The film seems divided into two half's. The first half is used to build up David's life, examining his past, and the experiences that bring him to Moby's. In the first half of the film we also experience some flashbacks and flash-forwards, this gives the audience an insight into David's life. The second half is used more to tell how David regains his life after mental illness The character doesn't age, but we are giving a very in depth look into his life and the people around him.

The film starts off with David running down the street in the pouring rain, he stops at Moby's restaurant. Hick's uses this intro to give us an insight into David at the

The final, more uplifting turning point for David centers around his appearance at Moby's towards the end of the film.

As David finishes his performance, the audience starts to applause, everyone is on their feet with praise for his talent. The camera points this out by panning around the restaurant, as the camera pans back onto David, it glances over a poster on the wall, and it reads, "The classics at Moby's, David Helfgott, Pianist". When the camera reaches David we can see that he has changed completely, he is now wearing a suit, has his hair tied back, and is on the receiving end of a lot of attention.

Hicks' uses this scene to hi-light a transition in David from the strange untidy weirdo that originally walked into Moby's, to the star attraction at an extremely popular restaurant.

The final filming technique used in this scene occurs right at the end. David finishes his piece and collapses, this is filmed with two camera's the first is position to view David as he is sitting at the piano, when he falls off his chair onto the floor, another camera, lying on at a lower level, films the fall. The clever cutting sequence at this point is very effective.

As the music get more frantic, so does the camera work. What we see of David's face is obscured by silhouettes, and never in frame. The camera runs across the keyboard almost as if it was trying to catch up with his fingers. At one point Hicks' completely stops the sound of the music and put the scene into slow motion. This gives us the impression that we are seeing things from David's point of view, the music has lost sound and meaning and now is nothing more than a dull thud on the keyboard.

Another important turning point occurs after David is told he can not go to America. This scene, set in the Helfgott's bathroom is extremely powerful. Hick begins this scene with a close-up of a dripping tap, the water flowing in slow motion. As the camera pans out to the rest of the bathroom we can see it is a dark a cold place, similar to the rest of the house. Once again the director has used shadows on David's face to show his mood. When Peter discovers that David has excreted in the bath, he begins to beat him with the towel. The director creates the effect of quickly repeated hits by cutting between each hit. Then each hit is

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