Blog #7

In the story Witness, there authors use visual language to not only help with the flow of reading the story, but also to help with the dramatization of what is going on in the movie. This technique is used perfectly as a sort of aid on helping the reader really feel the intensity of what is going on at that moment to these people. To chose to use a small Amish boy, as their Lead Witness in a bloody murder is something very traumatizing to witness, especially in his world. By making the scenes very vivid with each movement, the anticipation of the man hitting each bathroom stall, or pushing the man's face up again the car window, or the moment Chief McElroy is right behind Book, it gives the reader the suspense and uneasiness that the young boy is probably feeling as well. These vivid moment helps us into the world that he is seeing and so grotesquely that although most of us are used to death, these moments guide us to the way an Amish boy would see death thus helping drive each scene the way it should be driven.

Questions:
1) Do you feel that having the facial emotions and movements of each character already mapped out in the script was a good idea where referring to the relationship to the director?

2) Does collaborating on a script work? Is it more of a battle of opinion, or is there something valuable in getting two prospectives in the same story?


Vanessa Viera