Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Film )

- Sections/characters minimized in the film
A lot of sections/characters from the book that I considered were important and formed a big part of the conflict were minimized or did not appear at all in the film. But I think the most important one was at the end of the book where Griet was supposed to go back to the house to get the pearl earrings; where at the same time she slapped Cornelia just like she did 10 years before. In the movie they only showed when Tanneke came to where Griet was and her the earrings.

- Sections/characters emphasized in the film
Something that I like that they did in the movie was to use different camera shots such as zooming and close up to show how the relationship and the attraction between Griet and Johannes was starting to grow. Everytime they had eye contact or any other gestures toward each other, they gave emphasis to it using different camera angles to show the importance of them.

- Narration- how does the camera show omniscient or limited 3rd person (or POV 1st)
The book was written in first person so I was expecting the film to have some sort of a narration to show the point of view but it was not like that. But what they did was to show the point of view by using different camera angles so we could see the things through Griet's point of view.

- Reoccurring images (motifs)
The reocurring images shown in the film was the way Catharina looked and treated Griet. Just like in the book Catharina strongly hated Griet since the first time she started working in the house. This anger grew more when Johannes defended her over Cornelina during the conflict of the comb. They kept showing Catharina's hate towards GRiet because in any moment she will get tired of her and will fire her from the house.

- Use of music/sound effects
Most of the music used in the movie was suspense. They used it to show the unexpected things that were going to happen to Giret. For example, one of the time where they used was when Van Ruijven was harassing her and she could not defend herself. Another type of music that was used a lot of time was slow music whenever Griet was sad, or when she was around Johannes.

- Description of one shot using strong film terms
One shot used was zooming. This was when Griet had the pearl earring on, and Johannes told her to look at him. At the moment she looked at him, the camera was moving closer and closer to the part of her that would become the painting. When I analyze this camera movement, I realize that they used it on purpose. This is because now that the painting was done, everything will come to light and this will mean the end to Griet in the house.