Analysis of the Pianist
-Use of light:
• Gray is an important color in the movie: most of the movie is in gray
• The movie started with showing some colorful scene, as the story progress, the dominant color become gray.
• First sign of light and hope when the Nazis prepare to leave Warsaw shown by the first glimmer of sunlight
• Same symbol in the scene that Szpilman plays for the German commander: light shining on the piano and the pianist, both representing hope
-Put us into the protagonist’s perspective:
• Lack of close-up of what Szpilman is looking at, for instance from the window
• In one scene, a bomb explodes nearby, and on the soundtrack we hear a high- pitched whistling that simulates what Szpilman is hearing. Polanski puts us into Szpilman's room, then puts us into his head.
-Use of light:
• Gray is an important color in the movie: most of the movie is in gray
• The movie started with showing some colorful scene, as the story progress, the dominant color become gray.
• First sign of light and hope when the Nazis prepare to leave Warsaw shown by the first glimmer of sunlight
• Same symbol in the scene that Szpilman plays for the German commander: light shining on the piano and the pianist, both representing hope
-Put us into the protagonist’s perspective:
• Lack of close-up of what Szpilman is looking at, for instance from the window
• In one scene, a bomb explodes nearby, and on the soundtrack we hear a high- pitched whistling that simulates what Szpilman is hearing. Polanski puts us into Szpilman's room, then puts us into his head.
Characters: Wladyslaw Szpilman: a famous pianist.
-He is very lucky: he survived holocaust and did not suffer too much from it.
-Example of his luckiness:
•When he was in the Jewish ghetto, his family didn’t die from starvation because he found a job.
• He escaped from the concentration camp
• He found people who are willing to help him and hide him
• He met Captain Hosenfeld
Characters:
Wladyslaw
• Gray is an important color in the movie: most of the movie is in gray
• The movie started with showing some colorful scene, as the story progress, the dominant color become gray.
• First sign of light and hope when the Nazis prepare to leave Warsaw shown by the first glimmer of sunlight
• Same symbol in the scene that Szpilman plays for the German commander: light shining on the piano and the pianist, both representing hope
-Put us into the protagonist’s perspective:
• Lack of close-up of what Szpilman is looking at, for instance from the window
• In one scene, a bomb explodes nearby, and on the soundtrack we hear a high- pitched whistling that simulates what Szpilman is hearing. Polanski puts us into Szpilman's room, then puts us into his head.
-Use of light:
• Gray is an important color in the movie: most of the movie is in gray
• The movie started with showing some colorful scene, as the story progress, the dominant color become gray.
• First sign of light and hope when the Nazis prepare to leave Warsaw shown by the first glimmer of sunlight
• Same symbol in the scene that Szpilman plays for the German commander: light shining on the piano and the pianist, both representing hope
-Put us into the protagonist’s perspective:
• Lack of close-up of what Szpilman is looking at, for instance from the window
• In one scene, a bomb explodes nearby, and on the soundtrack we hear a high- pitched whistling that simulates what Szpilman is hearing. Polanski puts us into Szpilman's room, then puts us into his head.
Characters: Wladyslaw Szpilman: a famous pianist.
-He is very lucky: he survived holocaust and did not suffer too much from it.
-Example of his luckiness:
•When he was in the Jewish ghetto, his family didn’t die from starvation because he found a job.
• He escaped from the concentration camp
• He found people who are willing to help him and hide him
• He met Captain Hosenfeld
Characters:
Wladyslaw