The authors do an amazing job at visual imagery in "Witness." A scene I thouroughly enjoyed was around page 25 of the screenplay (The scene where Samuel witnesses the murder in the bathroom). I would like to start off my saying that I have never seen this movie and that I am looking forward to watching it in class this Friday to compare the images I saw in my head versus the film. When reading the fast paced and suspenceful murder scene in the bathroom, I completely visioned handheld camera movements; this conclusion could arise from the point of view descriptions. For example, when Samuel is in his stall, he is watching the feet and looking through the cracks in the stall, and I simply visioned a handheld shot from Samuel's perspective with a medium shot of the lower part of the stall and the shoes in the background; the framing would consist of the top half being focused out and of the stall's door and the lower half being focused in and of the feet in the background. I enjoyed this type of screenwriting. It was descriptive like a novel and sometimes a favor that depending on the scene. This scene could be considered and action scene. Therefore, being descriptive might help inleau of driving the scene by dialogue and character development.
Discussion Question
1) Did some of the dialect in "Witness" catch you offguard in reading?
2) ***I had to leave class early and did not get the Witness Essay's as mentioned in the email**** Were there sections in "Witness" that did not have to be so descriptive with imagery?
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