a more mature timbre that seems to inspire awe quite well. The nondiegetic sound also comes from mental voices of Nash when flashback.
As the story progresses, as with all scores for film, there are not only certain themes of numbers and theories that continue to reemerge, but also there
are variations to give a sense of passage of time that has taken place. All of this working together provides a greater sense of emotion and continuity in the
narrative story line. The filmmakers consider the synchronization of sound in the film. They are c
orrectly aligning the visual and audio portions of a film so that the image and sound are heard and seen simultaneously.
C. A Schizophrenia Analysis of John Nash as the Main Character in
A Beautiful Mind Film
In A Beautiful Mind, John Nash as the main character is depicted as paranoid schizophrenic. The major symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia can
be seen from the main character who suffers from the mental illness through his dialogue and scene in the film.
1. The Major Symptoms Characteristic of Schizophrenia
The major symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia are hallucinations, delusions, thought and speech disorder, disturbance of emotional, and disturbance
of motor behavior, social withdrawal and inability to sustain attention. In the following analysis, the writer will explain every symptom that is suffered by the
main character in details to understand the schizophrenia of the main character.
a. Hallucinations 1. Auditory Hallucination and Visual Hallucination
Auditory Hallucination refers to hearing something when nothing in the environment actually caused the sensation. Visual Hallucination refers to seeing
something when nothing in the environment actually caused the sensation. Howard’s A Beautiful Mind introduced Nash’s auditory hallucination firstly and
visual hallucination later. This is not only provides a visual clue, but establishes the hallucinations from Nash’s point of view.
Nash’s first hallucination is a roommate named Charles Herman, a literature student at Princeton University in 1947. While Nash looking through the
window, he heard a voice of someone speaks in his room. The camera pans quickly to the right side, from Nash’s POV shot, we see a man enters the room
and introduces himself as Nash’s roommate Figure 36 and then leaves him alone in his room. In Figure 37, a shot of Nash’s expressions of wonder in medium shot
after shaking hand with Charles.
Figure 36 Figure 37
Man : Oh, Christ. The prodigal roommate arrives.
John Nash : Roommate? Man
: […] John Nash? John Nash : Hello.
Man : Charles Herman. Pleased to meet you.
