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How does the author portray a turning point in Shawshank Redemption and why is it important:

In the film Shawshank redemption, director Frank Durabont presents the turning point by using a scene which gives visual indication to the audience that the climax it about to happen soon. He does this through a series of camera shots, scenery and emphasis on the themes of the film as a whole.

This particular scene opens up with a low angle shot of two massive walls that suggest imprisonment and enclosure. The shot has taken special care to show the walls to be dark, dreary and dim that put forward the idea that Andy is taking a psychological step in his head to finally gain his freedom that he has been thinking about all these years.
Other ways Durabont portrays this scene is through Mise-en-scene where everything happens in front of the camera. Props, which are located, are the speakers. The speaker poles give Andy hope to be free as music is the one thing in prison that can be truly yours “that’s the beauty of music. They can’t take that from you”. Music is the one this,...

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