Cinematic Techniques In The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown

It is common knowledge that when a book is made into a film it loses some of the magic. In the book The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, he used many metaphors to help the reader picture the scenes or the characters he was describing. The director, Ron Howard, used cinematic techniques to replicate as best he can what the author was describing. Dan Brown used a simile and Ron Howard used an upward camera angle, imagery and lighting, dialogue and non-diegetic sound. When the character Bazue Fache is introduced Dan Brown uses a writing technique where you compare one thing to another and the director mirrored his description with the use of an upward camera angle.
“Captain Bezu Fache carried himself like an angry ox, with his wide shoulders thrown

The director, in turn, uses lighting to show the appearance of this character. “One mile away, the hulking albino named Silas limped through the front gate of the luxurious brownstone residence on Rue La Bruyere. The spiked cilice belt that he wore around his thigh cut into his flesh, and yet his soul sang with satisfaction of service to the Lord.” 12. The author used adjectives to help the reader really see what the character looked like and by describing the movement of the character the reader can clearly see the character. Since the director is not able to use such words in the movie he instead shows the character's appearance by using lighting to give a ghoulish appearance to

A gruesome sight for anyone who saw. The author uses dialog to really show how the scene looked and felt. The director used quick camera shots and non-diegetic sound to mimic the author's description. “Sauniere looked remarkably fit for a man of his years . . . and all of his musculature was in plain view. He had stripped off every shred of clothing, placed it neatly on the floor, and laid down on his back in the center of the wide corridor, perfectly aligned with the long axis of the room. His arms and legs were sprawled outward in a wide spread eagle, like those of a child making a snow angel . . . or, perhaps more appropriately, like a man being drawn and quartered by some invisible force.” 35pg.
The author shows just how peculiar and horrible it was, he used the dialog in Langdon’s head to help the reader not only see but also feel the mood and body in this scene. Giving the reader a very clear picture of what’s happening. The director took advantage of his ability to play non-diegetic sound over the scene giving it an eerie feeling as well as using quick shots of the body to Langdon and then to the writing on the floor to copy what the author used dialog to do. Both techniques left you with a clear picture of the body and the grief that struck