Witness Just as in paintings or drawings, the point of view of any work of art can drastically affect the way that artwork is interpreted, developed, and characterized. The film Witness utilizes the idea of point of view through use of various camera angles and shots to convey different meanings throughout the film. In a way, the director Peter Weir used the camera as the narrator of the film, manipulating what the audience sees on …
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…in Witness to analyze thoroughly, but overall, the film expresses the importance of the camera as a main character in a film, almost the director of the plot of the film, as well as the symbolic significance that lighting, facial expressions, body language, camera angle, and background music play in all parts of a film. It's pretty interesting to analyze films and see how much the little pieces help to make up the big picture.