Schindlers list Essay plan

Schindlers list Essay plan

1. Intro

   • Title: Schindlers list
     • Director: Steven spielberg
       • Flim is about ww2 where Hitlers aim was to have a perfect world and to kill all the jews. Schindler (Oscar) however as a nazi overtime saw though this and saved 1200 jews
   • Techniques
     • Use of black and white colour
     • Camera shots
     • Music

2. Paragraph 1

   • Music
     • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XQ46VPje_0
       • http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/John_Williams:Oyf%27n_Pripetshok_And_Nacht_Aktion/en
         • http://www.filmtracks.com/comments/titles/schindler/index.cgi?read=200&expand=1
     • On the hearth a little fire is burning, And it is hot in the house, And the rebbe is teaching the little children. The Aleph Bet. Study, children, with great interest, That is what I tell you; He who'll know his lessons first, Will get a banner for a prize. (Refrain) When you get older, children, You will understand that this alphabet Contains the tears and the weeping of our people. (Refrain) When you grow weary, children And burdened with exile, You will find comfort and strength within this Jewish alphabet. (Refrain) Refrain: See now children, remember dear ones, What you've learned here; repeat it again and again Aleph with kametz is "o"!
       • The song lyrics are about children learning the jewish alphabet where they will find strength and comfort.
         • Hope
         • Strength
       • In a way the jewish people are singing this song in there heads as they are trying to find strength to hope that everything will be okay.
       • As if the "alphabet" is the war as it says the alphabet contains the weeping and tears of our people.
       • innocence
     • cheerful
       • Contradicting as the cheerful ness is not happening as people are being shot.
       • Children singing
         • innocence

3. Paragraph 2

   • Camera shots
     • Close up on rings being put into bread
       • What they had to do to not lose all there life/money
         • Shows fear and hope
     • Schindler looking down onto streets with girl in red coat high angle
       • Start of him seeing what was happening in the war he sees the innocence in the girl in red coat.
         • innocence and denial
         • Only sees the girl and exudes the volience going on
       • open minded

4. Paragraph 3

   • Use of film colour(Black and white)
     • Coat shows/ suggests the jewish flag that they used during ww2 at the allied powers as a cry for help
   • Girl in the red coat is the only colour in the whole film.
     • Colour goes off as she climbs under bed as she is going to die and is hiding
       • Innocence
     • represents all children and there innocence
     • To schindler represents innocence of the jews being slaughtered
     • Later is dead to show that innocence people died.

5. Conclusion

   • innocence
   • hope
   • There is always hope
     • Innocent people are hurt today still