Investigation of Techniques used by Gary Sininse to Interest His Audience in His Screen Adaptation of Of Mice and Men

Investigation of Techniques used by Gary Sininse to Interest His Audience in His Screen Adaptation of Of Mice and Men

When film makers adapt a novel for the screen, the director has to

make some decisions. The director doesn't always follow the exact

order of events from the adapted novel. For instance the director may

modify the setting of the movie to generate a different mood which

will capture the viewers mind and make them want to carry on watching

the movie. In this film, 'Of Mice and Men' at the start the director

applies a mid western American style theme, with the sun shining, and

the sand and dust rising because of the horses racing through the

village, which creates a chasing action packed mood.

The director also decided to use a variety of different camera shot to

be used in different places, for different reasons in order to make

the film more exciting. Some examples for the different ranges of

camera shots used, for e.g. a close up of the girl running at the

start in the red dress to show her facial expressions and how scared

and desperate she is. Also there is a long shot of a group of men

approaching the river. There is also a scene where it shows George

looking up to the men as they are hiding, this is a view shot.

Gary Sininse uses a lot of editing in order to keep the viewer

watching, and also to inform us about the characters and the story.

The film maker has also used a lot of editing in the film 'Of Mice and

Men'. When the girl in the red dress is running, Lennie and George are

also running through the fields at the same time, at the start. In

this scene the director keep editing the film so it shows the girl,
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...ts, all the editing and dialogue and the

different use of colours, all this builds up the atmosphere of the

film, and increases our knowledge of the characters and the setting.

It also raises a lot of questions in our mind. Why are George and

Lennie running away? Why has the girl got a rip in her dress? Why

can't one of the men talk properly? Is there a connection between the

girl in the red dress and the two men who were running away? These

entire questions come in to the viewers mind, and the curiosity is

what makes them carry on watching the film. Gary Sininse has been very

successful in his aims to interest the audience of his screen

adaptation of Steinbeck's, 'Of Mice and Men', because all the features

he uses keeps the viewer watching and finding the answers to the

curious questions which lay in the viewers mind.