Hamlet Essay Body Paragraph 2

Unfortunately, lighting can become a distraction to the message of the show by being too obvious, as well as, adding to the meaning and the purpose of the show. Lighting in many Shakespeare shows should be used with a touch of simplistic complexity, where the product the audience sees does not attract attention, but to achieve this look a vast array of equipment and techniques. _____’s modern rendition displays a level of this technique, keeping grays in the background, with a lack of color, providing few visual distractions for viewers to be distracted by. However, by not directly highlighting the actors in light, keeping them in dark shadows provides a major distraction. A viewer wants to see the actors face, not an outline, we are drawn away from the true message of the show only noticing the lack of light, not the deceptive nature of the lines. By doing so he violates the number one rule of lighting, keep the actors lit at all times when they are speaking. In-fact the gray of the background appears brighter and more vibrant than the actors bringing the attention in the scene towards the buildings. This effect also adds a simulated depth to the space causing the space to seem larger and the individuals smaller, one could compare this to the power of the state over the individual and how Claudius’ responsibility to the state is greater and sometimes opposing his own self-interest. However, the argument can be made that the brighter background causes the actors to ‘pop’ out of the background drawing attention to the difference in intensity and thus the actors. In Gibson’s version level tones provides a great monotone pallet, but 

 

 



Hamlet Essay Body Paragraph 1

The intensity of light can set the time of day, the feelings of individuals and set areas of focus for audience members. The use of light to highlight objects that play a symbolic significance provides a tool to allude to different themes and foreshadow different parts of the show. In Mel Gibson's rendition of the show, a statue of a knight or solder, that Gertrude is holding on to, is in darkness; while, a maidenly statue further away is lit by a glorious white light shining through the windows. He uses the maiden statue to represent Gertrude's apparent innocence and lack of guilt in the situation. By holding onto the statue of the solder, she is reliant on the dark militancy, hence the dark statue, of Claudius. Gibson tends to use a bleak color pallet, remaining reserved to whites and ambers, creating a warm feeling within the room. However, by adjusting the intensity of the light he is able to create areas of dark intension and mystery and aspects of light and innocence. In _____'s modern interperatation of Hamlet the city environment is one of deep gloom and dispair, by restricting his use of colors to grays and dull whites, diffusions or silks. He maintains a atmosphere that hovers the attention around the actors. The audience members will view dull and dampended pallet as signifying the beginning of a rain storm or a gloomy day, which most people take to be gloomy and gives them a depressed or tired feeling draining the energy from the viewer. By encuring a depressed feeling within the audience members, _____ is able to extenuate the sadness of Hamlet to the people viewing the show.

Hamlet introduction - The depth of a blue and the vengeance of a red

Explain the relation between the areas lit and the colors they are lit in, as well as, the color of costumes and set, and the motive and feelings of the characters they surround.

The depth of a blue and the vengeance of a red

In film the emotions colors evoke within a viewer provides a strong tool to allude to future events and extenuate the emotions and feelings actors present. Directors of Hamlet tend to utilize...

Hamlet Essay Prompt

Explain the relation between the areas lit and the colors they are lit in, as well as, the color of costumes and set, and the motive and feelings of the characters they surround.

Character Analysis: Hamlet - Act III

Throughout the act Hamlet's moral compass frequently checks his own actions, as he questions whether his actions are just and appropriate fulfilling only the task bestowed upon him. Or if his actions are greater than necessary and will create a moral burden and cause him to commit a sin, instead of the intended revenge. His increasing intensity of emotion and action cause such an unintended sin as Hamlet kills Polonius when he is discovered spying, mistaking him as his uncle.

 

Ethan Hawks

The modernization of the play does a disservice to the play as the additional noise and other modern elements of the movie create distractions to the audience. The height of the building behind the actors create a feeling the makes the actors appear smaller than they really are. 

Favorite film post

The use of colors in all of the scenes either result in a dark color palett or a lighter color palett. The colors are either blacks, browns, and Greys. Or they are whites, tans, and blues. In all of the clips there was at least one element either costume or set that was a shade of deep blue. The darker the space the smaller the space seemed to feel and so the director filled the spaces that used darker color schemes with less people, where the lighter color schemes had sets that were filled with more people.