Analysis Of A Good Teacher

FW Clip 2 2015

Title: In this clip, it encourages viewers to think about the qualification for being a 'good teacher ', by comparing to characters - Margret and Erin: whether the length of teaching experience that identifies a good teacher, or simply the basic of being a teaching which is loving and caring. This 2 minutes long scene has revealed the opinion of the director, about the qualities and identification of a good teacher. It has been conveyed simply by comparing two different characters, Margret and Erin, in which Margret is an academic based teacher, who cares mostly on student 's grades and manner. Contrastingly, Erin is a liberal, and progressive teachers, who wants to teacher her students about the world, and truly loves her students. For that reason, the two opposite characteristics of Erin and

In Freedom Writers, the white male teacher - Mr. Gelford, can be seen as the representation of the general teachers. In the scene (00:23), the long shot of Erin and Mr. Gelford, sitting on the sofa, shows the distance between them, which is a metaphor suggesting the difference and conflict between Erin and other teachers. Additionally, the clothing in the plot also shows a significant difference between Erin and other teachers. In this scene, other teachers including Mr. Gelford, and Margret, are wear black, grey, or other darker colours. However, Erin is wearing a striking red suit, which differ her and other people. In this case, 'red ' represents 'warning ', 'danger ', which remind the viewers about the beginning of the film, when Erin has wore the same outfit to the school for interview. Therefore, the red in the beginning of the film has foreshadowed, 'warned ' the school, and the audience that Erin is going to change something. And the 'red ' in this scene suggests that the 'danger ' that Margret has worried about has