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Love And Companionship In War Horse

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Within War Horse the theme of love and companionship is expressed through the relationship between Joey and Albert. The decisions made by Spielberg emphasises this through the use of cinematography, such as repeated camera movement during both the pre-war and post-war sequences. As seen similarly in Pulp Fiction the distance and perspective made by the camera itself allows for a clear judgement to be made on the character’s identities and relationships. War Horse allows the spectators to become aware of the close bond between the two protagonists during the training sequence, in which a variety of close-ups and medium shots are used. Within the training sequence viewers see the struggle of Albert, who is in a quest to teach his horse in order

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