Both films provide very different perspectives on Shakespeare's text because of the different eras in which they were set. The symbolism and imagery in both films are very different because of this factor. Franco Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet takes a traditional and more suitable approach for the script, being set in the Elizabethan period as this was the period that the suits the script best. The acting in this movie is very theatrical and is being acted as if it was a theatre performance, just not on stage. It is set in Verona, Italy, which is where the play was based in the script.
Films sometimes use plays as their sources. William Shakespeare has been called the most popular screenwriter in Hollywood. We are likely to assume that any translation of a Shakespeare text into a ‘live’ dramatic form-theatrical performance, film adaptation, television production-will automatically constitute a progressive act. Shakespeare is so frequently adapted because he is a major author. There are also economic and legal factors: Shakespeare is helpfully outside copyright law as well as interesting to adapt.
The Similarities between the Zefirelli and the Luhrman is the use of the Shakespearean language and the difference is their settings. While, the similarities between the Zefirelli and West Side Story is that they both follow the story of “Romeo and Juliet” although they are different in the setting and language that is used. West side Story and Lurman is similar in the setting they used, more modern, but different in how they have made the story and also the language used. So, these three movie versions of the “Romeo and Juliet” have differences and similarities between them. Franco Zeferelli made “Romeo and Juliet” very traditional that it really uses a balcony to show the balcony scene.
Hamlet Movie Review Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare’s classic works, and as a result, there have been many interpretations of it in the form of movies. The three different films viewed in class were directed by Brannagh, Zeffirelli, and Almereyda. All three interpretations were very different, and had their own unique twist to them. Although they can all be considered great films, only one can be considered the “Classic movie version of Hamlet.” The version which should be considered the Classic version of Hamlet is the version directed by Franco Zeffirelli. This movie starred Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, and Alan Bates.
In order to get a successful play of Hamlet, one needs to thrive on the screen or stage. It is one of the most difficult of the Shakespearian tasks that many actors have aimed to achieve or at least, obtain something unique and fresh to the key character. It could be said without any doubt that Hamlet “brazenly solicits interpretation”, established by recent actors including Mel Gibson, Ethan Hawke and Kenneth Branagh, in the medium of film. All the way through the 20th Century, film editions have delicately developed both the character of Hamlet and have cultivated a performance of the play, in some very artistic and thrilling ways. Film directors Franco Zeffirelli, Michael Almereyda and Kenneth Branagh have transformed “Hamlet” to altering levels of victory on the screen while accomplishing this in the course of deserted differences in analysis and through taking into consideration very different creative ideas.
Demasio Timmons Dr. Capers English 101 September 7, 2014 The Presence of Film Art in Pride and Prejudice Throughout filmmaking, a genre is first utilized and expounded upon to please the masses. Yet, a combination of multiple genres creates a more innovative film, especially if it is your personal opinion of a preceding work. Joe Wright’s cinematic rendition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a compilation of the drama and epics-historical genres; the attributes that comprises it is divided into multiple subgenres—literary and costume dramas. Originally, drama genres exhibit the fallacies of modern human life, showing the extents of human emotion at its best and at its worst. The drama genre in its entirety exists within the film Pride and Prejudice.
The term mise-en-scene can be traced back to theatre, where it was used to describe the staging of an action. It was believed that it was the director's duty to make a script come alive through particular and very deliberate choices as to the chosen actors, props, lighting etc. In Film Studies it is used as a way of analysing the meanings behind films and how the director/filmmaker has brought the audience to infer these meanings. This paper will first present secondary research on mise-en-scene and its validity to the study of film, before utilising mise-en-scene as a tool to analyse a shot from a film. (For chosen film shot, see appendix).
Explain, illustrate and compare the ways in which the two novels do this, and their purposes in doing so. (Note: you may need to specify particular types and conventions of romantic fiction which are relevant to each novel. Any quoted passages you use should not be included in the word-count.)) 2. Wuthering Heights and Madame Bovary both gain much of their power as novels from the ways in which they use setting to frame the action, create atmosphere and convey meanings.
In the text ‘Romeo an Juliet’ directed by Baz Luhrmann several production techniques are used effectively. These are costumes, camera work and music. This essay will describe these effects and explain how these techniques are used effectively. Costumes are used effectively in the film “Romeo and Juliet’ to portray different characters. An example of this is at the Capulet ball where we see Romeo dressed as a chivalrous knight in shining armour, and this costume shows us his sense of chivalry and fair play.
However, as the changes of the times, the aesthetic of people has a great change. In 1919, the Bauhaus has become the cradle of modern design which emphasizes the break through from the old traditional interior design and create new style. It pay attention to the original shape of the space and furniture that also against to the redundant adornment and respect for the different functions of the material. Overall, the Bauhaus is a significant symbol of the modern interior design.