What Are The Themes In The Film Shine

Shine is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Scott Hicks, this film is based on a true life of a pianist David Helfgott, who has suffered a mental breakdown and has spent years in institutions. Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian drama film directed by Russel Mulcahy, that is based on a true story of a young boy, who overcame a family dysfunction to become a world-class athlete. Swimming Upstream is a poignant and powerful film about dreams, ambitions and family dysfunctions whilst Shine is applying an emotive feeling to emphases what the characters are feeling. Russel and Scott utilise various Actions, Characters and Themes to contribute to the variations of the films.

The creators Russel from Swimming Upstream and Hicks from Shine,

Russel comprises different transitions in Swimming Upstream to conversion the different series of actions applied. A swift transition from the swimmers in the water to the crowd, then a transition to the family watching at home was a conversion that was used to demonstrate the importance of the competition. This allows for the audience who is watching the film to become intense and to have the impression of what the characters are feeling throughout the film. Similarly, Shine includes numerous camera angles to apply the important actions that are being implied. Close-ups, side shots, super close ups, and slow mo apply the concerns, feelings, and attractions that the characters are providing. Hicks delivers transitions that glide towards the audience to produce a smooth beginning, the stress of the impact that the song David has shaped and the power that he has involved in the ‘Taming the Monster’. Camera angles are slowed and transitioned

Tony Fingleton the antagonist from Swimming Upstream and David the protagonist from Shine. These characters are described through Hicks and Mulcahy’s point of view, to show their experiences from childhood memories to adult hood scenarios. Hicks and Mulcahy use academic and cinematic techniques to allow the audience to connect with the characters on an emotional level through sounds and dialogue. Illusions of images that include family violence and pressures are visible to the audience. Similarly, the films begin when the young boys are living in a poor lifestyle, however the discover they are naturally talented and shadow the activities to embark on accomplishments. David and Tony are passionate about talent to feel relaxed and self-assured while acting. As they grew up many opportunities arised to perform a higher level of success. Through dialogues Hicks foreshadows David’s mental breakdown on departure, ‘In this world only the strong survive. The weak get crushed like insects’. By using actions and dialogues Hicks suggests that David is passionate and willing to take risks. David was invited to study at the United States board, though was told by his father, ‘If you go, you will never come back to this home again….’ While he see’s it as ‘Destroying their family’. Soon after, David’s talent began to weaken as his musical passion festers but receives a scholarship at the Royal