The Color Purple

For the Steven Spielberg film essay project, I decided to watch the movie The Color Purple. The movie strongly focuses on the theme of slavery and discrimination towards African American individuals. The movie takes place in the 1930's. The movie contains the film elements of shot types and lighting, characterization, and setting. The film elements, utilized by Steven Spielberg, strongly allow the film and its' story to come to life for the viewer.

To begin with, Steven Spielberg uses reverse shot for the film camera direction. The reverse film shot type is a shot type that exhibits a view opposite from the previous one. This is especially used to display one individual looking at another one. Reverse film direction is extremely beneficial...show more content...

Steven Spielberg characterizes Celie through the use of S.A.T.D.O.. Celie has undergone many difficult situations, throughout the entirety of her life. Unfortunately, she is faced with several very traumatic life events. Foremost, Celie has two children at a very young age, as a result of being raped by her father. Her father concludes by taking away the babies from her. Secondly, Celie is faced with a very abusive husband. Her husband would abuse her, both physically and mentally. As the film progresses, the viewer witnesses a complete character shift in Celie. With the assistance and motivation of her best friend, she is able to grow into a strong, courageous, brave, independent, and successful

The title of my book is The Color Purple and it is written by Alice Walker. The book was originally published in 1982, the publisher is Harcourt, And there are 288 pages in the book. There was an adapted version also printed in 1985. Celie the narrator of The Color Purple is a very poor woman who hasn't gone to school. She is a fourteen living in Georgia who starts to write letters to God. Even though she is very young she has been abused and sexually assaulted by her father who does it on a daily basis. Her father's name is Alphonso. Alphonso has impregnated Celie and has stole her first born and has been undoubtedly been accused of killing the newborn. Celie's mom is very ill and has dies but Alphonso brought home a new wife. Celie has a...show more content...

She has been raped by her father many times and has had two children who have been taking away from her. Celie also has an abusive husband who was arranged by Alphonso her step– father. Nettie, Celie's younger sister, Who Mr.___ was supposed to marry actually marries Samuel after his wife Corrine died of an unknown illness. She is now the mother of Celie's children who were presumed dead until Nettie worked at the missionary and saw the children. Nettie doesn't like to take crap from anybody and likes to run away. Mr.___ Celie's husband is very abusive towards her. He goes by the first name of Albert but Celie decides not to call him that to her letters to God. As nettie was supposed to marry him she ran away, but when she got to somewhere stable Nettie would write letters but he would keep them from Celie. Mr.___ is very mean, sneaky, and