the film Dora. It is a low angle as it shows us Dora’s mid shot. The beauty. The character is carrying significance of the a picture frame down low angle shot is that the stairs. Dora is we find out that she dressed in a red is an important dress. character. The fact that she is wearing a red dress, shows the audience that there

Significance to the viewer- What thoughts does it make us think about? How does it make us feel? The thoughts that are provoked are that life still is beautiful. The feelings that are evoked are of happiness.

The thoughts that are provoked are that Joshua and Guido are discriminated against because of their religion. The emotion that is evoked is of initial disgust; firstly at the level of prejudice towards Jewish people, and also that they are compared to Dogs.

The thoughts that are provoked for the audience is that we are fascinated by Dora’s beauty. We also know that she is family orientated because she is involved in household chores. The feeling that is evoked is one of

is something positive about Dora. The colour red is seen as a positive connotation through the film. This is a long shot. The shot shows us Guido’s bookshop and the graffiti on the window of the bookshop. The graffiti says: “Jewish shop.”

This is a mid-shot. The shot shows Dora in the concentration camp after the males and females have been separated. She is looking back at Guido wondering if she has made a huge mistake. Dora is wearing a red dress, but is surrounded by other women wearing darker dreary colours.

The Colour Red

happiness because Guido has something/someone that he desires. This sets up the theme of hope. His hope and desire to win Dora over. In the shop we are This shot provokes able to see how the audience to poorly Jews were question the treated during the treatment of Jews. It time period. We also also shows us the see that there is a normality of the lack of law situation because the enforcement for passer by on the crimes against Jewish bicycle is taking little people. This shot also or no interest in shows us how Guido’s situation. inhumane the Jews The audience is were treated even shocked by this shot. before the concentration camps were established. Within the film, this is The thoughts that a point of view shot this shot provokes from Guido’s are whether or not perspective. The fact Dora should even be that she is wearing a at the concentration red dress symbolises camp. We know that his hope that one day she is a non-Jew but they will be reunited. came to the camp to In this shot Dora is be reunited with her the only one facing family. The feelings the camera. This that are evoked are shows that the emotions of sadness significance of Dora’s because the character is far audience is well greater than those aware of the history around her. This is where there is only a supported further by small chance that the fact that Dora is they will someday be still wearing a red reunited. dress but the rest of the women are wearing greens and greys.

Often colours are associated with certain connotations. In the film, the colour red is associated with the theme of hope. This hope is built through the colour red. Often the colour red shows love and happiness. In this case, the red is associated with Dora. Dora is Guido’s love, and someone who gives him happiness. Understanding the link between Red-Love-Hope is essential. Guido is hopeful that he will win Dora’s heart. And near the end of the film, Guido’s desire just to see Dora again is the essence of his hope. Historical Background The setting of the second half of the film is in a concentration camp. The concentration camps were set up to imprison Jews, homosexuals, prisoners of war gypsies and people with disabilities. The concentration camps were scattered throughout Poland and Austria. Prisoners were sent from Nazi controlled areas. The prisoners were sent by train, and there were “special stations” along the way. In the film, Guido convinces Joshua that because it was his birthday they were going on the train with his great uncle. When the prisoners arrive at the camp, they were split firstly by gender and then by age. Immediately those who were unfit for work were sent to the gas chambers. Male sand females who did survive the initial cull were put to work in factories around the camp. These people had to survive on limited rations. In the film, Guido gives Joshua his rations when Joshua was hiding. This shows a bond between the two characters and Guido’s desire for his son to survive. Many prisoners lacked the basic needs to survive and therefore suffered from malnutrition and were killed because they were unable to work.