For example, Jem finds all the articles in the tree. The music is very elementary, and much of the score is composed of single notes without chords or embellishments.)īecause the narration is not as straightforward in the film, the film seems to shift more to Jem's experiences. (The film uses music to help reinforce the child's point-of-view. As a result, viewers don't get a strong sense of Scout's first-person narration as they do in the book instead, they simply notice the childlike perspective portrayed in the story. To have Scout narrating throughout the film as she does in the book would prove distracting, so Scout as narrator is only presented to set the mood of a scene in the film. This essay explores some of the differences between To Kill a Mockingbird, the film and the novel.īy its nature, film is a visual medium, which makes a first-person story difficult to tell. Likewise, film has limitations that a novel doesn't. However, film can accomplish things that novels can't, and vice versa.
Ideally, a novel and its film version complement each other, which, on many levels, is the case with To Kill a Mockingbird. (The film received eight Academy Awards nominations and netted awards for Best Actor, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Black and White.)
The film version of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which stars Gregory Peck as Atticus and Mary Badham as Scout, is as much a classic as the novel itself.
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