https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz A collaborative model for developing our essay writing skills en-us 2017-10-15 23:02:20 UTC 2025-12-19 01:06:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/197174626 2017-10-15 23:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/197174626 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/197178390 2017-10-15 23:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/197178390 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452000 'A Beautiful Mind' directed by Ron Howard, follows the complex life of schizophrenic John Nash. As a socially awkward outcast, Nash is competitive in his work and utterly absorbed in the mathematical world. Howard confronts the audience with the brutal realities of schizophrenia and forces us to engage and empathise with Nash’s character. While creative techniques elevate the audience into new worlds and understandings, they are not the only way to achieve this. Through Howard's use of key moments and scenes, different POV shots and character development, he elevates the audience into new worlds and understandings, all while establishing the film's purpose of drawing the audience into Nash's experience, both real and delusional, genius and schizophrenic. ]]> 2017-10-18 20:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452000 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452464 In "A Beautiful Mind" Ron Howard uses creative techniques in order to elevate our understanding of new worlds. Another technique Howard uses to elevate our understanding is through the use of different POV shots. By using different POV shots we are able to experience the severity of Nash's schizophrenia from his point of view in contrast to others. For example in the epiphany scene we see the contrasting POV's of both Alicia and Nash. Firstly, we see Parcher from Nash's point of view pointing a gun at Alicia Howard then cuts to Alicia's POV where there is no one else in the room. Nash then pleads to his hallucination telling him not to shoot Alicia. We then cut back to Alicia's POV where she see's no one and asks "Who are you talking to?". Through the use of different POV shots we are able to elevate our understanding of schizophrenia. By using the contrasting views of a schizophrenic against a mentally healthy person we are able to understand the stark differences in terms of their view of the world. ]]> 2017-10-18 20:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452464 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452761 Howard cleverly uses key moments and scenes in order to elevate the audience into new worlds or understandings. A crucial key moment in the film is when Nash finally has an epiphany that 'Marcee can't be real. She never gets old'. This is the vital moment that he realizes he is mentally ill and that some of the most important people in his life (Charles, Marcee, Parcher) are simply figments of his imagination. This is a powerful moment because there is no longer any doubt as to whether the characters are real or not. Renowned critic Cynthia Rockwell contradicts this point however and does not approve of the moment  in which the film "forces us to reevaluate everything we’ve just witnessed”.]]> 2017-10-18 20:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452761 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452773 In conclusion, Ron Howard powerfully uses the creative techniques of ...... to give us, the audience a greater understanding of John Nash's life and struggle with schizophrenia. 

]]> 2017-10-18 20:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198452773 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198453170 Not only are creative techniques used to elevate audiences into new worlds and understandings, but Ron Howard also uses Character development to achieve this goal. As Damian Scarf said, 'The need to belong is a fundamental human motivation... A need, not a want.' This is a new understanding the audience is shown through the development of John Nash. From his somewhat sad beginning of isolation from the other students to his belief of livin in the world of secret spies there was a clear change. Nash became more talkative, seemingly getting along with other people such as Sol and (what his name) .]]> 2017-10-18 20:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198453170 https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198454171 Another creative technique used in 'A Beautiful Mind' by Ron Howard is the use of Point of view shots. In this film the use of point of view shots is used in the exploration of the line between the real and the imagined. Everyone close to Nash is introduced to the audience at the start of the film whether it be his imagined roommate Charles or his wife Alicia, in Nash's point of view.]]> 2017-10-18 20:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/k5l02fdp9cjz/wish/198454171