The Wall was made in 1982. It was directed by Alan Parker, Roger Waters wrote the album and the screenplay and Gerald Scarfe was the animation director. I liked the movie. I thought that it was quite an original concept. I found the story compelling and I like Pink Floyd's music so I loved the soundtrack. I enjoyed the way the story line jumps forward and back and the cinematography seems very experimental and unconventional-especially for the time that it was made. The main themes that I got out of The Wall were themes of conformity, oppression, depression and anger. I particularly liked the parallels drawn between how the rock star is taught to listen and conform as a child and when he tries to break out of it by being a rock star, he starts to be forced by his management to become what he has despised-someone who others conform to and who inspires a mob mentality. This conflict seems to drive the main character into a depression that he has struggled with since the loss of h
Blog showing concepts, ideas and tasks that I've researched and made during my time studying Bachelor of Screen Arts (Animation) at SIT, Invercargill.