The Shawshank Redemption

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cinema.
The most unique part about the style of the movie is in the
cinematography by Roger Deakins. The whole story looks like it was filmed with
a blue filter. The filters give a special beauty to the scenes, which in turn
causes more dramatic feelings for the audience. With this filter the movie
tends to bring out the two different colors of blue and brown. The blues of the
uniforms are all the more dramatic compared to the drab brown buildings
surrounding the prisoners. The colors also produce dramatic irony in the last
scene of Red and Andy on the beach. The blue and brown colors that once gave
feelings of confinement and despair in the prison are now colors of freedom and
happiness.
The lighting that goes along with the scenes are also interesting. The
whole movie is shot primarily in high contrast with the exception of the guards
who are mostly in the shadows. The lighting that follows the guards present a
darkness to their characters, they are displayed as harsh and ...

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