Compare and contrast the distinguishing features of episode 2 of the mini series Changi and The Shoehorn Sonata

Gordons Will is the 2nd case of a six part series called Changi. The story is of one mans struggle to overcome and survive life history in a POW ring. Gordon uses flash backs to reconstruct the past for the audience. Gordon (in the indue time) has suffered a stroke and is having major medical and family troubles. Most of the show is shot in the POW camp where the secret nine live, a group of Gordons friends that are also being held captive and that work formed an unbreakable and special bond. center(prenominal) through the show Gordon is asked to salute lieutenant Aso. When Gordon refuses, Aso commands Gordon to stand on a box until he is nominate to salute, Gordon still refuses and stands on the box for three days, this is an example of Gordons will to survive Changi with respect.There are umpteen influential characters in Changi. The Secret nine are a band of brothers who without each other could not have got emotionally survived the Changi POW camp. Gordon is the most in fluential character in the show, being that this episode is based on his time in the camp and life after it.Changi needed to use alot of dialogue because it is a television define program. Australian slang such as G, day, bloody hell, Japs and stick ya bib in is used regularly passim the show. Japanese is used throughout Changi wich gives the show a sence of urgency and helps to establish the setting. In the opening championship you hear soothing/melodic music with a sudden burst of screaming, crying and wailing, this is symbolic of the wo(e) and suffering Gordon (and other POW captives) had top survive.Changi is set around Gordon (an old man in the present and a young man in flashbacks). In the present Gordon is a lonely, old and sick man. In the Flashbacks Gordon was strong, stubborn, and willing to do anything in order to survive. The literal setting is a Japanese POW camp and a hospital, both places are symbolic of death.Many different camera techniques are used to formulat e the theme in Changi. Extreme close ups are used master(prenominal)ly in Changi to show upkeep and desperation on a characters face. In the help half of the show an extreme close up is used, it focuses on sweat that is dropping from Gordons head when he is standing on the box, this was to show Gordons determination to survive.On the Road to Gundagai is used as a theme air for the secret 9. Music was a manage mechanism for Gordon and his fellow prisoners so as to survive imprisonment with a stable mind. On the alley to Gundagai was used because a lot of Australian people know and recognise that song. twain Changi and the Shoehorn Sonata have many similarities and many differences. In regards to the plot the Shoehorn Sonata and Changi are both about WW2 and being captured in a POW but are from two different perspectives (womens and mens). In regards to the characters in the texts both texts showed the main characters in the past and the present. In regards to the dialogue both texts use Japanese to give the show or play a sence of urgency and to define the setting clearly.IN regards to the setting both texts are truly different one is set in a hospital and the POW camp and the other is set in a television studio and a hotel. In regards to photography both texts use images to give notice the audience into feeling for the characters. Being a television series Changi has used photography every second of the show but being a play photography was used sparingly, but was still present. In regards to music/songs The Shoehorn Sonata used songs with lyrics that were symbolic of survival and Changi used a popular Australian song to symbolise the secret 9swill to survive.This essay has shown the distinguishing features of episode 2 of the mini series Changi and The Shoehorn Sonata, it then compared and contrasted them. Both texts dealt with a common theme of survival.