The director of 'The Shawshank redemption' influences the audience in order to manipulate them into thinking what he wants them to think. He forces his opinions onto them in order to provoke a response and gain the audiences sympathy. He does this with the use of devices such as camera angles, lighting, sound and other things. In the opening scenes of the Shawshank redemption the director manipulates us to feel sympathy towards the main character …showed first 75 words of 2067 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2067 total…emotion and provokes a negative response as you are manipulated by the director to fear the prison. The director manipulates the audience into believing what he wants them to. He manages to control their emotions by manipulating footage so that they can feel sympathy towards one character and hate towards another. He does this mainly with camera angles, language and sound. This makes the film more effective and leaves a bigger impact on the audience.