The Freedom Writers Diary was made up of journals that Erin Gruwell told her students to write in about the troubles of their past, present, and future. The Freedom Writers' name pays homage to the name of the 1960s civil rights group Freedom Riders.
Close up - Students, the director wants us to emphasize with them, see it from their perspective.
mid shot - on teacher - shows the distance between them.
tolerance means the ability to put up with others beliefs, attitudes and culture, even when it's different from your own.
overcoming adversity is pushing through something difficult or dangerous.
In the Holocaust scene, the shallow focus is used to blur out everybody in the scene except for the main person who is speaking.
Brainstorm - a student read his diary to the teacher and the class
- His family has been evicted
- He feels at home at school in Ms Gruwells class
- Overcoming adversity - he has come to school despite being evicted and homeless
music - slow, soft, sad
lightning - bright, natural - creates an atmosphere of a warm, happy, welcome space.
cameras - cloe up - when he says he's home - shows audience his emotion
- dolly shot - from close up to mid shot to close up - shows viewer that student is surrounded, supported by his classroom/family.
- Shallow focus - speaker is in sharp, those around are blurred to make him the focus, most important.
brainstorm - Miep Gies has come to talk to the class about hiding Anne Frank and her family
- Marcus stands and tells her that she is his hero
- Miep Gies says that they are her heros
Camera - Pan Shot - used to show all the students are there and they are all focused and listening - not distracted like previous series.
- mid shot when Marcus speaks.
Lighting - Bright, cold, natural - back it - creates a halo effect making her seem angelic. This works because the students see Miep like a hero because she tried saved the franks.
Music - subtle quite, builds in volume and intensity, used to heighten the viewers emotions.
