Bill Kelly and Earl W. Wallace told the story of Witness through pictures. Throughout the whole script, the main focus of the two authors was the visual image that is occurring. There was a steady use of point of view allowing to the reader to see the subjective perspective of the characters. This technique is especially used during the first 20 pages when the story is told from the perspective of Samuel. The story’s perspective switches to Book after the murder and is the perspective of the rest of the script. The necessity to focus on the visuals was essential to show the contrast between the two cultures, the Amish and the modern world. The main characters, Book and Rachel mainly communicate through looks and appearances creating a fragile love story. If this visual display of love was generalized and explained through dialogue, the potency and impact would be lost. Kelly and Wallace told Witness through visual descriptions, which is the only way it should have been told.
Questions
1. Is the act of violence on page 98 by Book towards the disruptive youths to convenient?
2. Is writing collaboratively difficult to you?
2 comments:
It depends on who I'm writing with whether it is difficult. I tend to talk to myself when writing, so it can be nice to have someone there to respond and contribute. If my writing partner and I have similar or complementary ideas for the film it can be great, but if our visions for the story are too different, it can be very difficult and not very enjoyable.
Personally, I was disappointed in Book's violent reaction to the group of disruptive youths. However, I do understand that it is part of Book's journey as a character in the story, and that his main character flaw is resorting first to violence. It was a convenient action for him, but that's what made it disappointing for me.
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