Short Visual Analysis - daughters of the Dust (clip)

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Daughters of the Dust Analysis

Ambiguity Tradition

We were the children of those who chose to survive ' is the first sentence that the narrator speaks in this segment of the movie Daughters of the Dust (1991 . Thus , the viewer may interpret the phrase to mean that those who are existing , that is , those people whom the film chooses to depict are survivors of survivors . Thus , the power of these people and their will to live is what is immediately recognized as

what is strongest about them . It is this strength which runs parallel to the narrative of the film however , there are other elements of this short segment which also need to be discussed for a better understanding of this strength to be recognized for the viewer

The films narrative is coupled with angles of the camera . In most films , it is the angle that the director chooses to relay the action of the film that can immediately allow the viewer to know what kind of film they are watching in horror movies , up angles are often used a technique that is greatly employed in Alfred Hitchcock films , in this narrative film Daughters of the Dust the director has chosen to relay the events and actions of the film through a straightforward technique In this technique the viewer is allowed to more thoroughly be involved with the narrative of the film instead of the view point of the camera (thus the viewpoint...