Shawshank Redemption Tarring The Roof

The powerful scene from the shawshank redemption.

Shawshank redemption tarring the roof.

Camera angles close up red is seen with the guards blurred over his shoulder to illustrate his institutionalised mentality which contrasts with andy s hope. After a few years red and andy both find themselves on a work crew tarring the roof of the prison s license plate factory. Suds on the roof and so was. When a work detail for tarring the roof of one of the prison s buildings is announced red pulls some strings to get andy and a few of their mutual friends assigned to the job giving everyone a break from the usual.

Andy is battling wits with authority. A cut i used at 20 seconds to change the action from the prison wardens to the mop tarring the roof this is done to change the action instantly the editor kept this going smoothly by keeping the wardens conversation going on during both shots this kept everything flowing without cutting away from the action. Andy overhears byron hadley a prison guard complaining to the other guards about the taxes he ll have to pay on the 35 000 he just inherited from his long lost brother. Arc shot circling round andy and hadely emphasises the desperation of the scene.

And that s how it came to pass that on the second to last day of the job the convict crew that tarred the plate factory roof in the spring of 49 wound up sitting in a row at ten o clock in the morning drinking icy cold bohemia style beer courtesy of the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at shawshank state prison the colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous. The best movie ever made and my personal favourite of them all.