Comparing David Lean's 1945 film adaptation and Julian Jarrold's 2000 BBC adaptation and the time they were made will affect the kind of props they have and the amount of detail that will be used in each scene

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In this essay I am comparing David Lean’s 1945 film adaptation and Julian Jarrold’s 2000 BBC adaptation and the time they were made will affect the kind of props they have and the amount of detail that will be used in each scene and the types of props, and colours that can be given off by everything in the scenes in each version.

In the 1945 version the lighting and colour of the scene is very dark, gloomy and grim which shows isolation and when Pip meets the convict, the convict always has a shadow upon whilst there is light around him which brings out the contrast and helps bring out the evilness in the character whilst Pips face is very bright which shows innocence.

The convicts shadow goes over Pip when there talking which shows evil powering over his innocence as the convict has the upper hand at all times.

The 2000 version starts off brighter and starts in a wheat field which is full of the same colour and only Pip is different which shows contrast and helps Pip to stand out.

Inside Pips house it is very dim with little light and Pips sister has the light on her when she talks to Pip and Mr Gargery as she speaks which shows power as they are both covered in shadows.

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The camera movement in the 1945 version starts off at a long shot which shows Pip is on his own to show isolation and that the marsh is very desolate but as he enters the graveyard switches to a close shot to give more detail of the background and Pips expression of the graveyard as it shows he is insecure.

As the Convict grabs Pip it does a close up the whole time to build tension between them both and all the time there is repeated shots of the graveyard to show loneliness.

The camera in the 2000 version starts ...

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