In the ending of the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations, how does the director, Julian Jarrold, try to show us that Pip and Estella are trying to move on with their lives, but are still haunted and threatened by the past?

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In the ending of the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations, how does the director, Julian Jarrold, try to show us that Pip and Estella are trying to move on with their lives, but are still haunted and threatened by the past?

Dickens made many changes between the two endings of Great Expectations. One of the main changes was in Dickens first ending, in this ending Drummle dies and Estella remarries to a doctor. I believe dickens changes this because with Estella marrying someone else, it leaves Pip and Estella with no hope of getting together. This will leave the reader with less to think about meaning it will not be as good an ending. Another change in the original is that they accidentally meet in London and not at Manor house. In the finished article there are only a few differences to the original such as, Estella has kept the house and all of the land and her and Pip accidentally meet at Manor house. Dickens changes the ending because the original gives us no hope of Estella and Pip ever getting together. Also the original does not end on a cliff hanger and this means we stop thinking about the novel, where as in the published version it ends on a cliff hanger so we are constantly thinking after reading it.

        The ending has been reworked in this adaptation by changing the way they react to each other and that they play cards instead of just talking.

At the start of this scene the camera is focused on Manor house. It shows us that the clock time has changed to 12.20, and that there is still a statue which Miss Havisham had in the garden.

There are 2 main camera angles and movements used, they use a long shot to show a view of the house they do this because, it gives you a whole view of the house so you can see what has changed and what has stayed the same. They also tilt the camera up to show us the clock and the house.

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The director shows the clock to show Estella is not living the way Miss Havisham is because the time has changed so it show she is moving on like the time. Also he shows us the statue to show that Estella may not have moved on because a statue is a sign of being frozen in time meaning that Estella could be like Miss Havisham.

In this part the camera is focused on Pip looking up at the house there can be many conclusions draw of this.

The camera angle in this part is an over-the-shoulder shot, this is used ...

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