Film Techniques - Shine
In the film Shine, Scott Hicks uses many different cinematic techniques to portray the remarkable events and turning points in the life of piano virtuoso, David Helfgott. Helfgott is an extremely difficult character to accurately represent. His strange and somewhat erratic behavior creates traits very difficult for an actor to display, but even harder for Hicks to direct. This makes this film such a benchmark for Hick's work. Shine was Scott Hicks fifth achievement as a director, he has since go on to direct a larger budget film, Snow Falling on Cedar's.
The film seems divided into two half's. The first half is used to build up David's life, examining his past, and the experiences that bring him to Moby's. In
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