Question of Silence essays

Question of Silence essays Over the weekend I was able to see the movie Question of Silence, directed by Marleen Gorris. Question of Silence, was directed without flaws. Maleen Gorris made great use of angles in the film. Essentially this movie was about women, power, and societies view on women, and Gorris portrayed and emphasized her points with angles. For instance, their was an opening scene in the movie where one of the leading actresses was working as a secretary with her boss, and Gorris used a low angle shot of the boss to portray power. Then when she would cut to the women secretary she would use a high angle to portray a sense of looking down. However, as the plot developed and the story unfolded Gorris changed her angles to match the story. For an example, as the women were committing the crime she used low angle to match the power that they were coming into, and matched it with a high angle on the man to show weakness. Another thing that Gorris did effectively was incorporating music with t he film. In many instances she would use music to exemplify the tension and suspense of the movie. During the crime she effectively used tone and tempo. As the crime was beginning the tone and tempo was low and slow respectively, but as the crime escalated she used a loud tone and fast tempo. It brilliantly added so much to the most dramatic scene in the movie. Marleen Gorris directed this movie very well, and from a directional enjoyment I definitely recommend everyone to go to this movie. Symbolism played another key role in this movie. I personally believe that Gorris used symbolism to tell a story behind the story. For instance, she opened the movie with a scene between the women psychiatrist and her husband, where she was seducing the man. I believe this was a very powerful and effective way to open this movie. Gorris was able to set the stage for the rest of the movie, she was showing the moviegoers how society por...