Shawshank’s jotter was one of the earliest sightings for me and it made too much sense until I watched the film with my 14 year old. Remember the first time you saw it? The friendships – beautiful, the violence – despair, and the tarring of the roof – disarming. And then, Andy escapes Shawshank.
IMDB lists Shawshank as the most popular film of all time. It wasn’t popular until it was nominated for 8 academy awards.
The warden writes with a Schaeffer Snorkel – a beautiful pen, the most complex fountain pen manufactured, and retails for about 75. This one is seen on his desk when Andy plays the opera over the prison yard.
Andy’s jotter is utilized to sign the last documents he signs for the warden. Did you ever imagine justice? Red and Andy on the beach of Zihuatanejo? And in your wildest dreams, pausing the movie to grab another drink or a snack, did you imagine it would be so swift, cruel, and violent? Even after so many months in the hole, his spirit seemingly broken, that glare of hatred, in the face of such obtuseness, is Tim Robbins at his best.
Roger Ebert points out that none of the movie is seen from Andy’s perspective, but from everyone around him, most often from Freeman. Is this the one scene in which we see things from Andy’s perspective?
I don’t need to add to the many, many lines written about this film. But it is an excellent jotter sighting.
Jotter in Film 
I agree that the others are indeed Jotters, but the pen that Andy is using in Shawshank looks like a Sheaffer.
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The one on the table (when he plays the record) looks like a Snorkel to me.
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