For example, Franco Zefferelli produced his film in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann produced his in 1997. Both films provided very different perspectives on Shakespeare's text because of the eras they were set in. The symbolism and imagery in both films were very different because of this factor. Zefferelli’s film remains faithful to Shakespeare’s original play, whereas Luhrmann made a more modern version of it. Zefferelli didn’t change the play much; it was aimed at people who wanted a film that was basically the same as the play, but with better scenery and cuts.
I will look at the elements it takes to produce as well as analyze a movie. It takes great skills to orchestrate a great film. John Ford states” You don’t compose a film on the set. You put a pre-designed composition on film. It is wrong to liken a director to an author.
In the play, Away, written by Michael Gow, there are many characters who are trapped in their distinctive worlds. However there are two characters that are in desperate need of change. Gwen who is a very materialistic and sarcastic person while Coral who is very withdrawn from reality due to her son’s death. Gwen, who is stuck in her domestic world, has a habit of asking hypophoric questions like ‘Whose idea was it to do Shakespeare? Very silly choice if you ask me’.
Using guilt and pushing his fears are tactics she often uses within the movie to deter his thoughts of leaving. His friends all modify his choices by their words, actions and sometimes inaction. When he says he wants to go to Fiji their response is think he’s insane to want a vacation from his allegedly perfect life. Although the problem, which Truman begins to realize, with perfection is that there are few genuine
Claudio was too scared to confront Hero and confess his feelings and so Don Pedro promised that he would speak to Leonato about setting them up. But this still scared Claudio and he can’t tell Hero he loves her so Don Pedro said he’ll organise something where he can pretend to be Claudio and fix them up and admit his feelings towards her as Claudio. Personally, I think it might be a bit strange to have the Prince chat up the girl that Claudio loves but as long as his love is returned, everything shall be
Lately she has begun feeling stressed out and depressed in her life. She feels as if everything is going in the wrong direction. Emily has a husband who verbally, emotionally and physically abuses her. She loves him so much but she is getting sick to the point she feels that life means nothing to her. She has come into my office seek help so that she can take control of her life.
In the Crucible, Abigail is tormented by the fact that she had been caught out having an affair with John Proctor. This creates conflict between John’s wife Elizabeth and Abigail. Abigail is devastated that she cannot be with John and lashes out in fury and creates chaos in the heart of the town with her false accusations within Salem. Abigail’s uncontrollable acts rise which result in the hanging of many people, ultimately destroying the love of her life. She was blinded by her own problems in life that she couldn’t see her ways, although to John, Abigail was transparent.
Though the thought of harming her parents reels Claudia from confronting them, the role of initiating intimate communication lies with the parents, which is why Claudia’s parents have failed her. As a result of their failure, the interactions between Claudia, the electrical box, and the stolen socks reveals the combined stress of anguish and lack of communication. Soon after David’s remarriage, the subsequent death of Romeo and Juliet gives insight to Claudia’s thoughts. Several nuances in the play demonstrate that within Claudia’s thoughts, her parents are symbolised by her goldfishes. The most obvious nuance is the naming of her goldfishes after a male and female from a love story (6).
They also feel emotional since their wives cannot show their love fully due to the problems they are undergoing. They can be said to be sorrowful as a result of their wives’ sadness and sorrow, Kai feels sad that the
For the length of a movie, we are transported to another place, time or even galaxy or imaginary world. Film seeks to entertain, scare, educate, enlighten, or even anger us, but the average person will just view a movie, and accept it at face value. We as a rule don’t seek out, nor take the time to fully analyze a film. This is not to say that we don’t perhaps consequently acknowledge and understand the point they were trying to get across to us, but we don’t go into depth in our head to scrutinize it, and break it down into segments. The typical person does not give much thought to the behind the scenes elements of a movie.