In the film “The Shawshank Redemption”, directed by Frank Darabont, the character of Red changes quite a lot from the beginning to the end. At the beginning, he is very institutionalised and doesn’t have any hope, but towards the end he starts to gain hope and realises there is a life outside of prison for him. Darabont uses film techniques to give the viewers the idea of hope and institutionalisation relating to Red’s character. At the beginning of the film, Red is the con-man of the prison, the